Spirit Events

Participation in all spirit events is voluntary. Please remember that in order to be successful and experience the conference at its fullest, everyone is encouraged to participate.

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Roll Call

Roll Call will be the first event of the conference.It’s a chance to show your school’s personality and spirit.Roll Call is a 3 minute skit that features your school and introduces yourselves to the audience while using the theme of the conference. Use props or costumes if you would like, but school spirit is a must!

Roll Call Guidelines:

• Incorporate the conference theme into Roll Call.
• All delegates are encouraged to participate.
• Feel free to be creative - dance, music, anything you can think of.A CD player will be available for use with roll call.
• Props can be used, but you must provide them (no live animals, and any messes need to be cleaned up by your delegation).
• There is a 3-minute time limit for all roll call presentations.

Roll call will be judged based upon the guidelines presented above, as well as creativity, originality and the incorporation of the theme.The competition is broken up between large schools and small schools. The winners will receive the Roll Call Trophy and bragging rights.

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Banner Competition

Each school/delegation will bring a banner representing their campus and themselves. Banners are judged on school spirit, creativity, originality, incorporation of theme and listed guidelines. Banners need to be ready and turned in at registration. They will be taken and hung on display during the conference for all to see and enjoy. Banners can be picked up Saturday following the Closing Banquet.

Banner Guidelines:

• Must incorporate the conference theme.
• The banner should be fun but appropriate (please avoid profanity, sexual innuendos, etc.).
• All delegates' and advisors' names should be on the banner.
• Banner size not to exceed 5' x 7' (a flat twin sheet is recommended).
• The banner should introduce your school to everyone else.
• Banners will be hung vertically and cannot be free standing.
• Banners must be submitted with grommets or other hanging devices in the corners.
• Banners will not be used in roll call presentation.

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Swap Shop

The Swap shop is an annual event at the RA conference. Each school/delegate will bring items from their campus and trade them for items from other schools.

Anything can and will be traded. Bring stuff branded with your school logo such as T-shirts, Mugs, Pens, Frisbees, even clothes pins and key chains are a hit!