Greek Sing: Year of the Upset

What’s a Greek Sing without a little bit of controversy? The five IFC fraternities and five panhellenic sororities competed for the best performance Monday night. Being a part of Sigma Chi, I went to show my support, but I brought along my notebook to take notes about each one.

Recap

Each fraternity and sorority had at least a “interesting” performance, but a few stuck out to me. I had respect for Delta Tau Delta going first, but when it came time to shout out each fraternity, they left out one: mine. Minus 10 points.

Delta Gamma’s performance was interesting up until the point where after shouting out each fraternity and sorority, they turned around with shirts with skull and crossbones on them. It appeared to me as a tribute to the fraternity formally known as “Kappa Sigma,” who in return chanted “Delta Gamma” which ruined the next part of the routine. Much More on this later.

Theta Chi’s performance was funny and kept the crowd entertained and AXO followed up with a Michael Jackson routine, and everyone loves his music. Plus 10 points.

The only thing that stuck out about Sig Ep’s performance was that they threw out real money, which put me at a moral crossroads. Do I succumb to temptation and run out and take the real money and ruin their performance, or give them respect and watch. Unfortunately for my wallet, I chose the latter.

DZ had nice uniforms and produced the best female dancer, Bigi Sann, who was ecstatic about the award. Pi Kapp brought me back to my childhood with an homage to Super Mario brothers, and kept me interested and laughing the whole time. Rumor has it that they made it up the night before, but it didn’t show because they performed real well.

AGD had a little trouble getting going due to technical difficulty, but thanks to the host, Jabari Bennett, provided the crowd with some laughter with his beatboxing skills. Once they got going, they produced a lighthearted, fun dance and did not give into booty shaking.

My fraternity was next, and I tried to give an unbiased view. When they came in, they had by far the best costumes with glow sticks in the shape of stick figures, which got the crowd going. However, when they were in the glowsticks, the dancing was mediocre, until “Paper planes” and semi redeemed themselves. At the end of the dance, Mike Baez wore a “Kappa Sig” shirt to pretend to fight, but then ended up shaking hands with Andre Burrell and performing a synchronized dance. More on this later.

SDT went next and as expected put on a phonemenal show. They had a jungle theme and collaborated with the music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha. It was by far the best show put on at this Greek Sing.

According to my notes, if I was a judge, this would be my rankings: 1. SDT 2. Delta Gamma 3. Sigma Chi 4. Pi Kapp 5. Theta Chi 6. Delta Zeta 7. AXO 8. AGD 9. DTD 10. Sig Ep. Don’t hate, just perform better next year. What would your rankings be?

The Reaction

As expected, SDT won for sororities, and AGD won for best “unity”. Bigi Sann won best female performer and the big guy from Sig Ep won best male performer (I asked around for his name, but nobody knew it, but the award was well deserved). Pi Kapp won the best fraternity performance, which I couldn’t argue with but I thought Sigma Chi gave a good fight. The shock of the night however was when Pi Kapp won the best overall performance. The best part about it… Pi Kapp already left the gym, so it was silence. Just crickets.

I decided to become a postgame interviewer, and used my pen as a microphone. Casey McLear from Sigma Chi said, “It was a disappointment, but we had fun with the event.” A little too politically correct for me.

An anonymous fraternity guy from a rival fraternity (wimp wouldn’t let me use his name) said, “This is definitely the biggest crock of ****, and ****ed up… call this the year of the upsets.”

A Delta Gamma responded, “We got robbed, but SDT definitely had a great performance too, but it is a shame that our hard work didn’t pay off. I don’t even remember Pi Kapp’s dance… how did they win the whole thing?” That’s what I like to hear… put it on Juicy Campus.

The Master of Ceremonies, Jabari Bennett stated, “Greek Sing was fantastic, definitely enjoyed the energy from the crowd and it was evident that all the organizations put in a lot of hard work. Also the awards were well deserved.” Another boring politically correct statement.

Later on the night, rumors started to go around that both Delta Gamma and Sigma Chi were disqualified for having shirts with skulls on it. This conviently sets up my next blog.