Greeks gather for KD Sing Song

Members of A&M-Commerce sororities and fraternities gathered for Kappa Delta Sing Song, an event hosted in honor of Kappa Delta's national philanthropy Prevent Child Abuse America.

The event featured four group performances and four filler acts. The groups competing were Sigma Chi, reigning champions Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Order, and a non-Greek group known as the Skulls.  In between each group, a filler act took stage to allow the groups to prepare quickly.

Filler acts for the night where comprised of J.D. Wilson, a member of Kappa Alpha Order, Roman Ashmore, member of Kappa Sigma, Delta Tau Delta Alumni Stephen Beach, and Doulton Schweizer, a member of Delta Tau Delta.

Coordinator of Greek Life Amber VanLue-Johnson, Administrative Assistant to President Dan Jones and Kappa Delta Alumna Linda King, and Coordinator of Leadership and Student Organizations Connie Kercher acted as judges for the event.

"It is exciting to see our students when they are at their creative best," VanLue-Johnson said. "The experience was enjoyable, I laughed a lot and loved seeing another side of my students."  

In honor of Kappa Delta's 50th anniversary, the ladies decided to choose a theme that would honor their 50 years. This year's theme of KD Sing Song was "A Blast from the Past." The idea is for the competing groups to use songs from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and ‘00s.

"This is impressive because I haven't been to a KD Sing song in so many years," King said. "Everyone did such a good job."

Among others, the Kappa Alpha Order performed the 1964 hit song "My Girl" by the Temptations and Sigma Chi performed Tenacious D's 2002 single "Tribute."    

Preparation for KD Sing Song took a lot of time and effort.

"It took a week of practice," Kappa Alpha Order member Adam Tovar said.  

Kappa Alpha Order centered their performance around comedic relief as member Wayne Grabow took on the role of Forrest Gump.

"We where sitting at the house thinking about the past and Forrest Gump came to mine," Tovar said. 

Grabow kept the audience laughing with quotes from the movie such as, "My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get,'" and saying "Jenny" multiple times throughout the dialogue.    

KD Sing Song also features a Dagger Court each year, which a group of men who assist the sorority in a number of ways.  This year's Dagger Court was comprised of Caleb Culver, Shea Rodriguez, Adam Tovar, Tyler Sheppard and J.D. Wilson. Rodriquez was named this year's Dagger Man.

"I enjoyed being able to award our Dagger Court," Kappa Delta President Jewell Malick said. "They are a great group of guys."

The night's winner was the reigning champion Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Their performance was themed around the hit television show "Glee." The performance consisted of Brittany Spear's "Toxic," followed by Grease's "We Go Together," Aretha Franklin's "Say a Little Pray for You," TLC's "No Scrubs," and Journey's "Don't Stop Believing. "  

"The Gamma Phi Beta performance was great," Malick said. "They had a great theme, strong team work and poise."

Gamma Phi Beta was not the only winner of the night. Delta Tau Delta Vice President Doulton Schweizer won best filler act with his version of a Jack Johnson song and John Mayer's "Why Georgia."