"Southern" Sororities?

angelove · #1 01-25-2006, 04:05 PM

drool ...

(Please note that I am not drooling over that sandwich in a way that would be unbecoming to my "Southern sorority")

sdsuchelle · #2 06-20-2006, 02:45 AM

What, exactly, is a debutante?

Some Southern traditions kinda weird me out.

We had an ADPi from the south come to help us out with recruitment and it was amazing how different she was than us... she didn't understand how we could wear jeans during rush. Haha.

Xidelt · #3 06-20-2006, 05:44 AM

A debutante is not necessarily a southern-only tradition. It happens at country clubs all around the country. College-age girls from wealthy families are "presented" to their parents' friends and families at a formal dance given in the debutantes' honor. The girls being presented traditionally wear white formal gowns.

To Shinerbock re: the Peachtree City comments- Would Peachtree City exist in all its glory if it weren't for the Delta airline pilots and their money? How many of those Delta pilots are true native Georgians, born and bred? And don't think Fayette county is the only one reaping the benefit of the Clayton exodus. Spalding and Henry are feeling it too...

sdsuchelle · #4 06-20-2006, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Xidelt

A debutante is not necessarily a southern-only tradition. It happens at country clubs all around the country. College-age girls from wealthy families are "presented" to their parents' friends and families at a formal dance given in the debutantes' honor. The girls being presented traditionally wear white formal gowns.

Oh... so kind of like a quincenera? Is the whole point that the debutante is an adult now?

Xidelt · #5 06-20-2006, 07:29 AM

I guess...it used to mark a young lady's "presentation" to adult society. Now I think it's more of a tradition than anything else. There are some earlier posts in this thread that explain debutantes really well. I wasn't one, so I can't really explain it. But my roommate my freshman year at Georgia was a debutante. I was like "People still do this?" when she told me. She didn't think it was a big deal at all. But her dad was a doctor in North Carolina and I was just a middle class Yankee, so what did I know!

shinerbock · #6 06-20-2006, 11:09 PM

Well yeah, the original wealth of Fayette Co. was based on Delta. I mean, obviously we have corporate types from other ATL based companies (UPS, Coke, Home Depot, etc), but Delta was the main one. However, most of those pilots have been in Fayette for a while (in my experience, I have probably 20 friends with parents as pilots, all have been here for at least 15 years, and most are from GA). I'm sure it is different depending on who you talk to, but the majority of people moving into PTC from the north have been in recent years, past 3 or so. As for the "benefit" brought by Clayton County, I'm sure you're joking. Unless of course, you consider crime a benefit.