There are three sororities on my old campus. Here's the run down:
Day One (Monday): Philanthropy Night (open)
Day Two (Wednesday): Open House Night (open... tours of the chapter houses)
Day Three (Friday): Theme Night (invitation only... skits)
Day Four (Saturday): Pref. Night (invitation only)
Day Five (Sunday): Bid Day!
Our bid day goes like this... PNM must be in their dorm rooms between 10-noon. If a PNM is not receiving a bid, the Gamma Chi will come by and inform them so they do not go to Bid Day.
At 12:00 all PNM receiving bids go to the chapel in the middle of campus. The girls sit up at the front of the chapel while the Panhell. Advisor & Gamma Chi's give them a rundown of what's going to happen.
At 12:30, the three sororities set up outside the chapel: Alpha Gamma Delta to the left, AOII to the middle, and Phi Mu to the right. The chapters are out there with letters and balloons and flowers and bid day packs with shirts and chant and sing until about 12:45.
At 12:45, bids are given out (a couple at a time) to the PNM's. They get their bid at the back of the chapel and have a room to sit and think about it privately (if they need to do so). If they accept the bid, they run out the doors of the chapel to their new chapter. If they do not accept, they can go out the back of the chapel (and there is so much going on on the other side of the chapel, it usually goes unnoticed who is walking out, if anyone is).
After all bids are distributed, each group does their flagpole at the center of campus around (obviously) the flagpole, and they all the groups head to their houses with their lovely new sisters to celebrate and go to whatever bid day party they have planned.
That was way too detailed... Oh bordem at work....
