A packed theater Sunday night witnessed great competition as the campus sororities and fraternities duked it out in an epic Lip Sync battle to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

This epic and traditional Greek Life Battle ends with one sorority and one fraternity winner each year.

The routines and music selections are kept secret among each individual chapter until the day of competition. Some take it more seriously than others, but some chapters schedule secret practice sessions in areas where campus traffic is limited in order to keep their theme, routine and music a surprise.

Phi Kappa Psi took the gold for their Lip Sync performance which was themed around nostalgic boardgames.

Their first place performance included songs and dance routines that hilariously coincided with each board game, such as “Laffy Taffy” by D4L for Candyland, “Sorry” by Justin Bieber for Sorry!, and “I Like to Move It” by Reel 2 Real for Twister.

Sorority Theta Phi Alpha also brought home the gold with a Grease themed Lip Sync. Along with musical numbers like “Greased Lightning”, “Hand Jive”, and “You’re the One That I Want”, the Pink Ladies decided to “Run The World” with Beyonce, Sandy sang Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” to Danny, and Danny did Zac Efron’s “Bet On It” number from High School Musical 2.

Sophomore Cait Davis, member of Theta Phi Alpha, was not on stage dancing or syncing, but she did do the makeup for the girls on stage.

“We had to get a lot of girls makeup done and props to make, so people behind the scenes played a big role!” Davis said.

According to senior Jareth Monroe, member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Lip Sync, in terms of funds raised, would be second only to Up Til Dawn, an event the university holds in the spring.

Monroe believes this is one of the many fun ways Greek Life can raise money for their philanthropies and for a good cause.

“Up Til Dawn raises a good chunk of change, usually more than $15,000, and each chapter individually raises more money than the event itself, but, as for Greek life as a whole, it’s the second biggest philanthropic event we do,” Monroe said.

Lip Sync, which is open to students and the public, typically draws a heavy crowd. This year did not prove to be any different as the Hugo Young Theater began filling up 30 minutes before the show began.

Sophomores Grace Stockert and Grace Ecenbarger went to support their sorority sisters and to have fun.

Cori Borton and Tonya Beachy say they attended the event because because they had heard it was funny and good entertainment. Junior David Grim went because he enjoyed it last year, and wanted to support his friends.

“This thing goes back farther than all of us can recall, some administrators and professors weren’t even here when the first one happened, but I imagine someone in panhel or IFC heard about another school doing it and thought why not AU, so now we do it as well,” Monroe said.

The hour-and-a-half long show raked in over $3,000 for St. Jude. Davis said the turnout was excellent this year and is thankful for all those who attended to not only support Greek Life, but St. Jude as well.