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There are so many wonderful experiences I have had, and I've made so many close friendships, it's hard to think of a few reasons why I love being a KD. So here's an experience I had just this year that I will remember as my fondest day as a Kappa Delta.
It was April 10th. A big day in the Greek world at South Florida, it was Greek Awards Banquet night. Our chapter had worked extremely hard all year towards getting Sorority of the Year. We were sure we had a good chance of getting it. It also happened to be the night that we would play our rival sorority in IM softball, for the last game of the regular season. (We take our sports very seriously, especially softball!) So our chapter was torn. Some people went to the awards banquet, but even more came to the softball game. The stands were packed, fraternity guys came to watch, it was the game of the season. Sadly, we ended up losing, and I remember being the last at bat and seeing my little standing at the fence. As I walked to the plate I asked her if she knew if we had won anything. She was like "concentrate!" I didn't really care, even if I hit a homer, we were still going to lose. So after the game our coaches were giving us a pep talk about playoffs, because we were still ranked #2, and we hear our sisters cheering for us. They didn't care we lost, they were screaming "Hey, we want our softball girls" (similar to Hey, we want our Rho Chis, I'm sure you all are familiar with that.) They had lined up in 2 lines making a little walkway out of the dugout and they like cheered us out of the dugout. It made us feel like a million bucks. Then we were all waiting around for someone at the banquet to call us to let us know if we had won sorority of the year. We were contemplating running over to the student union to see if we could make the end of the awards ceremony when one of my sisters got a phone call. She simply had to say "We got it" and we all went crazy. My roomate and I (PC Fall 2000) started crying. We had worked for it so long, and had finally taken it away from the same rival sorority that had just beat us at softball.
So later that night, we had a SOTY (sorority of the year) party. It was even better than initiation night, we all had a blast! We celebrated all weekend, with socials on the next 2 nights, and chapter that Sunday was insane. We now have bright hot pink shirts that say "Kappa Delta - Sorority of the Year (front) Who says you can't always get what you want?" (back)
That is my favorite KD memory. My sisters truly exemplified the meaning of AOT on that day. I have never felt prouder to be a Kappa Delta than I was that night.
Everyone should share their stories! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzie about KD!
Love & AOT,
Shae
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