Door Songs!

[rolltideadpi]

Do other schools besides Alabama participate in door songs during rush? Does everyone get in the door and sing? If you dont have door songs then how do you invite the rushees in?

[KSUViolet06]

First round we do a cheer as we're pairing them off, that's the only thing allowed by our Panhell. We're doing the whole "no frills" rush. Very different from rush @ Bama, I'm sure

[twhrider13]

The way we do it at JSU: Gamma Rho Chis knock on the door of the building (we don't have houses, so rush parties are just set up in random places all over campus), the sorority opens the door, and the PNMs come inside. Once everyone is in and the door is closed, the door songs start. We're not allowed to go outside the building to do door songs, but once the girls are inside, we can do them. So that's what we do.

ETA: We do entrance and exit songs every day except Pref. For Pref, we just play soft music in the background...or at least that's how DZ does it. I'm pretty sure the other chapters do something similar.

[rolltideadpi]

We can't go outside either to invite the rushees in. Everyone piles in the door and does the chant. I dont know how to make the pic show up but here is the link to what it looks like.

http://bama.ua.edu/~stubb007/rushdoor2003.jpg

[twhrider13]

I know exactly what you mean. We have to wait until the PNMs get inside AND the door is closed behind them. It's a BIG squeeze!

[OleMissGlitter]

At Ole Miss we do door songs. We stack the doors and sing a quick song/chant and then all run out and scream a Potential New Member's name and then bring her into the house. The crazy thing is that we cannot leave the door, like we all have to stay in the door frame and lean out and sing/chant. (all 180+ too 200+ members) The singing has to stop once everyone runs out to pick up their PNM. Also, the sorority member cannot leave their front porch/sidewalk area, they PNM has to come to the sorority member...strange rules, but they work

http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/dis...fa&image_num=1

http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/dis...25&image_num=1

http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/dis...6d&image_num=1

I just like the last picture....

[Sister Havana]

I think IU still does them...maybe someone who's been there more recently can correct me if I am wrong. I always thought they were fun.

Originally posted by rolltideadpi
We can't go outside either to invite the rushees in. Everyone piles in the door and does the chant. I dont know how to make the pic show up but here is the link to what it looks like.

http://bama.ua.edu/~stubb007/rushdoor2003.jpg

At Texas Tech it was (and i'm assuming it still is) very similar to Bama's. Everyone piles up at the door and bangs on the walls (i know it sounds strange), door song starts and continues until all of the PNM's have been paired off w/a sister. Exits songs are the same way....they are started and don't finish until all of the PNM's are out the door. We are not allowed to walk out of the front door though.

[aephi alum]

We don't do door songs per se. Our first-round parties were open houses, so PNMs could show up whenever, which makes it hard to sing them in . A PNM would sign in and someone at the front desk would take her into the room and introduce her to a sister in the room before returning to the desk.

Later-round parties were scheduled at set times. PNMs lined up in order outside the room, sisters lined up inside, and we would sing as the PNMs entered the room and were paired with their rushers. You sang until you picked up your PNM or until the end of the song - which meant that if you weren't initially paired with someone, you had to sing LOUD toward the end!

[PiPhiGirl2005]

We don't really do door songs, per se.... Panhel ushers the girls to the sidewalk in front of the house. Then we all file out while singing or chanting, form a semi-circle on the front walk, and go "pair up" with a PNM. We do this outside. In January. And it takes fifteen minutes. No coats allowed! Thus, when the songs involve clapping, your hands reeeeally start to hurt!

For formal desserts and pref, we line up on the grand staircase in our entry way and sing; the PNMs are ushered into the house by Panhel and we greet them there and pair off.

The door pictures from Bama and Ole Miss are super cute!

[seraphimsprite]

At the University of Oregon we do door stack for open house. They used to do them at the start of every open house party but now its only the first and last parties. But the members aren't allowed outside the house at all so everyone piles in the door and we sing our song. Then we all back into our foyer (lots of backwards walking practice) and the VP Membership calls the PNMs in the house by name where they're paired up. We're not allowed to sing during the pairing.

What does everyone sing for door stack? We always did an "all greek song" that was basically the chants for every org all strung together, ending with your own. It was really cool. Do other campuses just sing their own songs? I always loved ours:

G with an A with an M
M with an A with a P
P with an H
H with an I
Gamma Gamma Gamma Phi

There she goes, just a-walkin down the street
Singin Doo-wah Dee Gee Delta Gamma Delta G

With a K and an A and a P-P-A
With a D and an E and an L-T-A
With a K and an A and a P-P-A
Kappa Delta

A-L-P-H-A
Alpha Chi
Omega
A-L-P-H-A
Alpha Chi Omega

Alpha Phi, Alpha Phi says how do you do?
Alpha Phi, Alpha Phi wants to welcome you.

You've got that Chi-O smile
You've got that Chi-O style
You've got that special knack
You're a Chi-O for a fact

Pi Pi Beta Phi
P-I P-H-I Pi Phi
Me for Pi for Beta Phi for
I just love Pi Beta Phi

K-A-P-P-A G-A-M-M-A
Kappa Gamma
That's what I am-a

S-I-G-M-A K-A-P-P-A
Sigma Kappa you'll agree
Is the best sorority

[ISUKappa]

We didn't do door songs, either, but we did sing as PNMs came into the house. Depending on the day, we were either all lined up on our stairs or in our formal liv. The PNMs were ushered to the door by Rho Chis and then were greeted at the door by a member who then took her somewhere to sit and talk. Then, with about 3-5 minutes left in the party, the floaters would start the exit song (which was usually pretty quiet in the beginning and then got louder as more girls joined in) and we sang for a minute or so after the door closed, because the PNMs could still hear us.

[rolltideadpi]

Ohhhhh
ADPi girls here we are
Just what you've been looking for
We're waiting we're waiting for you to come in
We're hoping you'll like us and come back again
We'll be sisters firm and true
Sharing all our fun with you
So come on in and have a seat
ADPi girls can't be beat!

Welcome to the ADPi house come on in!

The girls walk in and the actives back up and form lines as the girls walk through and continue to say "Welcome to the ADPi house" and greet them until everyone is in and paired off

Originally posted by seraphimsprite
What does everyone sing for door stack? We always did an "all greek song" that was basically the chants for every org all strung together, ending with your own. It was really cool. Do other campuses just sing their own songs?

We didn't sing an "all greek song". On the first round parties though, our entrance (or it might've been exit...i don't quite remember) song was the school fight song. The rest of the entrance/exit songs were our own songs.

[PennyCarter]

We did the door songs, but we could not sing once we stepped out the door, so as we went to meet / pair up with the girls we had to be totally silent...it was part of no-frills recruitment. But in the door way we would always make a diamond of women who were the only ones the pnm's could really see...it was really cool. We usually used Orientation Leaders that the girls would recognize in the diamond. I remember going through and a good friend of mine was right in the center of the diamond...it has a big impact because it is the first impression of the house (each night).