How to Invite People for Cocktail Parties--Part II

Since no girl goes to any party by herself, then she will bring her friends. If you are getting a lot of calls from girls who want to know if they can come, even though they didn’t get an invitation, then you have succeeded. Remember to tell these girls that they can come. Also tell them that you will send them an invitation for the next cocktail party. Now you have made these girls feel like her friends, instead of feel less than their friends.

Therefore, if you send out over 120 invitations, then you can expect an excess of 300 girls at your party. Assume each girl will bring one to two friends each, and some girls won’t come. These invitations should be sent out no earlier than four days prior to and no later than two days prior to your party. If you send them out too early, girls will forget about the party. If you send it out too late, then they might have other plans for that night.

You should have the younger guys in your frat give the invitations to the girls. The ideal distribution would be to give them to girls in class in front of their friends. You can also go to their apartments and give it to them (if they’re home) or slide it under the door (if they’re not there). Here is an example of a basic cocktail party invitation. Remember to print it on nicer paper with a small design. Also the printed invitation should be easy to read.

Cocktail Party Invitation (in a fancy font, such as Lucida Handwriting. Or download more fonts from dafont.com.)

 

Dear «First_Name»,

You are cordially invited to attend a night of entertainment at: 

[Your frat]’s “[insert theme]” cocktail party

When: [Day, Date, Year]

Where: [Your frat’s address]

Time: [Put time, such as 10pm—2am]

 

Please come in semi-formal attire.

Sincerely,

[Your frat’s name] Social Committee