Lip sync lived up to the hype Saturday night as 14 teams performed skits in hopes of taking home the gold.

The doors opened at 5:30 p.m. at Stephens Auditorium as hundreds of greek members filed in to cheer on their friends and teammates. This is the first year they had all of the competitions on the same day so it made for a long night. The competition kicked off at 6:00 with the “Quad Squad” and wouldn’t stop until the final performance at 10:30.

“The day of the competition is my favorite,” said Alex Ritzman, sophomore in apparel merchandising and design and a co-chair for Delta Delta Delta, “You get to see all your hard work come together.”

Throughout the evening people streamed in and out as they waited to see what was in store this year.

“We got there at 5:30 to get seats and stayed until our team performed at 9:30,” said Emily Polinsky, sophomore in pre-business and member of Alpha Phi.

The time was filled with thrilling performances, creative costumes and phenomenal theatrics, and many activities and awards sprinkled throughout. There was also a presentation about sexual assault awareness.

The skits were centered around the Greek Week theme of Unity Community and Opportunity. Each team did this in their own unique way, From making a skit based around the movie “Inside Out” to having a light show in the dance segment, it was definitely original.

Lip sync was the final competition in Greek Week, and Saturday was an event filled day. At 11:00 a.m. all the teams gathered together for a LARPing competition, and then moved from house to house doing other events in “Greek Olympics,” such as an egg toss competition and a bed race by the Greek triangle.

“Saturday was super fun and the free pizza was clutch,” Polinsky said.

There was definitely a lot of excitement to find out who won lip sync and Greek Week, but teams had to wait until Sunday to find out who won.

The office of Greek Affairs website says “the goal of Greek Week is to unite the Greek Community under a common bond of fraternal friendship.” It says that Greek Week has been a tradition at Iowa State for 63 years. This is a sentiment that seems to have stuck with Greek members still in 2016.

“I think Greek Week is important because its a way to get involved and meet new people,” said Sarah Brangoccio, sophomore in elementary education and a co-chair for Pi Beta Phi. “It really makes you feel like you’re a part of the Greek community.”

Vespers is the annual Greek award ceremony that happens on Sunday after all of the Greek Week festivities. Greek members typically dress up in suits and dresses, and gather at Cy Stephens auditorium to receive awards and look back on the year as a whole.

One of the major accomplishments for the Iowa State Greek community was its efforts in philanthropy. Last year they raised over $188,000 for the Special Olympics of Iowa according to the office of Greek Affairs web page, and this year they beat that. According to the Special Olympics of Iowa twitter page they raised over $216,000 for special olympics during Greek Week 2016.

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The overall Greek Week winners were __________, followed by_________ in second and __________ in third.

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