CULTURE SHOCK

Sorority Stories

Iam a big Heather McMahan fan. If you have been living under a rock, she’s a 30-something comedian from Georgia who is an Ole Miss grad turned Hollywood hustler who is going straight to the top. She does stand-up, and I saw her live Christmas 2019. She is hilarious, and all the women there had on leopard print, including me. She will be in Montgomery in December, so do get tickets. Her comedy is very much geared towards Millenials, making fun of her Yankee mother and husband and holding up a mirror to all of us Southerners. We are a crazy bunch.

In August, the topic of her podcast, Absolutely Not, was the Tik Tok phenomenon that was the University of Alabama Rush. The girls going through Rush posted daily outfits, the results of which sororities kept or cut. The world was intrigued, and many of those young girls ended up with quite the following. Heather gets to laughing about how much things have changed since her college rush days and how much things stay the same.

I was listening along, chuckling, and then I start laughing out loud, remembering one particular Rush memory of my own.

I was a Kappa Delta at Auburn, and while I was there, our skit was always farm-themed. We remade songs like John Deere Green into “K...D....GREEN,” and the whole thing was country-fied.

While in the planning process, someone said, “Wouldn’t it be funny if we could get a real pig?”

Everyone agreed that would really make the skit.

Being from Alexander City with plenty of country friends myself. I raised my hand and said, “I know a guy with a pig.”

I promptly called up local legend David McDaniel, who always had lots of animals and a wide variety of unique useless critters (his words, not mine). He did, in fact, have a pig, and to hear him tell it, the big guy even walked on a leash. How perfect was that?

I confirmed to my sorority that I secured a pig and took off in a borrowed Tahoe with a recruited sorority sister to go get Pig. We needed to practice with him. In a nutshell, my sister and I were headed to the farm.

When we got to David’s farm, there sat Pig. David had him on a leash. We walked/dragged him to the Tahoe, where we put him in a big kennel. Pig was squealing – a lot. He did not seem excited about his trip to Auburn. But off Culture we went anyway. I took a wide turn Shock onto state Route 280, and the kennel went sliding. Pig. Was. Screaming. He screamed all the way to Auburn. I had begun to think Pig wasn’t such a great idea. And he wasn’t. I dragged him screaming into the KD Chapter Room, and it became complete chaos. Pig pooped on the floor. He did not come as advertised. I was in a full sweat as it took four of us to manhandle Pig back into the kennel, and I drove him, as fast as I could, back to Alex City. Lacey Howell There is a happy ending to the story. A baby pig was found, wrapped in a blanket and carried throughout skit day. I don’t remember for sure, but Baby Pig probably got dosed with a little Benadryl. Lesson learned: A pig cannot be made into a KD lady and is cut after Skit Day. ~ Lacey Howell is a recovering English major from Auburn who now lives on Lake Martin, sells real estate, rides horses and loves good wine. Follow her on Instagram @ LaceyHowell and on her Facebook page.

Rush Gone Awry

A country-fied Rush at Auburn's Kappa Delta led Lacey and sisters to remake "John Deere Green" into "KD Green," with hilarious repercussions.

Art & Photography Contest 2021

ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24!

ENTRY DETAILS

➡ Entries must reflect local area or its lifestyle. ➡ Two divisions: hanging art and hanging photography. ➡ $15 per entry fee submission ➡ Limit five entries per person; entries that were submitted to previous Lake

Martin Living Art & Photography Contest will not be accepted. ➡ Entry deadline is Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. Artwork must delivered to the TPI office, 548 Cherokee Road, Alexander City. ➡ Each entry must be clearly labeled on the back with artist’s name and contact information. ➡ Pick up works at TPI Office Oct. 13 - Oct. 17. ➡ Three winners in each category: First Place - $200; Second Place - $150; Third

Place - $100. ➡ Each submitting artist will be featured inside the October issue of Lake Martin

Living magazine, and one of the first place award pieces will be featured on the cover. ➡ Winners will be recognized in The Alexander City Outlook and The Wetumpka

Herald.

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Award sponsorships available: Art - $500; Photography - $500. If you would like to be an award sponsor please contact Brittany Smith at brittany.smith@alexcityoutlook.com or Betsy Iler at betsy.iler@alexcityoutlook.com

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