For Tau Kappa Epsilon member Justin Rivello, Greek Sing brings a special togetherness to the Greek community.
An annual dancing competition, which is the finale of Greek Weekend, Greek Sing is an event where members of University Fraternity and Sorority Life compete.
“I always feel like the overall morale of the Greek community benefits a great deal from both Greek Sing and Greek Weekend in general,” Rivello said.
The event was the finale of Greek Weekend, a weekend-long competition between fraternities and sororities. Greek Sing took place Sunday night in the Stroh Center.
Chapters were not required to participate in the weekend, so teams may have included two or three fraternities or sororities.
Throughout the competition, fraternities and sororities were given awards for their accomplishments and contributions during the previous year, Rivello said.
Some awards included the new member award, academic excellence award and the service and civic engagement award.
The Stroh was filled with an audience yelling and chanting as Greek members showed off their dance moves.
Greek Sing involved 13 teams performing routines to a mix of songs related to their theme. Each team was only allowed to dance for seven minutes, and at least one member had to be lip-synching the whole time.
“This is a great way to build relations between BG’s Greek organizations, and it is a lot of fun,” Rivello said.
Fraternities and sororities had preferences about which other Greek organization they wanted to be paired with and picked specific themes such as, “Slumber Party,” “Make It Rain,” “Fire and Ice” and “That’s What I Call a Party.”
“Tonight, we asked Greek members to recognize what we stand for through dance,” said Andrew Hayes, a speaker at Greek Sing. “Greek Sing gives [Greek life members] an opportunity to showcase what is so close to our hearts.”
Although the competition was for fun, Greek members still put in long hours of practice, said Keith Kanz, Phi Gamma Delta member.
“Everyone puts so much effort into [routines] that all of the teams come up with some really cool ones,” Kanz said.
Non-Greek members were also welcome to watch each performance, which is one reason freshman Molly Mueller decided to go.
“I heard about it and my roommates and friends are apart of Delta Gamma and Alpha Phi so I decided to check it out,” Mueller said. “I didn’t know about it before, so seeing all of the cool routines was cool and I’m excited to see who wins.”
The final winner of Greek Sing was Delta Gamma and Sigma Nu’s performance with a routine themed, “Weather Warning.”
“It feels amazing to get rewarded for working for so long and so hard,” said Corey James, Sigma Nu member. “I know it meant a lot to my brothers and especially the ladies of Delta Gamma, which made me honored to win.”
