[honeychile]

I wish I had a photo of this, but when I was a collegian, a recent alumna married an SAE. There were violets everywhere, lions at every doorway, favorites of candied violets, but the coup de grace was their wedding cake. I hope I can do this justice!

They had 625 guests, so of course, the cake had to be large. The bottom tiers (separate, about a foot apart) were the Alpha Delta Pi pin and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon pin - both diamond shaped. Columns were on those, so you could appreciate that these were replicas of the pins, then the cake tiers continued, all diamond shaped, violets seeming to ooze from the top of each tier, draping down the sides.

About 3 tiers up, a staircase started on each of the cakes, one showing the bridesmaids (all ADPis), the other the groomsmen (all SAEs). This staircase made a bridge about 3 feet from the table, where the Bride & Groom were replaced by a sterling frame of linked hearts, with their photo in it. A canopy was over this, and then the cake went up into 2 more united layers - heart shaped. The symbolism was their GLOs, of course, with the bride & groom meeting, and love (the hearts) taking over. It was incredible, and I can't even begin to imagine how it stayed together, let alone how much it cost! Amazing.

As for me, I had an equal amount of ADPis and Phi Mus in my wedding party - even though Phi Mu isn't on our campus! There were violets in the spring bouquets, and my favorite legacy carried a basket of violets. I wore my pin on my camisole (sapphire points, so it was "something blue"), and there was a diamond pattern in all of the linens (that took some doing!). My sisters seranaded us with "Remember", and the dj played a special segment of "our songs". One memorable photo had me joining the standard kick line in my wedding dress to "New York, New York"! Unfortunately, I had the wrong groom...