Hey y'all! This is maybe going to read more like a blog post than an article proper, but I wanted to let you know about an awesome event that happened this past week: the Phi Sig Sing-Off!
I didn't get to go last year because I was sick, but I was extremely glad I was able to be there this year! It was held at an awesome little bar on approximately the border of Garden City and Westland called Renegades. They have karaoke every night except Tuesdays, when they turn their stage over to live bands! I was so excited that Phi Sigma Sigma could host this fundraiser there this year, because it's a karaoke fundraiser and up to this point, the venue hasn't been a karaoke bar. Hopefully, the Sing-Off has found its new home!
A bit about the purpose of the fundraiser: all of Phi Sigma Sigma's proceeds go to our Chapter Education Fund ("CEF"), which goes to granting sisters scholarships. Cool story: not too long ago, our chapter's CEF wasn't doing so well. But then this fundraiser was born, and now we can actually give deserving sisters scholarships so that they can rock their schoolwork as well as they can rock the karaoke stage!
So we don't have to rely on "Mamaaaaaa, oooooooooo..." *cough* I mean, what?
The event itself was incredibly fun: on top of karaoke, there was a table full of prize baskets that were raffled off at the end of the night, including baskets with Pistons, Red Wings, and Tigers tickets! Raffle tickets themselves were fairly inexpensive, and those prizes were pretty darn good (plus, pre-sale tickets to the event came with three free raffle tickets, so it's really a win-win).
As for the karaoke itself, a lot of people picked songs from the article I wrote last week, which made me really happy because I was secretly thinking, "Ha! I was right! Yay!" But it also made me feel good because I still love those songs, myself, and I was standing up by the stage bopping along like I was at a concert.
blink-182 was relatively popular. I felt vindicated. I don't actually remember if they were singing something blink-182 in this particular photo or if it was "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit, because I'm pretty sure it was that or blink-182, but it was good either way.
My own song selection when I went up solo was a little less boisterous, but I did manage to hit a note that had the entire bar cheering for me, and one of my friends told me that was the best she'd ever heard me sing.
It was the most incredible feeling in the world.
Everyone who went up onto the stage just had fun, and no matter whether or not they hit all the right notes, no one got booed or anything. Even if they picked a song that apparently no one wanted to hear...
Just in case you can't read the tiny text on the bottom, the full sign says "Kid Rock is an ass! No one wants to hear 'Picture.' Ever. Or 'Don't Stop Believing' for that matter. I didn't believe to begin with..."
One of the waitresses I talked to described it as "not 'American Idol,'" which was, in the best way, entirely true.
All in all, if you see an ad for a sorority or fraternity event, consider going! Even if you go solo, chances are that you'll have a great time!
We even had our own Snapchat filter, guys. So legit.
