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| In 2003, several ladies from the Hampton Roads area began meeting with the hope of forming an alumnae chapter. They were unsuccessful in gathering members and put their work on hold. In 2006, a group of recent graduates from a local college chapter began work on their own alumnae chapter. This new group was put in contact with the original members and the two groups decided to collaborate and pushed toward becoming a chapter. They became the Hampton Roads Alumnae group.
The group began meeting in the fall of 2006 and by the spring of 2007 they were ready to become a chapter. The group sold musical scarves locally and at the 2003 National Convention. This gave them a good financial standing and satisfied the need for a fundraiser. In April 2007, Hampton Roads Alumnae group hosted the anniversary reception for the local college chapter, Theta Pi of Christopher Newport University, to satisfy the philanthropy requirement. After all members signed the petition, the only thing left was to send it off for approval by the National Executive Board. After several weeks of waiting they received word that the group was to become an official chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. On June 16, 2007, at Grace United Methodist Church, Newport News, Virginia, 15 women were affiliated into the SAI Alumnae Association. Then Anna Ratliff, NVP Extension and Fraternity Development, and Stephanie Ransome, Iota B Province Officer, officially installed the Hampton Roads Alumnae Chapter as the newest chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity. |
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