HELP! Can I rush a new sorority!?

[annabella]

OP: did they say they were very particular about the girls they vote in/are they known as a competitive chapter that doesn't often allow affiliates, OR did you just get that impression?

It's possible this was a failed attempt to impress you—sending their creme de la creme out to meet the new girl.

If it's the first, who knows what could happen. If the chapter is very different from your home chapter, you may not fit in. It happens.

Ditto to 33girl and LeslieAnne on the new member periods. I came away from mine with very little (except the ability to pomp). My pledge class didn't really gel until later that year.

Edit: this is pomping. Wrap a 1"x2" piece of tissue paper around a marker, stick to board. Put 20 or so boards together to make giant picture. There's a skit that goes with it—usually geared to kids.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by annabella

Edit: this is pomping. Wrap a 1"x2" piece of tissue paper around a marker, stick to board. Put 20 or so boards together to make giant picture. There's a skit that goes with it—usually geared to kids.

Do you just use the marker tops? I don't want to sound like a wet blanket but what do you do with the markers after you are done? That's a lot of plastic to toss.

[chickenoodle]

Originally Posted by annabella

Edit: this is pomping. Wrap a 1"x2" piece of tissue paper around a marker, stick to board. Put 20 or so boards together to make giant picture. There's a skit that goes with it—usually geared to kids.

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That's interesting. I've never seen that before. It looks like it would take forever though. Thanks for explaining. I thought it was some kind of dance.
/crash

[als463]

Pomping does take forever. We pomp floats for homecoming every year. The one year, my chapter did "Pirates of the Carribean" and they made a ship (an entire ship with people sitting inside) that had cannons on the side that would shoot out tissue paper pieces. Our treasure chest on the back of the ship would open and close. It was awesome!

As far as the OP goes, I'm really disappointed that newly initiated members think it is acceptable to just ditch your old sorority/ fraternity and initiate somewhere else. It scares me to think that these are the people who are the future of our organizations. Hasn't anyone ever heard of "loyalty" to their organizations? Maybe just hear about "loyalty" in general.

[33girl]

Re pomping: for us it consisted of brushing a ton of liquid glue over chicken wire and sticking squares of colored tissue paper in the holes. No markers were harmed in the making of our Homecoming floats.

[als463]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Re pomping: for us it consisted of brushing a ton of liquid glue over chicken wire and sticking squares of colored tissue paper in the holes. No markers were harmed in the making of our Homecoming floats.

Hahahaha..I was thinking the same thing. Instead of markers being harmed...out fingers were sore as hell once we were done...Pomping starts out being fun, but after a while you're like "Holy Shit this is painful..can we stop...It's done being fun, now!"

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Re pomping: for us it consisted of brushing a ton of liquid glue over chicken wire and sticking squares of colored tissue paper in the holes. No markers were harmed in the making of our Homecoming floats.

Our pomping what somewhere in the middle- it was chicken wire and then strips of tissue paper was twisted around it and then puffed out. And it does take forever- about a week to pomp a normal float.

However I did meet one of my best friends while pomping- he was in the fraternity we were paired with for homecoming. He is now my oldest son's godfather. So for me, pomping will always be a great memory!

As for joining a second org- trying to keep both affilations straight and keep is secret from different people seems like too much work! And I cannot imagine trying to do it today with all the technology around.

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by annabella

Ditto to 33girl and LeslieAnne on the new member periods. I came away from mine with very little (except the ability to pomp).

One of our new members: