Full Frills Recruitment

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Don't forget the yard routines! At FSU the sororities have beautiful houses and yards and used them to full advantage. The rushees would assemble on the street sidewalk and at the appropriate time the sorority's members would burst out of the house in choreographed splendor that rivaled any Busby Berkley song and dance-singing and dancing their little hearts out. And of course the outfits were themed. After the performance the rushees were escorted, one by one, up the house sidewalk into the house by a member. At the party's conclusion, each rushee was escorted by her hostess out of the house, down the sidewalk to the street sidewalk and bade goodby. The sisters would line the house sidewalk from street side toward the house and when enough had assembled, would start to sing a catchy farewell song. It was spectacular!

We were particularly lucky because the house is on a slight hill and has a raised elevation, so sisters were easily seen by the rushees on the street below. The front doors are double, and there are two sets of French double doors on either side of the front of the house, that lead out onto a deep front porch. Sisters would stream out of those three sets of doors, criss crossing on the porch, down the stairs, to their place on the lawn. Like I said, Busby Berkley would have had shivers running up and down his spine!

One of my favorite stories you have relayed before are the Sigma Chis across the street and "their" routine.