I posted this elsewhere, But I'm the incoming Membership Director and also a two time party head. Our Formal Recruitment is Four days, each with a different theme for the party. First day is a general get to know you all around, second is somehow philanthropy based, thrid is looking at the sisterhood/bond aspect and fourth is pref. Here is the list I posted earlier about wht we've done:
Each of our four parties has a different theme... Here are some of them we;ve used. If you want details on any of them, PM me
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Phi Mu Ski Lodge
Motto: It Just Keeps Getting Cooler!
Dress: Hats, Scarves
General Ideas: We serve hot chocolate and snowflake cookies, decorate with snowy/winter decorations
Wizard of Oz
Motto: Welcome H(phi)ME
Skit: Dorothy is trying to find a place where she belongs at school, Scarecrow represents Scholarship (she gets brains), Tinlady Philanthropy (she gets a heart from helping CMN) and Lion Leadership (running for king of the forrest but needs help). Glinda shows Dorothy when she gets to Oz that she didn;t have to go looking for a someplace to belong, it was inside of her all along i.e. Phi Mu: Its not what you become but who you always were.
Decorations: Ranbow stuff ranbow balloon arches
Philanthropy Activity: We made rainbow have a great day cards for our local CMN hyospital and delivered them there
Candy Land
Motto: How Sweet it is to be Phi Mu
Decorations: different candyland areas (from the game)
Star Theme
Motto: Don;t Just Wish on a Star, Become One!
Ideas: We put together a slideshow/movie of sisters doing stuff, picvs from the year, sisters speaking about what they love about phi mu and film from different events like our flag footbal marathon and when one of our sisters was crowned homecoming queen and we all went crazy!
Chicago
Motto: We Just Can't Do it Alone or You Can Like The Life your Living, You Can Live the Life You Like
Skit: Velma and Roxie both come into the Phi Mu Vaudville Theatre to practice their routine. They argue about who should get the stage. Velma (representing the leadership/social) says she should get to practice because she has so many loyal fans who always come to watch her (sisters) and she always has SOOO much fun on stage and leading her group of dancers. Roxie (representing philanthropy/scholarship) says she ahouls be allowed to practice because she dances to raise money for CMN and she always works so hard to to her best at her preformances, that's why she does so well (if you have a good GPA stat, transfer it here, i.e. my dancers have been the best at learning for the past 4 semesters). The argue a bunch and then a stage hand comes out and says, you both have so much to offer, why don;t you work together! Then a song and dance number to I just can't do it alone from the musical.
Grease
Motto: You're The One that I Want
Skit Ideas: Pink Ladies and the freshmen at the high school. They show them what they have to offer and then it goes into your the one that I want.
French Country outdoor vineyard/cafe
Motto: J'Adore Phi Mu
Ideas: we did it in light purple and light green. This is a dressier party theme.
SlideShow: For Greek Week we have a greek sing competition where each group sings a song about themselves accapella. Ours was to the Indigo Girls song "Least Complicated" and we changed the words to be about our chapter (I can PM or email them if anyone wants them). We won with this song, so we are using it with a slideshow of pics from the past couple of yeara and integrating sisters speaking about phi mu, their sisters and all that stuff into breaks in the song.
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