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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:	ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:	V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:	REGENT::BROOMHEAD

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1105
Total number of notes:	36379

798.0. "need help with sorority party" by AKOV12::GIUNTA () Mon Sep 25 1989 13:43

    I'm on the committee for my sorority's 10 year anniversary, and am
    looking for some ideas on things we could do.  We will be having a
    dinner-dance for sisters and their guests.  I'm looking for some ideas
    on things that we can do to make the event fun and memorable.  I keep
    thinking that things similar to what happens at a high-school reunion
    might be good, but my reunions have just been dances with not much to
    pull together things that happened in high school.  Might anyone have
    any ideas I could use?
    
    We are planning on making some sort of a program that gives a little 
    biographical sketch of everyone, and have come up with a questionnaire 
    that asks the normal questions like date of graduation, major, where 
    they work, what they do, if they are married and have children, and 
    what they remember from their pledge/sister days.  We'd like to have 
    anecdotes of things that happened to sisters, but we're not sure of 
    the best way to ask for that.  Any suggestions?
    
    We are also planning on digging up some pictures from each year and
    posting them in the hall so that people can see what we looked like
    back then, and the guests can see some of the history behind the
    chapter.
    
    We talked about favors for the sisters, and bud vases were suggested. 
    I would like to have something other than bud vases since I have a
    feeling most of us have more of those than we could possibly use
    anyhow.  Does anyone have any suggestions of something we could use for
    favors that would be useful and creative?
    
    I wasn't sure where to ask this, and thought that this community might
    have some ideas that I could use.  I'd certainly appreciate any help
    that I might get here.
    
    Thanks,                
    Cathy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
798.1	pointer	LEZAH::BOBBITT	invictus maneo	`Mon Sep 25 1989 14:24`	7
	Some ideas for you to mull over might be found in: HUMAN_RELATIONS notesfile topic 473 - class reunion experiences -Jody
798.2		ULTRA::ZURKO	The quality of mercy is not strained	`Tue Sep 26 1989 13:36`	15
	I've never belonged to a sorority, so the sort of things that appeal to me might not appeal to your sisters. The Shakespeare Ensemble at MIT had a 10-year dinner, then went to the production that was on that year. Is there any _real_ event you can share (induction, just a regular meeting). It seems so much more, well, real. At the one high school reunion I went to, there were certain people I couldn't sit with that I wanted to talk to (and that wanted to talk to me :-). Will there be time and space for that? (and quiet) Hmmm, favors. Small, creative, useful things that everyone needs and no one has too many of. Something folks wouldn't bother to get themselves, but would use with pride. Ice scraper for the car? Spoon rest? I really don't know... Mez
798.3		AWARD2::HARMON		`Tue Sep 26 1989 15:19`	10
	If you are holding the reunion in a hotel you could ask the Convention Services Manager (they are sometimes the Catering Manager too) for ideas of a theme and/or help in designing one. They are usually very creative people and could probably help in ideas for a memento. As for getting anecdotes, in your questionaire you could ask for any humorus stories your sisters remember. Sounds like it'll be fun! P.
798.4	A beverage glass	VIA::BAZEMORE	Barbara b.	`Tue Sep 26 1989 19:28`	6
	At my high school senior banquet the favor was a globe shaped glass with the school name and date printed on it. Ten years later I still have it and use it. It doesn't match the rest of the glassware, but it's my unique glass that holds special memories for me. Bb
798.5	how about a picture	USCTR2::CSKERRY		`Thu Sep 28 1989 14:53`	5
	At my high school reunion, we were given buttons (pins) with the picture that appeared in the yearbook and name on them. It was fun seeing how people had changed since high school. CS
798.6		WILKIE::KEITH	Real men double clutch	`Thu Sep 28 1989 15:04`	9
	RE .5 I have been to 3 reunions, my wifes and mine. At the last one they did the picture as you noted. I thought it was great! Sometimes you remember people as they were when you last saw them. If you have access to the pictures, go for it. It is also quite the ice breaker in a large crowd, and it doesn't cost hardly anything. Steve
798.7		ACESMK::POIRIER		`Thu Sep 28 1989 15:30`	12
	At my mom's 25th reunion they gave away prizes...Each class member was asked to fill out a little survey (or autobiography) and prizes were awarded in different categories. One for the person who had the most kids... One for the person who had to travel the farthest to get there... One for the person who had been married the longest... etc. They also had a collage of class pictures made up as well as the picture pins.