Ideas for Recruitment

MKermicle · #1 01-27-2005, 12:31 PM

Hey Everyone!! My name is Mary Catherine, I am currently the new Membership Director for Kappi Pi Chapter in Cookeville, TN. I am in desperate need of some ideas for skit/theme night. We have been doing the same skit for a couple of years now and we need a new one. The last skit we did, was so fun it had a lot of dancing in it and just having fun. I really would like to find something new, that is upbeat. Do you have any ideas, skits that you have done that would help? If so could you please email them to me at mckermicle21@tntech.edu. Thanks so much!

roqueemae · #2 01-29-2005, 03:09 PM

I am emailing you some!

But remembert to search on Greek Chat. Some ideas are listed in each sorority's forums and in the general Recruitment Fourm. None will have a script listed, but will have good general theme ideas.

MKermicle · #3 01-29-2005, 04:39 PM

roqueemae,
Thanks so much for emailing me everything. That is going to help out a lot!!! If you ever need any help let me know.

Jmac · #4 02-10-2005, 01:38 PM

My senior year, we totally changed our Rush theme. We previously did just a mix of ideas, with no real "theme." So, senior year, we found this cartoon chic that was dressed as a cowgirl- we changed her hair color and skin tone and made a variety of these b/c they best reflected the diversity we had in our chapter and named our Rush "Phi Mu Nights." Every party incorporated the Phi Mu Nights banner as well as the cowgirl logo-

Every night of rush was given a more specific theme- philanthropy night was something like "Tonight, we lend a helping hand"

Hall night was "Slumber Party night" b/c the parties took place on the Phi Mu hall where the potential members would see our rooms and such. Each room had a different area it focused on, scholarship, sisterhood, philanthropy, finance, etc.

Skit night was "Night out on the town" and we made up songs that went with current radio hits (like "Cowboy" by Kid Rock... "I wanna be a Phi Mu lady, where the girls are hot and the nights are kicking...Phi Mu lady........" we had others too, but I cant remember them). One of our really outgoing girls played the "DJ" at Club Phi Mu (the room was decorated like a night club) and was the MC for the night.

And then we had pref party, which we themed "Tonights the Night."

It was a HUGE success b/c it showed our fun side, as well as showed how organized we were as a group. It was a lot of work coming up with the creative stuff, but it definitely paid off! We got quota plus 3, I think!

roqueemae · #5 02-10-2005, 02:50 PM

That is awesome!

sageofages · #6 02-10-2005, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by Jmac
My senior year, we totally changed our Rush theme. We previously did just a mix of ideas, with no real "theme." So, senior year, we found this cartoon chic that was dressed as a cowgirl- we changed her hair color and skin tone and made a variety of these b/c they best reflected the diversity we had in our chapter and named our Rush "Phi Mu Nights." Every party incorporated the Phi Mu Nights banner as well as the cowgirl logo-

Every night of rush was given a more specific theme- philanthropy night was something like "Tonight, we lend a helping hand"

Hall night was "Slumber Party night" b/c the parties took place on the Phi Mu hall where the potential members would see our rooms and such. Each room had a different area it focused on, scholarship, sisterhood, philanthropy, finance, etc.

Skit night was "Night out on the town" and we made up songs that went with current radio hits (like "Cowboy" by Kid Rock... "I wanna be a Phi Mu lady, where the girls are hot and the nights are kicking...Phi Mu lady........" we had others too, but I cant remember them). One of our really outgoing girls played the "DJ" at Club Phi Mu (the room was decorated like a night club) and was the MC for the night.

And then we had pref party, which we themed "Tonights the Night."

It was a HUGE success b/c it showed our fun side, as well as showed how organized we were as a group. It was a lot of work coming up with the creative stuff, but it definitely paid off! We got quota plus 3, I think!

Wow...this sounds so great, it makes me long for the days I was membership director for my chapter!!!!

MKermicle · #7 02-16-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by Jmac
My senior year, we totally changed our Rush theme. We previously did just a mix of ideas, with no real "theme." So, senior year, we found this cartoon chic that was dressed as a cowgirl- we changed her hair color and skin tone and made a variety of these b/c they best reflected the diversity we had in our chapter and named our Rush "Phi Mu Nights." Every party incorporated the Phi Mu Nights banner as well as the cowgirl logo-

Every night of rush was given a more specific theme- philanthropy night was something like "Tonight, we lend a helping hand"

Hall night was "Slumber Party night" b/c the parties took place on the Phi Mu hall where the potential members would see our rooms and such. Each room had a different area it focused on, scholarship, sisterhood, philanthropy, finance, etc.

Skit night was "Night out on the town" and we made up songs that went with current radio hits (like "Cowboy" by Kid Rock... "I wanna be a Phi Mu lady, where the girls are hot and the nights are kicking...Phi Mu lady........" we had others too, but I cant remember them). One of our really outgoing girls played the "DJ" at Club Phi Mu (the room was decorated like a night club) and was the MC for the night.

And then we had pref party, which we themed "Tonights the Night."

It was a HUGE success b/c it showed our fun side, as well as showed how organized we were as a group. It was a lot of work coming up with the creative stuff, but it definitely paid off! We got quota plus 3, I think!

I loved the idea for the Kid Rock song "I wanna be a Phi Mu Lady..." Do you have the rest of the words to that song? I would really like to get them. If you could either post them or send them to me at mckermicle21@tntech.edu that would be great. Thank you so much for your ideas. They helped alot!!

roqueemae · #8 02-16-2005, 11:46 AM

Hi Mary Catherine
I sent you several ideas and you promised to send me some as well. Now you are still asking and it is not nice to take and not give especially when you promised (and offered) to do so.
Thanks!

MKermicle · #9 02-16-2005, 04:03 PM

Hey roqueemae,
I am so sorry. I have been so busy lately and complety for got about sending you some stuff. I feel awful. I am sorry. I actually dont have our stuff saved on my computer, but I will work on trying to find it. If I cant I will just type it out. I can let you know what we do though. For the past couple of years we have done the theme Born to be a Phi Mu with the song Born to be Wild. We do a dialong like they are going back to when they were in highschool and stoping at different points in there life. We do songs like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Come be a Phi by Dixie Chicks, Toxic by Brittney Spears, D'J S. song about Phi Mu, Time of my Life from the movie Diry Dancing, and the the last song we do Lucky by Brittney Spears. We have changed the words to all the songs and we dance and stuff during the songs. Just let me know what you want and I will find it and get it to you. Again I am so sorry about that!

roqueemae · #10 02-16-2005, 09:46 PM

It is not a big deal. I have all of the stuff I sent you saved on my computer. When you offered to send me stuff, I thought you had the same. Don't type it up just for me. But if you want to post some songs for everyone to appreciate, that would surely help out alot of people.

DOphimuuudle · #11 12-29-2005, 04:06 AM

Each of our four parties has a different theme... Here are some of them we;ve used. If you want details on any of them, PM me

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Phi Mu Ski Lodge
Motto: It Just Keeps Getting Cooler!
Dress: Hats, Scarves
General Ideas: We serve hot chocolate and snowflake cookies, decorate with snowy/winter decorations

Wizard of Oz
Motto: Welcome H(phi)ME
Skit: Dorothy is trying to find a place where she belongs at school, Scarecrow represents Scholarship (she gets brains), Tinlady Philanthropy (she gets a heart from helping CMN) and Lion Leadership (running for king of the forrest but needs help). Glinda shows Dorothy when she gets to Oz that she didn;t have to go looking for a someplace to belong, it was inside of her all along i.e. Phi Mu: Its not what you become but who you always were.
Decorations: Ranbow stuff ranbow balloon arches
Philanthropy Activity: We made rainbow have a great day cards for our local CMN hyospital and delivered them there

Candy Land
Motto: How Sweet it is to be Phi Mu
Decorations: different candyland areas (from the game)

Star Theme
Motto: Don;t Just Wish on a Star, Become One!
Ideas: We put together a slideshow/movie of sisters doing stuff, picvs from the year, sisters speaking about what they love about phi mu and film from different events like our flag footbal marathon and when one of our sisters was crowned homecoming queen and we all went crazy!

Chicago
Motto: We Just Can't Do it Alone or You Can Like The Life your Living, You Can Live the Life You Like
Skit: Velma and Roxie both come into the Phi Mu Vaudville Theatre to practice their routine. They argue about who should get the stage. Velma (representing the leadership/social) says she should get to practice because she has so many loyal fans who always come to watch her (sisters) and she always has SOOO much fun on stage and leading her group of dancers. Roxie (representing philanthropy/scholarship) says she ahouls be allowed to practice because she dances to raise money for CMN and she always works so hard to to her best at her preformances, that's why she does so well (if you have a good GPA stat, transfer it here, i.e. my dancers have been the best at learning for the past 4 semesters). The argue a bunch and then a stage hand comes out and says, you both have so much to offer, why don;t you work together! Then a song and dance number to I just can't do it alone from the musical.

Grease
Motto: You're The One that I Want
Skit Ideas: Pink Ladies and the freshmen at the high school. They show them what they have to offer and then it goes into your the one that I want.

French Country outdoor vineyard/cafe
Motto: J'Adore Phi Mu
Ideas: we did it in light purple and light green. This is a dressier party theme.
SlideShow: For Greek Week we have a greek sing competition where each group sings a song about themselves accapella. Ours was to the Indigo Girls song "Least Complicated" and we changed the words to be about our chapter (I can PM or email them if anyone wants them). We won with this song, so we are using it with a slideshow of pics from the past couple of yeara and integrating sisters speaking about phi mu, their sisters and all that stuff into breaks in the song.

If anyone has Q's feel free to PM me!