Party Like a Weenie

Thursday, September 22, was a day of love, friendship and laughter, but mostly it was a day of competition. The Special Projects Haunts, Nancy Tan and Gaby DeLeon hosted the annual Weenie Active Mixer, or WAM, in the activity room of Gregory Gym. WAM is the weenies first opportunity to get to know the actives, and each other. What began as a tame mixer with light mingling and polite girl flirting, ended in raucous laughter and fond memories.

After the new weenies introduced themselves in front of the organization and shared with us one thing they had never done (can you believe one weenie had never ridden on an airplane?!), we proceeded to play Human bingo. The weenies were sent on a scavenger hunt to find Spirits that fit the specific  criteria listed on their bingo sheet. The first one to completely fill out their grid won. It was mad dash and a whirlwind of weenie enthusiasm. Pens were flying, and papers were waving as the weenies tried to find an Active that “was Paint Princess” or “had a sibling in Spirits.”

After the bingo frenzy drew to an end, the Spirit Haunts divided the organization into five groups of weenies and actives alike, to play one more game. Once in our groups, Nancy and Gaby gave us a buzz word and the task of finding a song that contained that word. As the game progressed around the circle, each group belted out in unison the lyric of a song that had the special word. The entire room would silence itself the moment a group began to sing, waiting for an opportunity to laugh. As it turns out, Texas Spirits is very lyrically skilled; girls chose to sing everything from The Beatles to Marvin Gaye. If a group failed to come up with a song they would be considered disqualified and the game continued until only one group was left standing. Then the victors claimed their spoils: candy.

All in all WAM 2011 was one for the History Haunts' books.