Lavalier?

[TinyDancer98]

At our school lavalierings are much quieter, and I don't think we've ever done a candle pass for someone getting lavaliered (although it is very special and will be announced in chapter, etc). Getting lavaliered means you can wear their letters, but it's done individually by the guy and I don't think there's a ton of chapter involvement. Pinnings, on the other hand, are a huge deal. We do a candle pass (twice around for pinning) and then the pinning itself involves the entirety of the two chapters. The actual pinning ceremony is a school tradition, but it is certainly an event to see and there are often tons of people (greeks and non-greeks alike) crowded around to watch when pinnings happen. Pinning is essentially the step right before engagement and it's a big deal because the entire fraternity (I think most chapters are in the realm of a 75% plus vote) has to approve the girl and deem her worthy of wearing their pin. This usually takes place at the end of a semester during the girl's senior year, usually second semester unless one of them is graduating early. Alumni will also come back to pin their girlfriends if the girl is younger.

[KMac]

Originally Posted by TinyDancer98

At our school lavalierings are much quieter, and I don't think we've ever done a candle pass for someone getting lavaliered (although it is very special and will be announced in chapter, etc). Getting lavaliered means you can wear their letters, but it's done individually by the guy and I don't think there's a ton of chapter involvement. Pinnings, on the other hand, are a huge deal. We do a candle pass (twice around for pinning) and then the pinning itself involves the entirety of the two chapters. The actual pinning ceremony is a school tradition, but it is certainly an event to see and there are often tons of people (greeks and non-greeks alike) crowded around to watch when pinnings happen. Pinning is essentially the step right before engagement and it's a big deal because the entire fraternity (I think most chapters are in the realm of a 75% plus vote) has to approve the girl and deem her worthy of wearing their pin. This usually takes place at the end of a semester during the girl's senior year, usually second semester unless one of them is graduating early. Alumni will also come back to pin their girlfriends if the girl is younger.

That's crazy- in a great way-. No one does any kind of pinning really at our school. The lavalier is a pretty big deal, we pass a candle twice for the lavalier and only once for pinning. That is a pretty amazing thing especially since everyone is involved, I kinda wish that was a tradition at our school but we have a very small greek system so that could be part of the reason