We do bid day just about the same way as anyone else. We have a huge lawn by our belltower and all the sororities get balloon arches, their letters (often painted to some sort of theme-Alpha Chis were really cute last year and had a type of American flag painted across their letters), and the guys usually will carry a bunch of couches onto campus surrounding the whole area to watch. The new members get their bids early in the afternoon and their Panhellenic initiation is done right before the actual bid day ceremony at 4pm. Then they all go up on this little hill at the edge of the lawn and run according to groups. The new members usually get tackled by the chapter members and it can be really sad when two sororities that a particular girl preffed are right next to each other. The chapter members rarely know who signed their bids until that moment, so it's extremely exciting.
The best part is when the recruitment counselors reveal themselves. Since all the chapters have a different bid day shirt, the RCs get them beforehand and wear them under a sweatshirt. After the new members have all run down the hill, the RCs and Panhellenic officers are introduced to the entire group (there are so many people who watch) and then they tear off the shirts and run to their chapters. I got tackled and a little injured when I was a RC.
After bid day, most chapters do their own thing- of course pictures and stuff, too. My chapter usually goes to an alums house for dinner and ritual and so the girls can all get to know each other. We try to refrain from the fraternity parties since the girls are still new and we don't want to give them a terrible impression or anything on their first night in the chapter.
Typically, all the chapters go to the fraternity theme nights during their rush the next weekend. My chapter always dresses alike- black bottoms, white top, and we look NICE when we go to the theme parties. We always go to all of them, too, unless the guys don't want girls there (which is rare). It's a lot of fun and I'm going to miss it this year, even though Bid Day might be at MY HOUSE!!!
