[tcsparky]

OK, winding down now. The chapter invited back 40 women, and 39 accepted. That makes a 98% acceptance rate!!! Whoo hooo!!!

The room was the lobby of the old Auditorium. Black plastic had been hung over all of the plate glass windows by Panhel, making it dark and evening-like. With the tea lights and candles for decoration, along with scads of pink roses, the room looked pretty nice. There were three parties. The ceremony was wonderful. A sophomore spoke about joining last semester, and a senior spoke about being away from the chapter while in London last year, and dreading graduation because it meant she would have to leave the chapter again. The ladies looked beautiful in their black clothing, very elegant and lady-like. I was SO PROUD of them the entire night. They showed real class.

For various reasons (PM me if you want details here), we ended up with 32 attendees.

The chapter was told about an hour after the last party was over that 50 women had signed bid cards, leaving total at 16. We nervously created our first and second bid lists, then at 12:00 AM our MVP left with the ELC to input our selections to "the computer".