pissed but mostly sad...
so there's something that i need to talk about and i figure that this is the best place for me to get my thoughts out without starting some kind of drama that i really don't want to deal with...
it has come to my attention that my sorority no longer does our skit that our chapter has been doing for over 40 years!
that's right, over 40 years! and i realize (as i was a member of the skit every year i was eligible) that the skit is not the hippest thing this side of the mississippi but it speaks volumes about what our chapter and our fraternity are really about. and it's not just our chapter that respects that we kept doing the same skit no matter what...it was the national organization...people talked about it...
and let's face it, some of the best times i had were with that skit...no one dons the green felt three years in a row because they really want the attention...it meant something to get up there and show the potential new members that even with a skit that parodied old rodgers and hammerstein could be in tune to this time and this place and these girls...
so yeah, i'm pissed but mostly sad...because that skit was our heritage...because that skit was long hours putting up castle walls that didn't quite match after we overcame the burlap...because that skit was katy all over the piano keeping us in line and in tune...because that skit was sara d being the best king she could be...because that skit was ryan and katie looking more like scarlett o'hara than guinevere...because that skit was new maidens every year that brought different things every opening...because that skit was whitney and lyndsey bouncing off the walls in mismatched tights...because that skit was rebecca using her powerful and beautiful gift to tell us exactly why we wore and loved the crimson and white...
there are so many things i could say and yet so much that doesn't need to be said, because if you were a part of it...you know what i'm talking about.
i feel like part of my heritage died. and maybe that's a bit too much...but that's how i feel.
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it has come to my attention that my sorority no longer does our skit that our chapter has been doing for over 40 years!
that's right, over 40 years! and i realize (as i was a member of the skit every year i was eligible) that the skit is not the hippest thing this side of the mississippi but it speaks volumes about what our chapter and our fraternity are really about. and it's not just our chapter that respects that we kept doing the same skit no matter what...it was the national organization...people talked about it...
and let's face it, some of the best times i had were with that skit...no one dons the green felt three years in a row because they really want the attention...it meant something to get up there and show the potential new members that even with a skit that parodied old rodgers and hammerstein could be in tune to this time and this place and these girls...
so yeah, i'm pissed but mostly sad...because that skit was our heritage...because that skit was long hours putting up castle walls that didn't quite match after we overcame the burlap...because that skit was katy all over the piano keeping us in line and in tune...because that skit was sara d being the best king she could be...because that skit was ryan and katie looking more like scarlett o'hara than guinevere...because that skit was new maidens every year that brought different things every opening...because that skit was whitney and lyndsey bouncing off the walls in mismatched tights...because that skit was rebecca using her powerful and beautiful gift to tell us exactly why we wore and loved the crimson and white...
there are so many things i could say and yet so much that doesn't need to be said, because if you were a part of it...you know what i'm talking about.
i feel like part of my heritage died. and maybe that's a bit too much...but that's how i feel.
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