Tell us about your chapter retreats. Where do you hold them? What are some of the fun sisterhood activities you include?
My chapter used to hold our retreat in the gym of the Education Building. We would play a lot of getting-to-know you games and learn songs, review sororitiy policies, etc. We would also plan pride activities in our new prides. We woud start things off at the ADPi house, where our president stood in front of us with a huge easel board and together, we would all plan our chapter's goals for the year (#1 GPA, First Place at LXA Watermelon Bust, Raise $10,000 for RMH, Plan More Events with our Alumnae this fall, Wear Our Letters Every Wednesday, etc)
Also---Each pride would make up an original ADPi song about their pride (One semester our pride theme was "Flowers" and "The Creed." I was one of "Christy's Courageous Crysanthemums." Our song was to the tune of "Do a Little Dance, Make a Little Love, Get Down Tonight"-- I only remember the "Get Down Tonight" part where we would yell, "Crysanthemums! Yay! In ADPi!"-- the words were all about sisterhood and having fun together. It was so cute!). We'd sleep in sleeping bags by prides, and have a fun exit activity (One year we cut out huge purple violets and taped them to each others backs--you walked around and people wrote little notes to you on your violet-- it is a great sisterhood keepsake to see all of the positive things your sisters have to say about you!)
Anyway, enough of my trip down memory lane! Now my chapter goes to Daytona to a beautiful hotel on the beach where they not only hold retreat, but also hold a special diamond sis revelation on the beach as a candlelighting ceremony
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