Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
October 25, 2017
Volume CXXXVII Issue 19
Sigma Kappa wins 2017 Songfest Competition By ELIZABETH SMITH Graphics Editor Friday, Oct. 20 marked the beginning of Georgetown College’s Homecoming Weekend for 2017. Before the football game on Saturday, the college celebrated a longstanding tradition: Songfest! This year’s songfest theme was “90’s Kids Only.” The event each year is kicked off with a special group performance from the cheerleading team and the dance team. This combined performance is a homecoming tradition for Georgetown College. The event concluded with a special performance from the hip hop team while the judges tallied the scores for each competing group. Each year groups form, typically by residence hall, to perform a musical skit at the Thursday night dress rehearsal and for judging on Friday evening. Judges are given a rubric to determine the top three winners as well as winners in several categories: Best Musicality, Most Original, Best Choreography, Most Humorous, Best Georgetown Spirit.
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The winner of Best Musicality was the President’s House Association, the 2016 Songfest first place winners. The PHA’s performed some crowd favorite songs from the 1990s including “I’ll Make a Man out of You” and a parody of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” The winner of Best Choreography was Kappa Delta. Kappa Delta performed a skit with dance numbers that highlighted the themes of some well–known movies from the 1990s: “Jurassic Park,” “Men in Black” and “The Lion King.” The winner of the Most Humorous award was Lambda Chi Alpha. The men of Lambda Chi Alpha performed a skit in which several songs were considered as the song to get a party started during the 1990s. Their song selection included “Waterfalls”, “Jump,” “It’s Gonna Be Me” and “Everybody.” Alpha Gamma Delta sorority won both Best Georgetown Spirit as well as Third Place overall. Their skit followed the life of a Georgetown Student as she learned how to handle the day to day life of college. By
rewriting the words to some hit songs from the 1990s, the skit covered common strugg l e s faced by freshm e n from formatting papers to needing a strong support system. Some of their songs included “No Scrubs” and “Go the Distance.” The women of Phi Mu won Second place overall. Phi Mu’s skit was based on the MTV show “Total Request Live” and contained recreations of music videos of “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Pump up the Jam,” “Can’t Touch This” and “Wannabe.” The women of Sigma Kappa won both Most Original and First Place overall. Their skit focused on lessons
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Sigma Kappa took home Best Overall Performance with their “Full House” themed skit that 90s kids can learn from the sitcom “Full House” as told by a graduating senior in a commencement speech. The skit ended with an encouragement for alumni to give to the Love & Loyalty campaign. Junior Sigma Kappa Caroline Pinson said, “I had an amazing time leading my chapter in our performance. Songfest is my absolute favorite GC tradition because it allows everyone on campus
to showcase their abilities and hard work for the alumni.” Dr. David Fraley, a professor of analytical chemistry, said, “I realize that much creative effort went into planning the performances this year. The themes, singing, dancing and humor were great for all the groups. I’ve been to well over 25 Songfest events, and every year I’m impressed with the talent that the students have.”
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