Alpha Sigma Rho Spring 2014 Formal

Una Noche Inolvidable con mis Hermanas 

It is almost the end of the semester, and this week is my hell week! If you are wondering why it is my hell week, well, I have 3 exams and a project due this week. But I can’t want until this week ends, because! This Sunday will be my sorority’s formal! Actually, I have been preparing for this formal since the beginning of this semester! The reason I wanted Social Chair (takes care of formal and other events) is a lot of the people that I care a lot in the sorority are graduating! The last thing that I can do for them before they step into the next stage of life is to give them an unforgettable formal! I want them to enjoy this formal dinner as never ever before! On top of that, our sisters from UTSA (The University of Texas at San Antonio) are coming! We are going to have a joined formal! After all, the more, the merrier! 

Formal will be at Estancia

Yummy

A lot of meat, yum

Since it is a joined formal, we have to keep all our traditions. In order to make it funnier, this semester we are going to give out gag awards! We used to always have the same nice, inspiring and generic awards! This semester, after some struggle, we can finally do gag awards! To know what award to give out, I created a Google survey so that everyone can pitch in! They can name a sister, name the award and explain why she deserves the award. I was actually having a lot of fun while reading the entries. Apparently, one nominated me as “Miss 3^rd Wheel.” If you wonder why I got this award, well it is because I always thirdwheel my friends. Most of my closest friends are dating! So, whenever my friends want to hangout, it is always hanging out with my friends plus one (her/his boy/girlfriend).

Because of the secured budget we have for formal, I have come up with some affordable and creative ideas. For the centerpieces, I am planning to use some mason jars, decorate them and put some flowers or candle in it. I got inspired when I was surfing on Pinterest. For the newly crossed girls (new addition to the sorority), I am planning to hang their names on the back of the seat as “newly crossed” and in smaller letters “meet me.” And for the seats name tag for the other girls and her dates, I am planning to have chocolates with toothpicks on it to show their names. At first, I planned to bake cupcakes, but since I have so many exams and tests, I decided to use chocolates. Guests can eat the chocolate if they feel hungry! But usually people take them to go and a “souvenir.”

This is so cute

If time permits, I have planned to hide a mini gift below every table. We (me and another girl that is going to MC with me) are going to announce the winner by the middle of the event. I am planning to stick the “winner” sticker under the chair. If time permits and formal gets too boring, I will have some games ready. We will have the traditional guess the word game. People who want to play will couple up, one mimic the word and the other will need to guess.

The tables will be white

I have been planning this formal for a while, I hope they will like it. For the next blog, I will update y’all with more information about how did the formal go! Here I have attached a video of how Estancia is.