[33girl]

I don't think that skits are inherently bad or a time-waster. They aren't supposed to take up a whole party - they should only be like 10 min. out of a 45 minute party, if that.

They're supposed to allow the rushees time to relax and not think about what to say for 10 minutes, while conveying something about your chapter. This last part is important. If you don't do this, you should forget about the skit. Our skits (such as they were) definitely conveyed that we were lower key and down to earth. ABC's skit that was like something from a Hollywood movie conveyed that they were the group with perfect clothes and every hair always in place. I don't see the point of doing a generic skit from a rush handbook that says nothing about who you are. i.e., don't do "XYZ Hoedown" if you all hate country music, just because it's in your rush handbook.