e h t m o r f Greetings I’ve never been more excited in my life. Imagine, sitting in the back of a room, waiting to be introduced and hearing Grand President PAULA PACE SHEPHERD, Texas Epsilon, give you your cue. With that, in the middle of the Wine Carnation Banquet at the 2015 Convention, I proudly made my debut. I’m Libbie, our Pi Phi car! And as part of the Ring Ching Roadshow, I’m traveling around the United States and Canada gathering Pi Phi stories from coast to coast. It’s hard to believe my introduction was just seven months ago and today, I’ve been on both coasts, visited 13 chapters, met countless alumnae and even made my first trip across the border to visit our Canadian sisters in Vancouver. I’m getting ahead of myself, so let’s back up. My first trip after convention was to Holt House. I was lucky enough to tag along on the post-convention tour. As we were driving on the highway on our way there, Pi Phis passed me, honking and waving. I felt like a movie star. But when I arrived in Monmouth, Illinois, and saw Holt House for the first time, the tables were turned. I was starstruck as I sat there at 402 E 1st Avenue. To be at the home where we were founded nearly 150 years ago … There. Are. No. Words. You must put it on your bucket list! After convention, I hung out at Pi Beta Phi Headquarters (HQ) in St. Louis, which included visiting the Gateway Arch, checking out the 2017 Convention hotel, stopping at Busch Stadium, enoying some St. Louis style-thin crust pizza and indulging in some frozen custard. Let me tell you first hand, St. Louis is so fun and Pi Phis are going to love it for the 2017 Convention! THE ARROW | WINTER 2016
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