Legacies?
 

Hey I was wondering if any of you lovely Theta ladies were legacies. I think the concept of family tradition in the greek system is wonderful. I'm the first person in my family to go greek, and I hope I'm NOT the last. *crosses fingers*

I was not a legacy, but my younger sister is!

me too!
 

My mother is a Theta. When I was looking at colleges and decided on Lake Forest, she confessed that she was a bit disappointed in my choice. "They don't have a Theta chapter!" You can't possibly know how excited she was when my local sorority became the newest Theta chapter. Going back to be initiated as an alumna was a given! Even though I didn't come by Theta "the old fashioned way," I'm still happy to be here. The best part is, my mother is already working on my daughter!

I have a little sister, and I make a point of not trying to actively sway her into it, but she recently confessed to me that she was thinking about greek life. She's a Sophomore in high school right now. So you can imagine that I just flipped. I was so happy when she told me that.

I tried so hard not to pressure my sister, but she said it was there anyway. You know they have to make their own decision, but it is SO hard to be impartial!

If you thought your own initiation was special, just WAIT until you can participate in the initiation of your little legacy! There is just nothing in the world like it :D

I'm not a legacy, but I am grooming/convincing my soon to be step-daughter to be a Theta :) My sister is a greek-hater, so I wasnt able to convince her.

My two soon to be step-sons will be legacies to Sigma Chi Fraternity.

My little legacy
 

I have a daughter that is almost two and I love the idea that she might be a Theta one day, too. I hope though that when the time comes I can at least pretend that I want her to pick where she'll be happy! :) Some of my sisters that I stay in touch with have daughters too and the 4 of them (including mine) are spaced out such that they could be a long string of big sis/lil sis if they went to the same school. Wouldn't that be neat?

I sing Theta songs to my little girl all the time. She used to have a onesie with our letters on it (I know she's not supposed to wear them since she doesn't know what they mean - a non-greek friend made it for her). And she had one little outfit with a kite on the shirt. She wore it to Bid Day last year (I'm the Recruitment Advisor for my chapter now) and the advisors from other chapters were like "Geez - no pressure!" They were just giving me a hard time though. I'm working on getting her a "I'm a Theta Legacy!" shirt now.

My little boy is not without his own fascination with Theta. He's 4 and he thinks the Theta girls are the COOLEST thing! When we say his prayers sometimes he says "And God bless mama and daddy and Ashlyn and the Theta girls..." It's so cute! I actually have a picture of him with the girls from Bid Day last year - one of those standard "picture man" ones you buy in college with the white border and the coat of arms at the bottom. How funny is that? I'm sure he will love telling everyone when he gets older how he was hanging out with sorority girls at age 4 - and he'll have pictures to prove it!

Re: My little legacy
 

My mom said she used to sing them to me, too, until I started singing them back! After initiation (at which she barely held it together!) she asked me, "So, did any of those sound familiar!?"

My mother was also an advisor at her chapter when I was little, and I have many funny memories of the Theta house at Butler. The girls used to take me up to their rooms and give me candy, telling me Thetas always were allowed to eat candy but ***s (biggest rival!) only were allowed to eat vegetables. Made a big impression with a four year old.

Re: My little legacy
 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! What a wonderful story! Love it :D :D :D :D

I am, and my mom was at initiation. It was amazing and so much fun!

I have a question... While I am not a legacy, I have a friend of mine who is interested in Fall recruitment at her school, and she recently discovered her Grandmother is a Theta. However, the Grandmother is up there in age, and it got me to thinking. If for someone know she is a Theta legacy, but her grandmother, mother, sister, whoever, is deceased, how does she go about this?

legacy status is still there if the family member is deceased. As far as the legacy being introduced to the chapter by a legacy form, well that presents an interesting question as to who or how that would be filled out. Your membership district officer would be the first place I would start to get that information. You can also always call HQ and they will put you in contact with the right person to answer that.

"And God bless mama and daddy and Ashlyn and the Theta girls..."

Sorry to crash, but this is ADORABLE!:D Maybe he'll marry a Theta girl;)

I am not a Theta legacy, but was a Zeta legacy.

My mom was a Zeta Tau Alpha and my father was an Alpha Tau Omega at IUP. I originally wanted to be a Zeta like my mom, but chose a school that did not have that chapter. While growing up I had my mom's old Zeta pillows on my bed.
My dad's fraternity was once on our campus and the house where they were is beautiful! During parent's weekend I took a picture of my dad on front of the old ATO house!

He also enjoyed teaching me teasing songs about Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi, since they reside on either side of our Theta house! :)

My grandmother is a Theta and I was initiated back in November. She tried to come down for initiation, but wasn't able. She did send me her badge though, which I will hopefully get to pass down to another legacy eventually!

I am a legacy! My older sister was a Theta & I joined the same chapter a couple years after she left. Loved it! I'm not so sure I had much of a choice, but to join Theta. It was the only chapter I was invited to for the last day of recruitment (to go to the chapters). Showed up for Bid Day and was excited to open my bid & find out it was from Theta!
Can't believe I've been an alum for 3 1/2 years now! (last active semester was fall 04, then left for student teaching for a year and graduation)

My legacy
 

YOu can see a photo of myself and my little Theta legacy here (no FB login required):

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...50&id=21306107

And here is one of her with some of the active members of my chapter:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...2d&id=21306107

No pressure for her to go Theta or anything. ;)

I can't believe I never posted to this thread. I was/am a Theta legacy - my older sister is also a Theta. We were Kappa legacies, but my sister didn't click with the Kappas on her campus and the Kappas hadn't come to my campus yet when I was there. I also have a Theta aunt, and my brother ended up marrying a Theta, so I now also have a Theta sister-in-law).

My daughter (a newly-minted 6 year-old) knows some Theta songs, especially Rock-a-Bye, as does my son (8 1/2). Son got to sleep in Theta HQ when he was 6 months old. He was _not_ thrilled about it at the time!

If my girl stays on the same social track she's on in 1st grade, she will be all over sororities by the time she gets to college. Her dream day is spending the whole day with a bunch of girl-friends. She's even got the drama down already. . . God help us all!

BEAUTIFUL Theta Mom and adorable Future Theta!! She better choose a college with a Theta chapter :) That second picture will be a such a treasure for her when she joins!

I saw these pictures on the Recruitment board as well, and I want to say that I just about melted in my chair when I saw them. Not only is your daughter just about the cutest girl I've ever seen, but she already fits right in with those classy classy Thetas.

Those photos are too cute. Your daughter is adorable.

Aww
 

Awww thanks for all the sweet comments about my daughter. I think she's pretty darn cute and I'm not the least bit biased. ;) I try to take her to bid day every year. I figure if she's exposed to Theta for 18 years, she cannot deny me when she goes off to school.

I have some happy legacy news to share! Back in January I posted with a question about a friend who is Theta Legacy going through recruitment this fall......I am happy to say she is now a new member of Theta!!! :)