Lip Sync!

"On September 8th, the annual Greek Week Lip Sync competition is taking place. I was beyond excited to have the opportunity to choreograph this year, along with my friend Dawne Stanley. Lip sync has always been one of my favorite events of the year. Dawne and I have been competitively dancing our entire lives, and since freshman year, we have been looking forward to choreographing Lip Sync together our senior year. Whichever place we get, it is always an amazing time and a great experience. To people who watch lip sync, it only seems to be about perfect dance moves, fun songs, costumes, and an interesting story line. It is true that lip sync is all about these things, but for the girls participating in it, it is also so much more. This is the time of year where the entire sorority gets together almost every night. It is a time of bonding and getting to know everyone even better. It involves a lot of teamwork and motivating one another while we all work towards achieving the same goal. From late night practices to everyone getting together to paint backdrops, spending time with my sisters with the endless laughs never gets old. Everyone is extremely supportive of one another during practices and is always cheering on the girls that are dancing. The moves are not easy to everyone in the chapter, but the girls always work together to get them down, only to feel so accomplished at the end. There is never a dull moment when having 150 girls in a room together each night. These are definitely the nights I will never forget. After lip sync is over, everyone wishes it wasn’t because we are so used to getting to see each other every single day.

The feeling you get when it is finally time to get out on that stage the night of the competition is something I could never have prepared myself for my first year in lip sync. The lights are shining on you and the entire school is watching and cheering. Suddenly, it is like you forget all of the movements and your body is just somehow doing them on it’s own. Because of countless practices, your body is performing the moves because of the muscle memory. It is an unbelievably thrilling experience. Everyone is full of adrenaline and feels so proud at the end from truly giving it their all. Moreover, there was no better feeling than hearing the judges announce who won 1st place my sophomore year. After they announced Alpha Phi, I heard all of the girls immediately scream like nothing I had ever heard before and we knew our hard work had paid off. This was one of my favorite moments in Alpha Phi that I got to share with every single one of my sisters. No matter the outcome, the girls all enjoy becoming so much closer to everyone during lip sync. I can’t wait to perform our lip sync this year and I know I will continue to be proud not only of all of the girls giving their best effort, but also to be an Alpha Phi."


Christie Afzal
Co-Choreographer/VP Recruitment
Class of 2013

Alpha Phi right before Lip Sync 2011

Watch our 2011 Lip Sync performance "Saved by the Bell"