Sing 2009 Condensed

Allow me to first to say that I never even made it to Sing while I was an undergrad until I had to either work one of the shows or Mrs. Murph was a Sing Chair of her sorority. It's not my thing. However, there are times when one must go see the show due to spouse pressure. I'm sure you can all relate to this. So without further delay, Murph's thoughts on the acts:




Tri Delt


Typical Tri Delt routine: lots of costumes, group dances, finish with what seems like a thousand girls on stage doing their "move." Solid overall. Not as good as what I've seen before but good enough for Pigskin




Phi Chi

If I die and dudes with gold sequined vests come out singing, I'm going to think I'm in hell. Traditionally, Phi Chi scores well with the judges but I just didn't think this act was as good as what they've done before. Just me.




Kappa


You will never believe this but Kappa's act involved having a ton of girls on stage doing the same move together. Question: Did the Sing authorities finally tell Kappa that doing a 20's, 30's, 40's era theme with flapper dancing was starting to feel like the same thing every year? Again, good act but wasn't very sharp.




Sigma Alpha Epsilon

I've known approximately 3 SAEs in my life and if I had known they had this in them, I would have hung out with those guys some more. Look, SAE isn't trying to get into Pigskin but I think their act was the most entertaining. They knew they couldn't sing or dance so they made me laugh. Plus, if that guy who did the rap wrote it and mixed the music himself, then that guy is just flat out nails. He shouldn't even be in school. Creativity like that makes money in the real world.




KOT


The same authorities that got onto Kappa must have gotten to the Rags as well. I can't imagine what the Sing chairs did when their 4 ideas (Cattle Drive, Cowboys and Indians, Old West, and Chisholm Trail) all got rejected for being like every other Sing act they do. In reality, this was one of the better acts. Good singing, good dancing, just solid. They may win the top spot this year.




Kappa Sigma



You didn't think a group could do a rodeo act and not get this picture did you? I honestly don't recall all that much about it. I'm sure it was typical Kappa Sig and was solid all around. Although I thought they were much better when they highlighted their 5 best dancers and had them break dance or something.

Pi Beta Phi

When I was in school, Pi Phi was never a real force when it came to Sing, which seems weird because you'd think a sorority like that would have enough talent to put together a good act. Anyways, this year they did pretty good. I didn't get some of the costumes but they were creative. This year, with no group being really good, Pi Phi might sneak into Pigskin.

Sigma Chi

Question: What do you get when about 25 guys sit around drinking beer for an hour thinking of a Sing act? The answer is this act. Like SAE, they aren't trying to get into Pigskin. They're just having fun. That's why I was somewhat entertained by the act. There were some laugh out loud moments for sure but no one thinks that they're winning anything.

Theta-Fiji

I don't remember a damn thing about this act other than it had a Barbie-Ken theme.

That's really all I can recall about Sing this year. I know I only covered about half the acts (maybe). If the group wasn't mentioned here then I can't recall a thing about it and thus deemed it boring. Overall, there was not an obviously dominant group or two like there normally seems to be which makes me think that Pigskin is wide open this year. Feel free to discuss any acts in the comments section below.

Murph