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TriDeltaC 08-21-2012 08:22 PM
Hahaha. Very true about CMM.

I loved this video, I especially liked how at the end of the video they all calmly walk back to (I presume) their chapter houses instead of going crazy and stuff... even after they performed it so well =) Heck, I know I would have turned to my sisters and gone HEY THAT WAS SOOOO AWESOME YAA! haha

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Originally Posted by Gusteau (Post 2142198)
Thanks so much for bumping, I love this tradition. They melody is probably even more catchy than "Call Me Maybe" lol (which is a reference that will be so obscure the next time this thread is revived).

NinjaPoodle 10-09-2012 06:28 PM
TTT :)

honeychile 10-09-2012 06:54 PM
Has anyone ever discovered what the hand motion means? I absolutely love the idea of each sorority using the same motion, then walking off with the hand in the same position. I can't help but wonder if it goes back to something from Phi Beta Kappa.

Confession: When I'm feeling down, I sometimes play that video!

ASUADPi 10-09-2012 07:02 PM
That seriously was the coolest video!

GammaBelle 10-10-2012 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile (Post 2183795)
Has anyone ever discovered what the hand motion means? I absolutely love the idea of each sorority using the same motion, then walking off with the hand in the same position. I can't help but wonder if it goes back to something from Phi Beta Kappa.

Confession: When I'm feeling down, I sometimes play that video!
My understanding was always that it was supposed to be a toasting motion, i.e. picture someone swinging a stein :)

honeychile 10-10-2012 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by GammaBelle (Post 2183919)
My understanding was always that it was supposed to be a toasting motion, i.e. picture someone swinging a stein :)
It does look like that. I was just looking for an alternate explanation!

ree-Xi 10-10-2012 04:24 PM
Tried my hand at a verse for Alpha Xi Delta...


"And here's to Alpha Xi Delta in double blue and gold,
Our Quills in our hands and o'er our hearts we hold.
The sisterhood of women of our Fraternity
Inspiring each other since 1893!"

TSteven 10-10-2012 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by adipose (Post 2183979)
This is my school, and yes, indeed, it is intended to look like a "toast" or swinging a stein. We actually adjusted the motion a few years back to make it look less like a drinking motion, but that is the idea and where it came from (rumor has it that this tradition was originally a drinking song, but I'm not sure about that).

And yes we walk very calmly into the houses, it is actually an infraction at the school to be loud after the toast!
I think the walking calmly at the end of the "toast" adds an air of elegance and mystery.

honeychile 10-11-2012 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by adipose (Post 2183979)
This is my school, and yes, indeed, it is intended to look like a "toast" or swinging a stein. We actually adjusted the motion a few years back to make it look less like a drinking motion, but that is the idea and where it came from (rumor has it that this tradition was originally a drinking song, but I'm not sure about that).

And yes we walk very calmly into the houses, it is actually an infraction at the school to be loud after the toast!
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Originally Posted by TSteven (Post 2183986)
I think the walking calmly at the end of the "toast" adds an air of elegance and mystery.
I love both quotes!

There are so many times I wonder how different my life would have been had I gone to W&M. FWIW, I had a full scholarship but my parents thought (correctly) that I was too young & immature to accept it. I went to Pitt, supposedly for a year, but pledged ADPi, which isn't at W&M, even though I was a Kappa legacy. *sigh* Things that you wonder, years after the fact!

thetalady 10-11-2012 12:50 PM
I gotta say that I love the song & the spirit of all the chapters singing; however, I kind of hate the arm motion. It looks weird! Doesn't look like swinging a tankard to me, the motion starts too high. A toasting motion goes up, but this looks like just right to left. I don't think sorority women swinging tankards is a good message to send anyway...


(grumble, grumble, grumbles the stuffy old alumnae!)

NinjaPoodle 12-20-2012 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by thetalady (Post 2184065)
I gotta say that I love the song & the spirit of all the chapters singing; however, I kind of hate the arm motion. It looks weird! Doesn't look like swinging a tankard to me, the motion starts too high. A toasting motion goes up, but this looks like just right to left. I don't think sorority women swinging tankards is a good message to send anyway...


(grumble, grumble, grumbles the stuffy old alumnae!)
Maybe the motion was modified over the years? *uneducated guess*

kateee 12-20-2012 03:53 PM
I love this video! Its so sweet

sherriahstargir 01-03-2013 07:39 AM
On campus my school is gaining more sororities on campus and I would be so happy to go through a real rush. Maybe as a greek community we can come up with our own tradition.:D

Anyone can think of making a Phi Sigma Sigma verse?

BadSquirrelBeta 01-04-2013 01:03 AM
How neat! This would be a really cute way for the PXs to do a reveal with this kind of theme too. Great spirit! Love it!

NinjaPoodle 02-15-2013 10:41 PM
TTT for Spring Recruitment :) Ahh, who am I kidding? This is just one of my favorite vids!


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