Door chants

XOtillIdieO · #1 09-13-2012, 09:42 AM

I'm curious to know which chapters/schools do door chants?

We don't do them at Florida State, so when I first heard of them from friends at different colleges, I was flabbergasted. I looked up youtube videos of some and was even more stunned!

What exactly is the point of door chants?

DeltaBetaBaby · #2 09-13-2012, 01:49 PM

Oh, I can still sing quite a few of them:

K-A-P-P-A D-E-L-T-A, Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta!
Pi Beta Phi for you, Pi Beta Phi for me!
A-Chi-O, Alpha Chi let's go!

HQWest · #3 09-13-2012, 03:15 PM

I have never seen the hair flipping. That would almost be worth cutting your hair short.....

KillarneyRose · #4 09-13-2012, 03:32 PM

Oh, my chapter did the door chants big time! We had an advantage over the other sororities (we were all housed in one 10 story dorm) because we were on the second floor so we had a ten foot ledge that we all stood out on when we did the chants and our big mouths could drown out everyone else

I am a D
I am a Z
I am a D-E-L-T-A-Z-E-T-A
and I will L-O-V-E love
my S-I-S-T-E-R-S
we'll be together F-O-R-E-V-E-R-M-O-R-E

over and over and over....

By the Light of the Lamp
By the Light of the Lamp
By the bright, shiny light, by the Light of the Lamp
If you wanna be a DZ, just come along with me
By the bright, shiny Light of the Lamp
Yee Ha!

Good Times

ellebud · #5 09-13-2012, 04:07 PM

I will never forget the first chant that I heard when I rushed at USC. When my youngest went through she was prepared but it is daunting.

As for hair flipping...my daughter's neck began to hurt. There is an "art" to doing it correctly.

NutBrnHair · #6 09-13-2012, 04:45 PM

I believe they still do them at Alabama and Birmingham-Southern College.

NutBrnHair · #7 09-13-2012, 04:49 PM

I consider a door chant when the front door slings open and you see nothing but screaming faces... the girls at the bottom of the door are on their stomachs and the next row leans on them and next, girls are on their knees, then squatting, standing and finally on other girls shoulders.

I thought this mainly evolved when the 1991 NPC Rush Guidelines were handed down with no outside decorations or performances.

ggforever · #8 09-13-2012, 05:09 PM

It made my neck hurt just looking at the YourTubes. Thanks for sharing!!

Titchou · #9 09-13-2012, 05:55 PM

Stacking a door properly is an art form.

NutBrnHair · #10 09-13-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Titchou

Stacking a door properly is an art form.

Truer words were never spoken.

Old_Row · #11 09-13-2012, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Titchou

Stacking a door properly is an art form.

hahahahahaha!

IUHoosiergirl88 · #12 09-13-2012, 05:59 PM

We do door chants at IU sans hair-flipping

Ours is Boom Boom

DubaiSis · #13 09-13-2012, 06:02 PM

All these years later I can sing some of those songs. It's done because it is a HUGE marketing bonus. When you have 15 chapters to keep straight, having the song in your head goes a long way. But that doesn't answer why I can still sing the DG, Pi Phi, Kappa, Tri-Delta, ADPi, Gamma Phi and A Phi songs 30 years later! Back in my day, we did the chants (no hair flipping, that's just weird) for Welcome, Welcome Back and Panorama (an extra day of rush that no longer exists). At RSVP (the round before Preference) I think we did something but it was more tame, and then for preference it was like BOOM. Serious. No chants, but beautiful songs on the lawn before inviting the girls in one by one.

I like it for the memorable part, and having it outside means you're not blowing the heads off the rushees who are sitting right next to you. But there was a lot of competition for who could be the loudest. If we couldn't drown out the Gamma Phis, we were in big trouble.

Titchou · #14 09-13-2012, 06:18 PM

I know what you mean. I was in school from 1963-66 and I can still remember the Phi Mu lawn song and the Kappa one! They were across the street from us. Along with ours. How did I hear theirs well enough if I was singing ours????? P H I M M U, P H I MU Phi Mu! Kaa-aappa Kaa-aappa Kaa-appa Gaaa-ama, I am so haaa-aapy thaa-at I aa-aama.....

aesovs · #15 09-13-2012, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Titchou

I know what you mean. I was in school from 1963-66 and I can still remember the Phi Mu lawn song and the Kappa one! They were across the street from us. Along with ours. How did I hear theirs well enough if I was singing ours????? P H I M M U, P H I MU Phi Mu! Kaa-aappa Kaa-aappa Kaa-appa Gaaa-ama, I am so haaa-aapy thaa-at I aa-aama.....

Funny that you should mention it...they're still using the same songs!