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Happenings at UCLA
Epsilon Kappa
Epsilon Kappa has been really busy so far this quarter. We started the quarter off with an officer retreat
at Big Bear Lake to get our planning underway and set goals. This retreat was a lot of fun and a
great chance to get to know our sisters better. We did many activities that brought us closer together,
from hiking to cooking and washing dishes together to cheering each other on as we went bowling.
Even the three hour drive up and back was a chance to have a wonderful, long conversation with your
sisters and praise the pro driving skills of your driver.
Our early planning has since met with wide success. We have already completed many successful
philanthropy events. We have done several fundraisers. Two of them were TV tapings, one of which
was over the summer, and the other of which was a taping of America’s Funniest Videos. We have
also been selling band grams before every game, which are cards that people buy and write to other
members of the band. Sisters attach candy to them and pass them out on game day. It is a really nice
surprise, and it even lends itself to our yearly joint service project of writing band grams to all the new
people in band for one of the games as a surprise.
Another project that we are working on to promote music in our community and among younger generations
is to send letters to the bands that came to UCLA’s “Band Day.” This is a half-time show that our
marching band performs every year, where we perform a selection of music with high schools from all
around the area. Twenty-five schools came this year, and one was even from Nevada! Our letters thank
the high schoolers for coming and encourage the band members to keep playing for the rest of their lives.