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Ah, the memories. My college chapter averaged 20-25 members as opposed to 40 and up for the other two sororities on campus. Here are some tricks:
1) Cluster-bump rotation is a great idea. Give everyone a number: one, two, or three. Each girl picks up a rushee and goes to her circle (after getting food, of course) with the other number ones (or 2's or 3's). One person is assigned to be the first person to leave the cluster, and go over to the #2 group. When she arrives, 1 or 2 people from the number two group politely break off their conversation and go to group three. One or two people from group three go over to group one, and so on. As long as you don't do this too fast or obvious, it works very well.
2) Alums. Yes. Great idea. We always had local alums at our rush parties, and it really impressed the rushees. I think it was their first glimpse at the idea that sororities are for life.
3) We didn't have a house. If you are in the same boat, pick the smallest place on campus to have your rush parties. Fewer people take up more space, and the organization looks bigger.
4) If formal rush doesn't go well, talk to your PHC about the other groups opting out of informal rush. We had one completely disastrous year at formal rush (yes, that's EXACTLY what happened), and the other two groups decided to skip informal rush for the rest of the year.
Good luck to you.
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