It's the Week to be Greek!

And the start of Greek Week has begun! This is the last Greek Week that I will be experiencing as a college student, and I'm actually pretty happy about it. It's such an awesome and fun experience, but I am honestly burnt out on it. I can tell that I am so much older now than when I first experienced Greek Week my freshmen year at 19 years old. I know it's only four years difference, but there's an awful lot of learning and growing that takes place during those four years! In case you are wondering just what I mean by Greek Week, it is a week every Spring through which the Greek Community at SEMO does a variety of community service activities for the community in Cape as well as other fun events such as Greek Games and Greek Sing, which is the biggest event of the week that everyone gets so pumped up for. Greek Sing is like a musical done by the Greeks. Each year there is a different theme (usually very random because that makes it more fun and creative) and the fraternities and sororities are paired up to work together. The skits (Greek Sing) are a mix of acting, singing and dancing, with funny jokes thrown in based on SEMO, the Greek Community, or funny things going on in the media. This years themes are TV sitcoms, fairy tales, and music genres. These skits are so fun to watch. It's amazing to see what everyone can come up with and how awesome the props, costumes, and backdrops turn out. SO much time is put into this, with practices every night leading up to it sometimes until 1 or 2 in the morning. Every year I have danced in our skit and absolutely loved being such a big part of it, but this year I chose to be on the other end of Greek Week and be on Steering Committee. Steering Committee is a group of Greeks that oversees Greek Week and does all of the planning, etc. that goes on for the week. It's a lot of work, just in a different way than actually being a part of the skit and other activities, but this is a lot of fun too. I'm definitely glad I'm having the opportunity to experience Greek Week from both sides. I am on Exec. being the Vice President of Public Relations, so I am in charge of all of the publicity for Greek Week which is a lot of fun, and very beneficial for what I am wanting to do! This is so much better for me at this time focusing on jobs and graduation.

Greek Week officially started yesterday with the Special Olympics, which is always a very rewarding part of Greek Week for many of the Greeks who participate. Today was Greek Games, which is when all of the groups participate in a variety of different events such as a soccer shootout, relay race, and kickball tournament. Everyone gets very excited about this, and comes wearing their Greek letters with their faces painted and chanting the entire day. From the outside looking in, it's very cool to see.

This weekend has already been exhausting, but two days down! The rest of the week consists of a canned food drive for the Salvation Army on Tuesday, a Mystery Event on Wednesday, dress rehearsal for Greek Sing on Thursday, Greek Sing on Friday, and All Greek Chapter on Saturday which is when all the Greeks get together for a formal meeting with presentations and awards given out for the week's events as well as yearly awards such as best in grades, member of the year awards, etc. It's going to be a busy week, but it's my last Greek Week so I'm looking forward to it! : )