Sarah-
Sounds like you had fun with Big/Lil... I saw your post in some other forum about what chapter everyone is from, and saw you are from Delta Iota! My friend Amanda just transferred from there to Beta Gamma (my chapter)! She is visiting there this weekend- you'll have to meet her! She is our VPE, which was my position last year. I'm glad that you are happy with your Big! It's always nice to have a suprise with that and still have it work out in the end, and have someone that you wanted to be your big. Anyway, ask around about Amanda- hopefully you'll get to meet her this weekend- she is wonderful!
loyally,
Andrea

Hey ThetaGrrl --

Did you end up having your candle pass?

If so, how was it?

Hey everyone! I'm a Theta at University of Illinois, Delta Chapter. I notice that some of you call your pledge moms bigs. I just wondered if no one else just uses the term pledge moms. Theta LOVIN'!

We had two "pledge moms," they even had their own versions of our bid day shirts (ours had "pledge class" down the arm, theirs had "pledge mom"). Technically, they were the VP of education and the member education deputy. We also had "guardian angels," one for each new member to help us out during the pledge process. And then after initiation we each got a "big sis."

Sarah

Greekgrrl,
I now have had two candle passings, and could technically have a third now, as I got engaged to my Delt boyfriend last week! I couldn't keep it a secret from the chapter though, so everyone would know that it was for me this time! It's too hard to have something so wonderful happen and then try to keep it from your 30 closest friends, you know?? Our big joke is that we aren't having a wedding, but rather a "delt-theta date function" as most of the guests will be greek! We even might make t-shirts!! Hee-hee!
theta love,
Andrea

Just wanted to say hi to everyone! I'm an alum from the Zeta Sigma chapter at Ohio Northern. I was only an active for about a year and a half because I transferred schools - one thing I regret about that is not being able to spend more time as an active sister!! I don't know how candle passes at other chapters work (we actually called them candlelights) but we stood in a circle and the person who the candlelight was for had chosen a song beforehand - while we sang, the candle was passed (the person it was for coud pass it on as many times as she wanted to throw people off - sometimes other people would pretend they were going to blow out the candle as well) and whenever she decided to, she would blow out the flame and end the ceremony.

We sing pass it on while standing in a circle. The girl who is having the passing puts a candle in the presidents mailbox. When the president starts the song she says Friendship then when the candle gets back to her she says Lavalier, then when it gets back around she says Promise (I think) then when it gets back around she says Engagement. Whatever round is why you put the candle in the box is when you blow it out. The candle passing is intended to be a way for a sister to tell everyone at the same time of her good news so she doesn't tell some and not the others. Since we are all sisters together everyone should find out together.