Disgogoddess, I believe we are in the same age range, and what you said is the way it was back in the day. As a child of the 70s & 80s who's mother was previously a graduate advisor to an undergrad chapter of a BGL sorority at an HBCU (how's that for a lot of information!) I attended quite a few 'probate' shows. The tradition at this school was that the probate shows of all of the organizations were done at the same time during the so-called 'hell week'. It was kind of an opportunity for the pledgees to prove to their big sisters, and the world, that they had learned what they were suppose to learn and were indeed worthy to cross the 'burning sands.' The lenghty recitations (sp?) and steps were similar to the ones today. I remember my mother being particularly put out when her sorority's group of pledgees messed up. Not because she was embarassed of them, but because she knew that, as a graduate advisor, she would be up half the night making sure nothing bad happened to the girls.
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