A Southern themed Alabama rush!

[AnchorAlumna]

This is not "Bryant Denney's" first rodeo at Alabama. It's their third iteration, according to IrishPipes: 1932-43, 1988-95, and the current recolonization. Not that the persnickety PNM would think anything of it!
We're all very happy to see them return!

WAIT A MINUTE......"National Champions" is no longer in the mix. They dropped a double legacy?!? I'm so sorry, TriDDDeltgirl!

[unarose]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

WAIT A MINUTE......"National Champions" is no longer in the mix. They dropped a double legacy?!? I'm so sorry, TriDDDeltgirl!

There’s been so much talk recently about legacies that I had done some Googling about the different sorority legacy policies, and I found this one’s to be particularly interesting, for a couple of reasons:

1) There’s no mention of grandmothers qualifying a PNM as a legacy for this group. So, if TriDDDeltgirl had been in a different sorority, Grandma’s membership would not in itself make DD4 a legacy. Daughters/Stepdaughters and Sisters/Stepsisters. That’s it.

2) The decision to give preference to a legacy is left up to the chapter, which must clearly state their position in their chapter policies. It is encouraged that they include legacies for at least one invitational round, but that is not required.

From the looks of things, National Champions had no desire to keep those particular legacy ties.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by unarose

There’s been so much talk recently about legacies that I had done some Googling about the different sorority legacy policies, and I found this one’s to be particularly interesting, for a couple of reasons:

1) There’s no mention of grandmothers qualifying a PNM as a legacy for this group. So, if TriDDDeltgirl had been in a different sorority, Grandma’s membership would not in itself make DD4 a legacy. Daughters/Stepdaughters and Sisters/Stepsisters. That’s it.

2) The decision to give preference to a legacy is left up to the chapter, which must clearly state their position in their chapter policies. It is encouraged that they include legacies for at least one invitational round, but that is not required.

From the looks of things, National Champions had no desire to keep those particular legacy ties.

I work with a DDD and her mother is one also. When my friend's daughter went thru at Ole Miss (neither mother nor grandmother went to Ole Miss),she said her daughter was a double legacy. Now whether or not she knew what she was talking about is another question!

[unarose]

Originally Posted by Titchou

I work with a DDD and her mother is one also. When my friend's daughter went thru at Ole Miss (neither mother nor grandmother went to Ole Miss),she said her daughter was a double legacy. Now whether or not she knew what she was talking about is another question!

Could’ve been different at some point, I reckon.

TriDDDeltgirl, anytime you wanna give us more story, I’m here for it!

[TriDDDeltgirl]

Originally Posted by unarose

Could’ve been different at some point, I reckon.

TriDDDeltgirl, anytime you wanna give us more story, I’m here for it!

Crimsonettes:
Let me count the ways that the Crimsonettes are perfect. The Crimsonettes have inspired sonnets, long stanzas of praise, and many serenades from lovestruck men. I’d heard the praises of Crimsonettes obsessed DD4 for days and all of a sudden, she didn’t like them. She thought they were unfair and mean.

Big Al:
“I made a big mistake.” DD4 admitted to us later “they’re really really nice and I feel bad because I treated them badly.”, it was like a lightbulb had gone off over DD4’s head, she wasn’t set on Big Al, but she’d promised to treat them better and that’s what counted.

Crimson and White:
DD4 finally took Grandma’s heed about nationals and really looked and C&W was still top in her heart but she didn’t want Nationals to slam down on the sorority’s chapter while she was still in it. She wanted to be able to work on herself without the fear of being expelled for small things and she was worried about grades during freshman year and realized that she should probably not join C&W.

Homecoming:
She decided to ignore everything else about homecoming and focus on their philanthropy. Helping kids? She loves kids. Helping sick kids? Even better, DD4 loves feeling needed and like she’s making a difference.

[TriDDDeltgirl]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

This is not "Bryant Denney's" first rodeo at Alabama. It's their third iteration, according to IrishPipes: 1932-43, 1988-95, and the current recolonization. Not that the persnickety PNM would think anything of it!
We're all very happy to see them return!

WAIT A MINUTE......"National Champions" is no longer in the mix. They dropped a double legacy?!? I'm so sorry, TriDDDeltgirl!

It’s okay! My older two girls are Tri deltas!

[NYCMS]

Here's another though: as far as I can tell, we don't actually know if DD4 was released by Tri-Delt. It may be not that common, but I have known a few girls who chose to not go back to their legacy house. And I'm NOT asking TriDDDeltgirl to share whether DD4 was released since I think that's personal and private info, I'm just pointing out something else to think about. It does happen so perhaps it did here.

TriDDDeltgirl wrote about her daughter's experience at her legacy house this way: "Apparently they didn't treat her like a legacy, so she admitted she sulked the entire round". So since DD4 didn't think they treated her well enough, she might have ranked them low. Or they thought she wasn't interested (would seem obvious to me if a PNM was sulking) and released her.

Anyhow, we don't need to know, but I did want to point out a different viewpoint.

[TriDDDeltgirl]

Originally Posted by NYCMS

Here's another viewpoint: we don't know if DD4 was released by Tri-Delt It may be not that common, but I have known a few girls who chose to not go back to their legacy house.

AND I'm not asking TriDDDeltgirl to share whether DD4 was since I think that's personal and private info, I'm just pointing out another viewpoint. It does happen.

I highly suspect that she was released. They used to do the call to tell mothers if their daughters were released from their legacy house but Alabama is too big for that. DD4 ranked National Champions low and wasn’t asked back, but that’s what she told me. I highly highly suspect that she was released by Tri Delta, I haven’t bothered pushing the issue though.

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

This is not "Bryant Denney's" first rodeo at Alabama. It's their third iteration, according to IrishPipes: 1932-43, 1988-95, and the current recolonization. Not that the persnickety PNM would think anything of it!
We're all very happy to see them return!

Oh, but Bryant Denney is NOT that chapter, as the one above hasn’t started their recolonization. It’s the newest chapter (not colony) back at Bama. You can figure it out if you look in the ... mirror.

The Nick Saban comments confuse me. The 1st day they were too Southern, the 2nd day they weren’t Southern enough. Pretty sure I know what chapter it is, and the coincidence of the name has to be accidental.

As for Homecoming, I like to think “they” have the awesome colors of the Waffle House and how can it not be Southern enough if the Founding Chapter and HQ are in Southern States?

For the last round descriptions, did we lose Houndstooth and Crimson Tide or did DD4 not describe in detail?

[TriDDDeltgirl]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

Oh, but Bryant Denney is NOT that chapter, as the one above hasn’t started their recolonization. It’s the newest chapter (not colony) back at Bama. You can figure it out if you look in the ... mirror.

The Nick Saban comments confuse me. The 1st day they were too Southern, the 2nd day they weren’t Southern enough. Pretty sure I know what chapter it is, and the coincidence of the name has to be accidental.

As for Homecoming, I like to think “they” have the awesome colors of the Waffle House and how can it not be Southern enough if the Founding Chapter and HQ are in Southern States?

For the last round descriptions, did we lose Houndstooth and Crimson Tide or did DD4 not describe in detail?

I’m writing those at the moment! I’d love to see your chart!

[GreekOne]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

Oh, but Bryant Denney is NOT that chapter, as the one above hasn’t started their recolonization. It’s the newest chapter (not colony) back at Bama. You can figure it out if you look in the ... mirror.

The Nick Saban comments confuse me. The 1st day they were too Southern, the 2nd day they weren’t Southern enough. Pretty sure I know what chapter it is, and the coincidence of the name has to be accidental.

As for Homecoming, I like to think “they” have the awesome colors of the Waffle House and how can it not be Southern enough if the Founding Chapter and HQ are in Southern States?

For the last round descriptions, did we lose Houndstooth and Crimson Tide or did DD4 not describe in detail?

I was guessing that Bryant Denney is the chapter that has not yet recolonized but previewed in first rounds only.

[TriDDDeltgirl]

Originally Posted by GreekOne

I was guessing that Bryant Denney is the chapter that has not yet recolonized but previewed in first rounds only.

Yes, they’re doing personal visits now.

[AOIILisa]

I guessed Southern Charm might be AOII because colors are the same as Bama? We really only have cardinal red, but we use white too.

[unarose]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

Oh, but Bryant Denney is NOT that chapter, as the one above hasn’t started their recolonization. It’s the newest chapter (not colony) back at Bama. You can figure it out if you look in the ... mirror.

Every chapter was included, not just those participating in full recruitment. The numbers didn’t match up without including Sigma Kappa—even SDT was included! The newest “not colony” group is clearly not Bryant Denney, just based on the discussion about a certain decor element that was had last night.

Originally Posted by AOIILisa

I guessed Southern Charm might be AOII because colors are the same as Bama? We really only have cardinal red, but we use white too.

That was also my guess for that one, because it’s really the only one whose colors fit well enough with UA’s.

Glad to hear DD4 had a change of heart about Big Al and Homecoming. Homecoming’s philanthropy is a worthy cause, indeed! (And, not that they don’t all have worthy philanthropies, but this is assuming that I’m right about who Homecoming is. Those McDonald’s colors are pretty distinctive.)

[NYCMS]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

The Nick Saban comments confuse me. The 1st day they were too Southern, the 2nd day they weren’t Southern enough. Pretty sure I know what chapter it is, and the coincidence of the name has to be accidental.

I think it's on purpose - Nick's daughter was a Phi Mu at Alabama and since TriDDDeltagirl wrote about them as the "top house" I think that's who they are. My understanding is that Phi Mu is considered a top house and recruits heavily among Alabama and Deep South girls, hence the Southern references. I know Texas kids are enrolling at many SEC schools in huge numbers, so perhaps that's where the Texas reference came in.

Could be wrong, of course, but given Nick's daughter being a member, I immediately thought of Phi Mu. Whatever the case, I LOVE the names she gave each house!