1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

The Fall Ball
Partying couples could have danced all night
NeVe' before />;>d the, .. Me~ a
otaht like II Kappoo "'Iph~$. TrI·
dellS, Theta Chis. and others
VI,"'" p.e'"nI [very ,reek
o.,,,nl .. llon on campus
d.oncc~ . iOClJ,lIl~ . and p.;lJt~ ,,!\de, one
roo! Wflnessed by ~ ,1\;1 .. '100 ~I"
and held at Unl,·ers.lly Mall, ,reek history
added the fim -&loll In tke Mall" 10 Its
",n.
Conceived to be a function that bfO"8ht
lOCelhe. all 8,e"ks. Ihe "Ball" was orp·
nlled tkrouch tM lOIn! efforts of tile Spe·
clal ProjKt$ Commluees of both Ihe Inle,'
~ I emlly and .... nh"U .. nk Councils. The
commlll~ led by Phi SII Russ Thomal
and Della Gamma Tiommy Donn .. lly.
WIned wor1tlnc on Ihe PIOI«I last Y""
From the be,lnnl .... the - 8;111 In 1M MillI"
""H deslined sUktly as a formal for ,reeks
and thel' dales. The reaSOn for hold In, the
d.orKe ..... 5 "10 show thaI _ (lh.. ~ksl
could ka..., an ocpnlted eVent oIIcampus.
wi'" every f.atemlty .. nd sorority paftld.
p;1IlIlICo" explained Thomas
Tile commiul!ft chose the EnI~lnelS
to provld .. Ihe musk !of dancl ..... Their
tun" r.lnged form Top 40 and Counl!), 10
MOlown classics. W~en nOlswln,ln, to Ihe
musk:. tired and hot