After practicing dance moves everyday last week, Stephen Kaczowka said it paid off.
The members of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Kappa Theta fraternities and Alpha Xi Delta sorority earned themselves a “long performance” in this year’s Greek Sing.
An annual event for sororities and fraternities to showcase their talents in music and script, Greek Sing will be held on Nov. 14 this year in Eisenhower Auditorium.
But earning a long performance just means more time to practice, said Kaczowka, Beta Theta Pi Greek Sing chairman.
“We want to win because of pride, obviously, and bragging rights,” Kaczowka (sophomore-finance) said. “But we’re putting in all the time and effort in order to win the competition.”
Becky Murdy, the public relations overall chairwoman for Greek Sing, said Sunday was the first dress rehearsal for those participating, where it was decided whether the groups would have “long performances” of eight minutes or “short performances” of four minutes. If his group hadn’t gotten the long show, Kaczowka said they would have had to change their performance pieces and shorten what they had already practiced. That, he said, would have made it harder to win.
Ariel Sealing, Greek Sing overall chairwoman, said this year’s difficulty level in performance has greatly improved on previous years.
“From what I’ve seen, and if people continue to put the work and effort into their practices, this will be the best show yet,” Sealing (senior-hotel, restaurant and institutional management) said.
Since Beta Theta Pi is paired up with Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Kappa Theta, Kaczowka said this ultimately means more spirit points.
At Monday’s Rita’s Day Out, he made sure to bring some of his fellow fraternity members to ensure they got as many points as they could.
“We got our mango water ice and went over to the overall chairpersons sitting in the corner and told them which fraternity we’re in,” Kaczowka said. “Then, they’d just mark us down.”
Murdy said there was a good turnout at Rita’s Water Ice, 119 E. Beaver Ave., and hopes the energy will continue throughout the entire competition.
“This year we’re trying to amp it up a bit,” Murdy (senior-public relations) said.
Kaczowka said his triad is really excited for what’s going to happen in the upcoming weeks. Going off a “Copacabana” theme, he said everyone should look forward to some “good dancing.”
