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PS: I totally knew Blue was ADPi!

We've been doing the same door song on Day 1 for a very long time... 11 years that I know of, possibly for the last 25! :)

i loled when i read that some chapters rent bounce houses-my first thought was no wonder those men aer hanging around!

Welcome to the sisterhood!!!!!

I just went back an re-read the thread knowing which chapters were which, and I knew most of them before your reveal. Somethings just dont change!!!!

Congrats !!!

Some things never change... others do!

Great story! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on Theta!!!!! :)

Congratulations!!! A lot of my friends are Thetas!

<>~~~ (a bad drawing of a kite)

Enjoyed reading your retro story.

congrats on THETA!! i loved your story!

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Originally Posted by Faith4Keep (Post 1471597)

Maybe this is a topic for a new thread...

Only in some chapters do you get to wear letters on bid day! Theta, and some other chapters at UCF, are very strict on new members not having or wearing letters prior to initiation. We were only allowed to have shirts, totebags, and car stickers that spelled out "Kappa Alpha Theta" or "Theta", we could not have the actual greek letters... KAT was pushing it, but KAΘ was a big no-no! A lot of girls got talked to for this :)

ETA: Although the initiation ceremony itself was so incredible, when I was given my letters/jersey right after I was so excited I nearly cried!!!

I did see new members from other chapters walking around the first day of school- the day after bid day- with letters on their tote bags.

I just meant that the new members get Bid Day shirts :)

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Originally Posted by Faith4Keep (Post 1471597)

Yeah, it is very cute!! Especially with the 'lion' theme. But I was disappointed after seeing it twice, since I was hoping they would change things up from year to year. I hear that ADPi gets a rush infraction for that every year because they keep new members at the door for too long. You don't have to confirm but I'm curious!

The chapter does not get an infraction for "In the Jungle." That's an urban legend... similar to the one at UCF that if one of that chapters likes you at recruitment, they put their hand on your shoulder (not true), that if you join XYZ you have to go to Bible Study (not true), or that as a member of ABC you will be subject to fat-circling by the active sisters. (not true) :) The reality is that UCF has been trying to do away with door-song type entertainment since the no-frills movement started and every year, they try to get ADPi to stop doing "In the Jungle" and the same goes for the other chapters and any entertainment-style greeting they perform.

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Originally Posted by Faith4Keep (Post 1471608)

Greek Week- At the end of Greek Week there is an awards ceremony where all awards are given out for "Chapter of the Year", "Best Philanthropy", "Highest Chapter GPA", among other awards. I was awarded New Member of the Year for all female greeks!

Last but not least.... - The night of homecoming serenades, my boyfriend came in to speak to our chapter. I thought that he was going to introduce Theta Chi, since I was sure they were going to serenade us, but he asked me to come to the front of the room where he gave me a lavalier!!! I felt this really solidified me being Greek! This was really exciting since a lot of my friends were seniors and teased me every time there was a candle pass, because they knew it was going to be me sooner or later! I was convinced that he was never going to give me a lavalier. So it was very exciting that my closest Theta sisters got to see me lavaliered before they graduated- although a candle pass at this point is pointless seeing as my sisters all already know! I think I'm still going to do one though, the first chapter with the new members in the fall- since every sorority girl dreams of the day when they get to do their own candle pass :D

Hey, congratulations on New Member of the Year! THat's terrific.

You should definitely still have a candle pass. Our chapter has had sisters that were so close to engaged that any time a candle pass was announced, sisters were looking at their hand for a ring! They still had a candle pass, so you should too!

can i get a definition of what a candle pass is?

It varies a little from sorority to sorority and from campus to campus, but generally when a sister gets lavaliered or engaged, a candle pass is held. The sister will privately tell the chapter president that she needs a candle pass, and with my chapter they were generally held right after chapter meetings.

We would gather in a rather large circle, and a lit candle (fake, unfortunately) would be passed from sister to sister while we sang a Kappa song. The candle would be passed once for a lavaliere or twice for an engagment. (TrueBlueKappa, correct me if I'm wrong cause I can't count!)
When it arrived at the sister who the candle pass was for, she would blow the candle out. (Or in our case, turn the candle off.)

It's amazing how much less romantic a candle pass is with modern technology. :D

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Originally Posted by Faith4Keep (Post 1471597)

Only in some chapters do you get to wear letters on bid day! Theta, and some other chapters at UCF, are very strict on new members not having or wearing letters prior to initiation. We were only allowed to have shirts, totebags, and car stickers that spelled out "Kappa Alpha Theta" or "Theta", we could not have the actual greek letters... KAT was pushing it, but KAΘ was a big no-no! A lot of girls got talked to for this

Of the GLOs at my alma mater, Theta and Pi Phi are the 2 that I recall don't allow members to wear the Greek letters of their sororities' names until after initiation. I'd be curious to know if there are any others.

Loved your story, BTW. Congratulations to you and the Theta sisterhood!