Kappa song archive

[afredrickson]

Would alumnae or actives be interested in an archive of Kappa songs? They would be both from past official songbooks and any current songs that chapters sing, with lyrics and (hopefully) sheet music. There would also (hopefully) be an option for people to add audio files of songs being sung.

I work at HQ right now, and this is a special project I'm working on. I'd just like to hear if this is something members would be interested in having, I know a lot of the time chapters want new songs and don't really have the resources to find them.

This would also be a way of preserving existing songs from chapters and making sure they're not lost.

[oldnorthstate]

Hi again! I think this is an awesome idea. I've found older copies of our songbook online and it's fascinating to see where a lot of our songs have come from (hello, Beta Beta Deuteron), but not all of the songs have sheet music accompanying them so audio files would go a long way to keeping those old songs ringing in our Kappa ears. I also really love old rush songs, and those are particularly hard to find sheet music or tunes for. A song database would definitely give chapters a lot of options for songs and preserve older songs that have fallen out of fashion or were sung by inactive chapters.

[JimmyRocknRolla]

I missed this post by about 8 years......

Back in the mid-to-late ’90s, my close friend and bandmate Maggie—who was a Kappa at Iowa State—wrote a song called "These Friends of Mine." We were in a band together called Good Things, and in 1997, we recorded and released our album Fit the Groove. The song was included as a hidden track on the CD.

Maggie wrote it about the incredible friendships she formed with her sorority sisters, realizing early on that these relationships were truly special. The song reflects the idea that you can always count on these friends—whether in tough times or through something as simple as a smile to brighten your day. It was written specifically for Kappa Kappa Gamma and includes references to the sorority in the lyrics, such as "the golden key." I remember Maggie submitting it to the National KKG and even performing it at a large regional chapter meeting.

The reason I’m sharing this now is that I recently remastered and re-released Fit the Groove on all major streaming platforms. While looking into the song’s history, I was surprised to find this post with the lyrics! Seeing that people still remember it after all these years is amazing.

So, if you’d like to hear it, "These Friends of Mine" is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon—pretty much everywhere. Keep in mind, we were just 20-year-old kids figuring out music and recording, but I think there’s something charming about its low-fi, folky vibe.

I hope you all enjoy it!

https://open.spotify.com/track/52bTT...dbeb4e648e42ef