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All these years later I can sing some of those songs. It's done because it is a HUGE marketing bonus. When you have 15 chapters to keep straight, having the song in your head goes a long way. But that doesn't answer why I can still sing the DG, Pi Phi, Kappa, Tri-Delta, ADPi, Gamma Phi and A Phi songs 30 years later! Back in my day, we did the chants (no hair flipping, that's just weird) for Welcome, Welcome Back and Panorama (an extra day of rush that no longer exists). At RSVP (the round before Preference) I think we did something but it was more tame, and then for preference it was like BOOM. Serious. No chants, but beautiful songs on the lawn before inviting the girls in one by one.
I like it for the memorable part, and having it outside means you're not blowing the heads off the rushees who are sitting right next to you. But there was a lot of competition for who could be the loudest. If we couldn't drown out the Gamma Phis, we were in big trouble.
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"Traveling - It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. ~ Ibn Battuta
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