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Originally Posted by PhiAlpha05
Hey ladies,
I'd like to survey the other chapters out there (NPC, local, NPHC/MGC...anyone!) about the number and types of chapter songs you have. I'm not asking for full lyrics and music or anything (and obviously, some of them are going to be protected as part of ritual) but I'm interested in seeing the average number that each house has. The reason I'm asking is that, as someone who's studied music composition, I've been given the task of writing the songs for our (local) house (which I'm more than happy to do!) and we'd love ideas for more types of songs to add to our archives.
The two songs we have so far include:
-the secret sisterhood song - which I composed while still in undergrad, but as far as I know it wasn't seriously incorporated into chapter/rituals until a few years ago. (this could've been partially my fault--the arrangement was a little difficult, since one of our founding mothers was studying classical voice and I took full advantage of that!)
-a "sweetheart song," to use when serenading fraternities or (with slightly adapted text) at a sister's wedding, welcoming her husband into the Phi Rho Alpha family
I'm wondering if other houses have (for example) separate songs for things like rush (not skits, since we don't do those), Bid Day, initiation, graduation, etc? Thanks!
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For recruitment, we have a "door chant" for Day 1 which is a medley of 5 or 6 songs/cheers, some of which are modern pop songs with changed lyrics to fit the sorority, another medley of 2 songs for Day 2, a quick cheer/song for Day 3, and maybe 3 or 4 songs we use for prefs, bid day, etc. For each day of rush, we also use the same goodbye song as PNMs are exiting. However, we found in the house an old book containing a ton of sorority songs nobody had heard of before, so there are probably 15 or more floating around nationally, along with the door chants chapters come up with each year.
Of the songs I can remember being actually used, I think 2 or 3 are original songs, with the rest (most the recruitment ones) being adapted from other songs.