Pref Night

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by alum

My daughter went through recruitment this year for the first time as an active. She won't admit to crying but she did say tears welled up during Pref Night.

If nobody comes close to tears, it's not an effective Pref!

Pref is meant to show every bit of the good times of your sorority. There are a lot of ways of showing it, by reading passages or poems about sisterhood, by having a sister or two tell a (short) reason why she loves her sisters - things like that. Most I've heard of take place in a dark room, with candles, sometimes being lit one by one. You want to show the PNM that you'd like to include her in your sisterhood without scaring her away. It's a very thin line! Good luck!

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by honeychile

If nobody comes close to tears, it's not an effective Pref!

Pref is meant to show every bit of the good times of your sorority. There are a lot of ways of showing it, by reading passages or poems about sisterhood, by having a sister or two tell a (short) reason why she loves her sisters - things like that. Most I've heard of take place in a dark room, with candles, sometimes being lit one by one. You want to show the PNM that you'd like to include her in your sisterhood without scaring her away. It's a very thin line! Good luck!

About candles: probably a good idea to play it safe and keep your insurance company, fire department and emergency ward happy -- if you use candles, use those fake battery-powered ones. The fancier ones even have various flickering effects, right? Over the years GreekChat has seen more than one story about somebody's hair catching fire. Or the decorations. Or whatever. Some sororities now have national policies or guidelines forbidding real candles. (I'm not kidding.)

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by exlurker

About candles: probably a good idea to play it safe and keep your insurance company, fire department and emergency ward happy -- if you use candles, use those fake battery-powered ones. The fancier ones even have various flickering effects, right? Over the years GreekChat has seen more than one story about somebody's hair catching fire. Or the decorations. Or whatever. Some sororities now have national policies or guidelines forbidding real candles. (I'm not kidding.)

http://media.www.dailyorange.com/med...-3200492.shtml

Candles – what did I say?

The student paper at Syracuse has an item in its February 11, 2008 news roundup -- see link above -- :

Excerpts:
. . . . During one of the sorority's rush events, a burning candle tipped over lighting a cardboard box on fire, said . . . the Phi Sigma Sigma public relations chair.

. . . "It was actually a pretty good experience, minus the fire," she said. {In praising the fire department’s response.}

I’m glad there were no injuries or serious damages reported.

[GammaPhi88]

The student paper at Syracuse has an item in its February 11, 2008 news roundup -- see link above -- :

Excerpts:
. . . . During one of the sorority's rush events, a burning candle tipped over lighting a cardboard box on fire, said . . . the Phi Sigma Sigma public relations chair.

. . . "It was actually a pretty good experience, minus the fire," she said. {In praising the fire department’s response.}

I’m glad there were no injuries or serious damages reported.[/quote]


I was there! My pref at Phi Sig was later that day, but I saw all the girls running out and the firetrucks lined up...it was chaotic, but everything is okay!