Hey I'm from alpha gamma...but I don't have the copy of the ritual you are referring to
. We had an incident at convention where our ritual book was cleared out and part of that ceremony was thrown out, but not to fear, we found a lost copy among our files! (We cried wen we heard the news!) If any of you are still interested in receiving a copy of the ceremony, please PM me and we will more than happily fax it to you! We began using this ceremony last year as our pref ritual...when the PNM drops her pearl in the "wishing well" we whisper gently into their ear..."We hope your wish is the same as ours" (guaranteed tearjerker!)
As for a COB idea, we have DphiE Snapshots: You build a huge Polaroid frame out of cardboard/foam....then you proceed to narrate the still life. Make individual popcorn bags for each PNM. (make sure the lights are dimmed between each "scene")
EXAMPLE: Two sisters laying on beach towels in bikinis...while two sisters are standing with (empty) buckets directly over them...."Here you see DphiE's amy, jo, beth, & marie at the beach, we regularly have sisterhood beach days...blah blah blah
Incorporate your individual events, be creative silly and most of all convey the fact that DphiE's always have fun!