Are some phrases/words SPECIFIC to certain Greek orgs? - Page 3

AKA_Monet · #31 04-12-2002, 02:01 AM

Okay, summa dis may be illegal

but I ain't trippin' too hard if y'alls not...

How many "party walks" or "trains" have you seen for your organization? The fact that I use 2 different names for the same thang sez that regions got differences. So my next question that I think is interesting are all the moves the same nationally, or do they differ slightly?

And after folks "cross", is that when the whole party walking or training begins or do summa y'all still do a little "sumthing-sumthing" on the downlow? I just ask, 'cuz back in the day, when I pledged the ol skool way, we had to come up with our group's own special walk/train and then when we crossed, we could skee wee and do the pinky--but nobody, never ever did a party walk/train with accoutrements even at probate!!! It was strictly done after the cross...

And those who flavoring jackets, I've seen on the west coast since the universities are trippin' with prop 209 BS, that folks list their ls or "sands" with times and whatnot... Do you all see different listings on jackets by region or is that individual preferential thing? And I'm not talking about color for the jacket, I'm talking about what's on the jacket... Just asking...

Love, peace and hair grease...

Kimmie1913 · #32 04-12-2002, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Okay, summa dis may be illegal but I ain't trippin' too hard if y'alls not...

How many "party walks" or "trains" have you seen for your organization? The fact that I use 2 different names for the same thang sez that regions got differences. So my next question that I think is interesting are all the moves the same nationally, or do they differ slightly?

THat's true...at my undergrad we called them strolls. IN fact, I had never heard the term party walk until after I graduated. I have seen many variations of DST strolls but there are a few I have seen in multiple regiosn and chapters that seem to have become more universal. Also certain moves I have seen in a number of strolls.

I have observed that west coast chapters of all the D9 orgs tend to do more elaborate jackets with way more stuff/info on them than I see here in the east.

SweetestDiva · #33 04-12-2002, 05:17 PM

We call it "strutting". I think it varies from chapter to chapter, because I heard some other TX sorors call it "taking it around." Heard "strolling" too.

Motions in the struts vary from chapter to chapter too. Sometimes we'll do something kinda universal (Kick, International) out of town and mannnnn.... pinkys going up while other people rep the region while other people throw mirrors... I guess it's just individual flavor.

As far as jackets, I've never seen one with too much on it except on the internet. I'll be James Brown before I put all 18 of my LS's and our crossing times on my jacket!! But then again, my godmother has one with a huge ivy that covers the entire back and I thought it was a bit much. To each her own, I guess. Chapter, semester, line name and number is more than enough for me.

Also, I have a neo question for sorors - what song do you associate with us? I was wondering if this is regional as well. Down here it's

A Phi A - Pistol Grip Pump
DST - Brick House
Omegas - Atomic Dog
KAPsi - Flashlight
ZPB/PBS/SGRho/Iotas - ???

We have an Ivy Grip strut to "Pistol Grip Pump", but not really a recognized song. I've heard it's "Cutie Pie" by One Way, but we never play that here... I've also heard some song called "Set It Off"....anybody know?

Zetas, Sigmas, SGRhos, Iotas... could you share yours, if you don't mind?

Blackwatch · #34 04-12-2002, 06:27 PM

Interesting Question about songs asociated with different orgs. If I may weigh in....

In the west TN area in the Mid to Late 90's, the songs go as follows:
Alpha Phi Alpha- "Flashlight" by Parliament/Funhadelic (had our own stroll and everything)
Omega Psi Phi- "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
Kappa Alpha Psi- "Set it Off" by Organized Confusion (for those who don't know, J-Lo sampled it in her song with Big Pun and Fat Joe, as well as the song "I like Dem Gurls" samples it too)
Phi Beta Sigma-?
Iota Phi Theta-?

As for sororities, it was more like whatever popular R&B song was out at the time. But when I was in school at Morehouse, the Zetas used "Don't Ride the White Horse" alot at parties.

This also varies from region to region, because when I came to grad school in Missouri, the Kappas use "Freaks of the Industry" by Digital underground up here, and some Alphas in the Midwest use "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp or "You Got's ta Chill" by EPMD. To each his Own. I'm trying to bring back the old school by making up a stroll to"Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang or "Jungle Love" by Morris Day and the Time!!!

Just My '06 sense worth
BlackWatch!!!

AlMighty14 · #35 04-12-2002, 10:08 PM

STROLLS, PARTY WALK, TRAINS

I know down here in the south we say all of the above, the sororities stroll/party walk/hop, and the bruhs of A PHI A train, the Kappas also stroll, the QUES hop, the songs I know are only two, but I thought SET IT OFF the original was like our National Stroll Song "ALLLPHA KAPPPA ALLLPHA", I know most sorors jump up when they hear it and most of our strolls are similar with slight variations here and there, and Atomic Dog for the Ques, I know songs with certain flavor/beats the bruhs of A PHI A train too. We also have several strolls/trains that we do as the "Phirst Pham" and they are really cool.

After we were initiated my LS and I decided together, as we were leaving not to SKEE WEE, throw up a pinky, ivy or wear nelia' until after we crossed (even though we could, it was our decision to wait until after the coming out show as to keep everyone on campus in the dark a little longer.) We did our chapters stroll onto our plot after the show and it was done to, SET IT OFF!!!!!! I love my A K A...

As for jackets my LS and I have a jacket alike and then some went out and also got individuals, as well as the one some of us were given after we crossed, but overall I have not come across a line jacket with all that stuff on it, that would be too dayum much that needs to go on a certicate or paddle or something, but not ur own line jacket. Most chapters/sorors go for originality (sp), but not overboard. I must say that I have seen some with Neon Pink and Green and frankly I needed some shades for those because everybody could see u coming.

AlMighty14
SPR 01, SSU
Gamma Upsilon
Survivors

Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.

skeeliteful · #36 04-12-2002, 10:37 PM

This is really getting interesting. I've always wanted to know how my Soror's in other regions do things. Down here in the South Atlantic... "Set it Off" is considered "our" song. Most chapters have their own version of the stroll (but with the same basic steps, pretty much...always starting with the "kick out") to this song but there is an original stroll to this song as well. As for songs associated with the rest of the Divine 9 (I love that number

), it's like this:

Alpha's : "Mic checka"
Sigma's : "Computer Games" (if you listen really hard to "i'm real" by j. lo...not the version with ja rule...you can hear it)
Que's : Atomic Dog
Kappa's: "Candy" by Cameo (it's usually just the instrumental thought)

Delta's: "To Be Real"
SGRho's : "That's Right" (not sure who it's by)
Zeta's: Not really sure (sorry)

At my probate show, we didn't throw pinkies, do the ivy stance, skee wee, or anything until all 12 of us were revealed.

Jackets: I've seen jackets that have all LS's listed, the time, an ivy vine, pearl, shield, line #...and sometimes all on the same jacket. The only colors I've seen used are white, black, khaki, satin pink, green, and silver.

SweetestDiva · #37 04-12-2002, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by skeeliteful
"Set it Off" is considered "our" song. Most chapters have their own version of the stroll (but with the same basic steps, pretty much...always starting with the "kick out")

I had never even heard the original "Set It Off" until very recently. I think I know the stroll you're talking about, and we do it to "Scarred" by Luke. Anytime you hear the beginning of that song, people scatter cause you know AKAs are about to come through. People are always amazed at how fast it is.

I really didn't consider that our song though, because even though it's our signature strut, most orgs. have old school songs. Maybe it's a Texas thang.

AKA2D '91 · #38 04-13-2002, 12:48 PM

This stuff is funny.
I've never seen "silver" used. I have seen where times have been posted on jackets.

I know when we crossed in 91, "our" song was "Aint No Future in You Frontin" MC Breed...remember that? We did our chapter stroll/strut to that. Like Soror Monet said, we had our own strut/stroll that we made up. When we went to conferences or other sorors visited or sorors visited others, we learned theirs and incorporated a few steps from that, plus, we used struts/strolls our big sisters taught us. When I visited my initating chapter in the fall and met the neos, they didn't use the same struts/strolls that we did. A whole new crew, if you will.

I thought that basically, whatever song was "hott" was what determined what strut/stroll one would do.

I don't know if we had a particular song that we did the National Stroll/strut to, I can't remember. I think that our only "song" was the MC Breed song. Folks would just get up whenever and lead a stroll/strut and folks would "get in where they fit in". LOL

So, not only do our differences vary by regions or states, I think it's safe to say that we have differences within our own states as well.

AKA_Monet · #39 04-13-2002, 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
I know when we crossed in 91, "our" song was "Aint No Future in You Frontin" MC Breed...remember that? We did our chapter stroll/strut to that. Like Soror Monet said, we had our own strut/stroll that we made up. When we went to conferences or other sorors visited or sorors visited others, we learned theirs and incorporated a few steps from that, plus, we used struts/strolls our big sisters taught us. When I visited my initating chapter in the fall and met the neos, they didn't use the same struts/strolls that we did. A whole new crew, if you will.
So, not only do our differences vary by regions or states, I think it's safe to say that we have differences within our own states as well.

Soror AKA2D '91!!!

Weeeee was sum sanging ivies!!!

We had to come up with our own stuff, too!!! And our stuff was like whoa!!! Too many folks all over the place were blown by my line's divas... Lemme just say this though: God on my line...

Did any of y'all have I guess "hand me down steps" from the previous? Or did you have your standard chapter's song?

We didn't probate like other campuses. It was more like our "crossing" was a nice party right have "signatures" were made--if you will... So we respectfully came out in our "Sunday's best" with skerioussss insignia...

Boy do times change!!!

Disclaimers Just showin' love ta y'all... We are always be evaluated to our behavior... So if we want all others to use discretion, we need to be considerate... If anyone want to know how, I got some "statements" for you... And if you undertand this, then you know what I mean and it is filled with the utmost of brotherly and sisterly love

DELTAQTE · #40 04-14-2002, 01:21 AM

Down in Cali we call it "Training". Like "Set out a train soror!". We don't call it strolling. Only the Ques call it "setting a hop out".

The Songs that come to mind right now are:

Deltas "One more Chance" by Biggie(the remix with Faith and dem) When this song comes on, we have a train that we call "attitude" that we do.

"Southern Hospitality" by Ludacris We have a "throw them bows" train in Cali and every time this song comes on, all chapters get up to do it. This just became the norm a few years ago.

Ques: Atomic Dogg
Alphas: Atomic Dogg(I'll explain this in a minute)

Kappas: Montell's "This is how we do it"

Sigmas: Not really sure.

Zetas: Not really sure.

Aka's: Not really sure.

Rhos: Not really sure(boy I'm a big help! lol!)

Now on our campus, the Alphas are ALL football players or some sort of athlete. And they made Atomic dogg the chapter song JUST to make the Ques mad. But they feel like they are "big and bad" so they don't care. Whenever the song comes on, the Ques go crazy and so do the Alphas. Even Alphas from other places mouths hang open when they do that. But I can say that our Alphas don't give a damn and will clown in a MINUTE. So the Ques and Alphas always are into it over that. The Alphas basically feel that nobody can claim a song and they like that song, so the Ques just have to deal. You should see our stepshow every year when that song comes on, it's a hot mess!

The Delta's have a train that many call the "international" train. It is usually the first train you learn when you cross here. From the other places I've gone, it doesn't vary much.

QTE

Happydaysf91 · #41 04-14-2002, 01:39 AM

We didn't have a song either....you just trained. But we did have one we referred to as 'National' or 'Traditional'. That's the one I thought everyone knew. And we called it 'strolling'.

Anyway...I used to live in TN. And 'Set-it-Off' was 'the song'.

As far as jackets.. that is quite busy....but actually, I never saw 'times' on jackets until I moved to the Mid-West. I always saw the dates and the years, but not 'time'. (Personally, I had never seen the 'ivy' made with 'hands' as some sorors do until I moved to another state)

As far as colors....I wish Sorors would wear 'our' colors. I have seen those Silver Jackets. I've also seen the 'hot pink' jackets...or the jackets with the 'yellow' writing.

Anyway....The fact is, stuff does vary for region to region. I remember in the Mid-West...they didn't have 'specials'...they had 'moms and grandmoms and etc'. They also didn't say they were 'on-line'. They said 'Ship' and referred to their line-sisters as ships and not 'ls or line sister'. Also, they didn't line up according to height -- and number 1 was the capitan (on my line we had a line president...not captain and she wasn't #1) and the tail is the anchor.... In Detroit, I heard they have 'personals' or 'pers' instead of 'specials'.

All in all, as OA has stated...things do vary from region to region, state to state, chapter to chapter. In some chapters this stuff is handed down over the years -- tradition. And in some chapters, young sorors are just making up stuff to mke their passage fun and exciting. Having lived in several places, I've seen several things which I like (i.e., decorating doors for the neos once they return from their neophyte show (their specials do this); and Neophyte night -- a cotillion like function where the neos are presented to the campus. They dress in formals, their families attend, and we learn about them, their lines, their specials (and of couse present them with many, many gifts)). I've also heard of stuff I'm like...'WHAT'!

All in all...no matter what, we are still family!

The Original Ape · #42 04-14-2002, 03:09 PM

First let me start by saying diversity is a good thang.

Secondly, I wanted to inform some of yall as to how it IS done in the Midwest(OHIO). As of today(and since at least 1980), we have always lined our pledges up according to height and called the tallest(last)pledge the "taildog". This was not done solely by ANY specific organization, but by all. We also called any pledge that we specifically chose to help throughout the pledge time, our "spec". As for saying what we were doing, that was OBVIOUS; but we still referred to it as "being on line". Most national headquarters allow chapters to maintain their own autonomy; and that's where things begin to change. The only real consistency comes with the initiation rituals; chapters will do everything else differently than others, from their stroll/step styles to chants, to whatever.

I guess there will never be any uniformity among bglos.

KEEPIN' IT REAL, YALL.

AKA_Monet · #43 04-14-2002, 07:57 PM

Brotha Ape,

How the hell are YOU!!!

In regards to your "can't we all just get along..." statement

I dunno, but sometimes that is where our youthful members are getting caught up without "appropriate redirection"--don't you think? I have been told by certain high ranking officials who will remain unnamed that there is no such thing at chapter traditions... So

Moreover to explain myself, that you know back in the day, stuff you and I and sands had to do is now considered hazing from all NPHC affiliates and their coming down hard on what can be miscontrued as something completely meaningless or more like lies as told by haters... I've seen haterators at work...

So like while I personally may think "times" on jackets aren't a big deal, others may scream hazing especially when "cross times" are those when folks need to be sleeping... But you, sands and I also know stuff can go down, typically, at those times...

Just some myop...

The Original Ape · #44 04-14-2002, 11:08 PM

Girl it feels good to hear sumpin' so real! I feel ya on dat! I felt da need to jump in heya and clarify da way of da Real Midwest, dat's all!

I miss our talks, lady!

peace.

DableST_1 · #45 04-14-2002, 11:34 PM

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Originally posted by The Original Ape
First let me start by saying diversity is a good thang.

Secondly, I wanted to inform some of yall as to how it IS done in the Midwest(OHIO). As of today(and since at least 1980), we have always lined our pledges up according to height and called the tallest(last)pledge the "taildog". This was not done solely by ANY specific organization, but by all. We also called any pledge that we specifically chose to help throughout the pledge time, our "spec". As for saying what we were doing, that was OBVIOUS; but we still referred to it as "being on line". Most national headquarters allow chapters to maintain their own autonomy; and that's where things begin to change. The only real consistency comes with the initiation rituals; chapters will do everything else differently than others, from their stroll/step styles to chants, to whatever.

I guess there will never be any uniformity among bglos.

KEEPIN' IT REAL, YALL.

Yeah I guess there are a lot of differences depending on where you are from. For example in Illinois the Kappa's always stroll to the song We are the Freaks of the Industry,
The Ques always stroll to Atomic Dog, (and here in Illinois the Alpha refer to each other as Bro's, and the Que's are the only ones that says Bruh's)
as far as positions are concern....we don't line people up by height, I thought that was just a down south thing. You EARN your position!!! We have position such as the Captian (number one,) The Navigator(#2) (which is what I am by the way) the Mid-Ship, and the Anchor!!!
The Delta usually get together when "We are Family" comes on and I know the Alpha's Always stroll to ANY James Brown song (esp. the BIG PAYBACK) We do have "Spec" and we all say ships, shippies, ect. not ls, line sister, or lb/line brother. We also say sands, but that is only to people who have crossed the same semester, and not just people in your organization, but any organization, for example, when I crossed, the Alphas, Sigmas, and Zeta's had a line that semester as well, so we call them sands. We also have refer to the process as being "online" as well. Actually now that I think about it, I brought this topic up about a year ago on the Delta Forum 'bout a year ago. At any rate, I do understand that things differ from state to state, city to city.!!!
I am really enjoying this topic