That said, I'd like to focus on the examples that I reposted from the GreekChat.com website.

The first example reminds me of an [athletic team] cheerleader cheer much more than the type of chant that BGLO do.

And speaking of the word "cheers" it appears from the heading and text used on this website that White sororities may refer to these types of compositions as "songs", "cheers", and "chants". I believe that Black Greek Letter Organizations {BGLO} rarely if ever refer to their compositions as "cheers". This may be because in my opinion, the word "cheers" sounds too-shall I say-happy happy wimpy for chants performed by Black Greek Letter fraternities & sororities.

That said, there are many contemporary in-your-face dissin cheerleader cheers that are performed by public school, community, and university Black and non-Black cheerleading squads. However, my sense is that the terms "chant" and "songs" are most often used to refer to BGLO compositions.

But even more than which referent or referents are used for these compositions, I'm interested in the description given of the way the second example was performed. In response to rhochi2002's comment that she wasn't aware that there were any movements to this song, rebecca22kd wrote that "we just kinda bounce up and down and clap your hands". rebecca22kd also wrote that "all the sorority's are side by side so you have to out chant the others".

This is very different from Black Greek Letter Organizations chanting performances. Members of BGLO do much more than bounce up and down and clap their hands. And Black Greek letter fraternities and sororities never stand side by side and try to out chant each other.

Chants are performed by representatives of various Black Greek letter organizations at competitive concerts which are called "step shows". Selected members of a particular chapter of a BGLO perform at these shows. Those members are called a "step team". It is possible for step teams representing two different chapters of the same fraternity or sorority to be competition with each other in the same step show. Step teams from particular chapters of a fraternity or a sorority may develop a reputation because of their skills, and may be called upon to travel to represent the fraternity or sorority at step shows across the region and the nation.

These step shows have a masters of ceremony. The master of ceremony {MC} introduces one organization on stage after another. Each organization has the same alloted time to perform. In my experience, fraternities perform first, and then the sororities. I've never known a step show to feature a fraternity, and then a sorority, and then another fraternity etc. At smaller colleges with fewer BGLO, step teams representing Little Sister groups such as Q Pearls, Alpha Angels, and Kappa Sweethearts may also perform at step shows. However, Little sister groups compete against other little sister groups and never against sororities. Little Sister groups are college women who pledged to {or are pledging to} an auxilary group of a specific Black Greek Letter fraternity. For instance, Q Pearls }also known as Q Essence are affiliated with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Angels are affiliated with Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc, and Kappa Sweethearts are affiliated with Kappa Alph Psi, Inc. These little sister groups have the same colors and similar hand signs, and calls as their Big brother organization. Many campuses do not recognize Little Sister groups as legitimate Greek letter organizations. One of the reasons why women might pledge a little sister group instead of a sorority is because there are no Black sororities on their campus, or near by. Another reason is that the Black sorority may not be accepting new members that year.

Btw, I don't believe that there are any Little Brother groups for men that are "auxiliary" to sororities, but I could be wrong about that.