Greek Sing, part of the annual Greek Week was Thursday night
Posted on April 14, 2008
Greek Sing, a night of entertainment put on by JMU’s Greek organizations, was held Thursday in the gym of Godwin Hall. The event was part of Greek Week and open to all of campus and the Harrisonburg community.
Beginning at 6 p.m., members of the participating nine sororities and eight fraternities — the largest Greek participation Greek Sing has had — each put on five-minute performances. These included dancing, costumes, singing, props and also “hands performers”: participants who stand on risers behind the dancers doing choreographed hand motions. Greek organizations arranged their performances, background music and props based on a chosen theme.
To go with its “Working for the Weekend” theme, Sigma Kappa selected songs including “Money Maker,” broken up by audio clips from the movie “Office Space.” Alpha Sigma Tau, who came in fourth place, accessorized its “AST Candyland” theme with faux sweets the size of people. For the womens’ portion, Zeta Tau Alpha came in first place with its airline-inspired theme “ZTAir.” ZTA’s dancers were dressed as flight attendants and their hands performers held cloud-shaped cutout props. Sigma Sigma Sigma’s performance of “Sigma Recess” followed in second place, and Alpha Phi came in third with “Alpha Phi Weather Girls.” Sigma Phi Epsilon came in first place for the fraternity’s portion with its theme “We Just Wanna Dance.” Sigma Nu came in second place with “Sigma Nu: ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and Today.” Alpha Tau Omega came in third place with “ATO Jock Jams.” Fourth place went to Theta Chi with “Saturday Night at the Roxbury.” There was a 10-minute step/dance routine at halftime performed by the Black Latino Greek Caucus, which is made up of a variety of multicultural fraternities and sororities.
—from staff reports
VSA sponsors a community arts event for disabled students Friday
Headed by senior Raleigh Maupin, the Very Special Arts team held its annual art program for disabled students, kindergarten through 12 grade, at Westover Park Friday. The program is a type of “art field day.” VSA is an international, nonprofit organization where disabled students learn about, participate in and enjoy the arts. Schools from surrounding counties attended this event, which included art stations, a dance program and a music lesson. The kids made bags in which to put crafts such as painted pots, macaroni jewelry and maracas. Other activities included facepainting, picture frame designing, mural painting and sand art. Donations from Kappa Pi, JMU’s art fraternity, local grocers and businesses funded this event.
—from staff reports
