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Many parents (both new member's and sister's) will attend Bid Day festivities. These include lots of pictures (both informal and group), refreshments, introductions of the Chapter officers and Alumnae advisors, and an brief explanation of the new member period and financial obligations. Chapters welcome parents, other family members and friends to join in the celebration of the start of another great year at Auburn. After Bid Day festivities are over the new members usually are released for a few hours and return in the evening for pledging ceremony and sleepover. These activies, however, are restricted to new members and initiates only.

The year I went through recruitment my parents came to Auburn the night before Bid Day and stayed in a nearby hotel. They came to share in the excitement of Bid Day and stayed until the first day of classes to help me settle in.