Are some phrases/words SPECIFIC to certain Greek orgs?

[AKA_Monet]

Okay, summa dis may be illegal but I ain't trippin' too hard if y'alls not...

How many "party walks" or "trains" have you seen for your organization? The fact that I use 2 different names for the same thang sez that regions got differences. So my next question that I think is interesting are all the moves the same nationally, or do they differ slightly?

And after folks "cross", is that when the whole party walking or training begins or do summa y'all still do a little "sumthing-sumthing" on the downlow? I just ask, 'cuz back in the day, when I pledged the ol skool way, we had to come up with our group's own special walk/train and then when we crossed, we could skee wee and do the pinky--but nobody, never ever did a party walk/train with accoutrements even at probate!!! It was strictly done after the cross...

And those who flavoring jackets, I've seen on the west coast since the universities are trippin' with prop 209 BS, that folks list their ls or "sands" with times and whatnot... Do you all see different listings on jackets by region or is that individual preferential thing? And I'm not talking about color for the jacket, I'm talking about what's on the jacket... Just asking...

Love, peace and hair grease...

[Kimmie1913]

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
Okay, summa dis may be illegal but I ain't trippin' too hard if y'alls not...

How many "party walks" or "trains" have you seen for your organization? The fact that I use 2 different names for the same thang sez that regions got differences. So my next question that I think is interesting are all the moves the same nationally, or do they differ slightly?

THat's true...at my undergrad we called them strolls. IN fact, I had never heard the term party walk until after I graduated. I have seen many variations of DST strolls but there are a few I have seen in multiple regiosn and chapters that seem to have become more universal. Also certain moves I have seen in a number of strolls.

I have observed that west coast chapters of all the D9 orgs tend to do more elaborate jackets with way more stuff/info on them than I see here in the east.

[SweetestDiva]

We call it "strutting". I think it varies from chapter to chapter, because I heard some other TX sorors call it "taking it around." Heard "strolling" too.

Motions in the struts vary from chapter to chapter too. Sometimes we'll do something kinda universal (Kick, International) out of town and mannnnn.... pinkys going up while other people rep the region while other people throw mirrors... I guess it's just individual flavor.

As far as jackets, I've never seen one with too much on it except on the internet. I'll be James Brown before I put all 18 of my LS's and our crossing times on my jacket!! But then again, my godmother has one with a huge ivy that covers the entire back and I thought it was a bit much. To each her own, I guess. Chapter, semester, line name and number is more than enough for me.

Also, I have a neo question for sorors - what song do you associate with us? I was wondering if this is regional as well. Down here it's

A Phi A - Pistol Grip Pump
DST - Brick House
Omegas - Atomic Dog
KAPsi - Flashlight
ZPB/PBS/SGRho/Iotas - ???

We have an Ivy Grip strut to "Pistol Grip Pump", but not really a recognized song. I've heard it's "Cutie Pie" by One Way, but we never play that here... I've also heard some song called "Set It Off"....anybody know? Zetas, Sigmas, SGRhos, Iotas... could you share yours, if you don't mind?

[HiddenTreazure]

Originally Posted by SweetestDiva

We call it "strutting". I think it varies from chapter to chapter, because I heard some other TX sorors call it "taking it around." Heard "strolling" too.

Motions in the struts vary from chapter to chapter too. Sometimes we'll do something kinda universal (Kick, International) out of town and mannnnn.... pinkys going up while other people rep the region while other people throw mirrors... I guess it's just individual flavor.

As far as jackets, I've never seen one with too much on it except on the internet. I'll be James Brown before I put all 18 of my LS's and our crossing times on my jacket!! But then again, my godmother has one with a huge ivy that covers the entire back and I thought it was a bit much. To each her own, I guess. Chapter, semester, line name and number is more than enough for me.

Also, I have a neo question for sorors - what song do you associate with us? I was wondering if this is regional as well. Down here it's

A Phi A - Pistol Grip Pump
DST - Brick House
Omegas - Atomic Dog
KAPsi - Flashlight
ZPB/PBS/SGRho/Iotas - ???

We have an Ivy Grip strut to "Pistol Grip Pump", but not really a recognized song. I've heard it's "Cutie Pie" by One Way, but we never play that here... I've also heard some song called "Set It Off"....anybody know? Zetas, Sigmas, SGRhos, Iotas... could you share yours, if you don't mind?

Sister Greek: In the North Texas area the songs are as follows--
Alpha - Pistol Grip
AKA - Cap D Coming (Uncle Luke)
Kappa - Flashlight
Omega - Atomic Dog
Delta - Pull Over (Trina)
Sigma - Mo' Bounce
Zeta - Here Kitty Kitty
SGRho - I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown) Uncle Luke
Iota - ?????

[Phrozen1ne]

This thread is interesting.... Shout-out to MIdwest Greeks!

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by HiddenTreazure

AKA - Cap D Coming (Uncle Luke)

This song is actually called "Scarred."

[rhoyaltempest]

Just to set the record straight on this...our official nickname is SIGMA and we popularly accept SGRho also as the alternative. But you will never hear our national body call us by any other name besides SIGMAS and on paper also, it is only SIGMA.

The "Rho" thing is prevalent on the West Coast (Cali) and in some other areas where sorors don't mind being called Rho's. But the truth is, that many of my sorors can't stand to be called "Rho's" and ya might just pull back a nub if you address them as such . From a national/international standpoint, we don't even hear/use our last letter much except when referring to our Omega Rho chapter and our youth group, the Rhoer Club...and also when creating Sigma words like "rhoyalty" and "sorhors."

And that's the "real" truth.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Just to set the record straight on this...our official nickname is SIGMA and we popularly accept SGRho also as the alternative. But you will never hear our national body call us by any other name besides SIGMAS and on paper also, it is only SIGMA.

The "Rho" thing is prevalent on the West Coast (Cali) and in some other areas where sorors don't mind being called Rho's. But the truth is, that many of my sorors can't stand to be called "Rho's" and ya might just pull back a nub if you address them as such . From a national/international standpoint, we don't even hear/use our last letter much except when referring to our Omega Rho chapter and our youth group, the Rhoer Club...and also when creating Sigma words like "rhoyalty" and "sorhors."

And that's the "real" truth.

So your official nickname is Sigma? I never knew that. Around here when people say "Sigma" they are generally talking about members of Phi Beta Sigma. They call Sigma Gamma Rhos SGRho's. Cuts down on confusion.

[Smileyface]

Originally Posted by HiddenTreazure

Sister Greek: In the North Texas area the songs are as follows--
Alpha - Pistol Grip
AKA - Cap D Coming (Uncle Luke)
Kappa - Flashlight
Omega - Atomic Dog
Delta - Pull Over (Trina)
Sigma - Mo' Bounce
Zeta - Here Kitty Kitty
SGRho - I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown) Uncle Luke
Iota - ?????

I'm from the same area!
For AKA I would also add "Cutie Pie" or Michael Jackson's P.Y.T

Delta I would add Bad Mamma Jamma

I've never heard SGRho or Iota's songs.....

[akavirtuous08]

AKAs song is SCAR by Luke

[akavirtuous08]

AKAs-SCAR by Luke

[Blackwatch]

Interesting Question about songs asociated with different orgs. If I may weigh in....

In the west TN area in the Mid to Late 90's, the songs go as follows:
Alpha Phi Alpha- "Flashlight" by Parliament/Funhadelic (had our own stroll and everything)
Omega Psi Phi- "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
Kappa Alpha Psi- "Set it Off" by Organized Confusion (for those who don't know, J-Lo sampled it in her song with Big Pun and Fat Joe, as well as the song "I like Dem Gurls" samples it too)
Phi Beta Sigma-?
Iota Phi Theta-?

As for sororities, it was more like whatever popular R&B song was out at the time. But when I was in school at Morehouse, the Zetas used "Don't Ride the White Horse" alot at parties.


This also varies from region to region, because when I came to grad school in Missouri, the Kappas use "Freaks of the Industry" by Digital underground up here, and some Alphas in the Midwest use "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp or "You Got's ta Chill" by EPMD. To each his Own. I'm trying to bring back the old school by making up a stroll to"Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang or "Jungle Love" by Morris Day and the Time!!!
Just My '06 sense worth
BlackWatch!!!

[AlMighty14]

STROLLS, PARTY WALK, TRAINS

I know down here in the south we say all of the above, the sororities stroll/party walk/hop, and the bruhs of A PHI A train, the Kappas also stroll, the QUES hop, the songs I know are only two, but I thought SET IT OFF the original was like our National Stroll Song "ALLLPHA KAPPPA ALLLPHA", I know most sorors jump up when they hear it and most of our strolls are similar with slight variations here and there, and Atomic Dog for the Ques, I know songs with certain flavor/beats the bruhs of A PHI A train too. We also have several strolls/trains that we do as the "Phirst Pham" and they are really cool.

After we were initiated my LS and I decided together, as we were leaving not to SKEE WEE, throw up a pinky, ivy or wear nelia' until after we crossed (even though we could, it was our decision to wait until after the coming out show as to keep everyone on campus in the dark a little longer.) We did our chapters stroll onto our plot after the show and it was done to, SET IT OFF!!!!!! I love my A K A...

As for jackets my LS and I have a jacket alike and then some went out and also got individuals, as well as the one some of us were given after we crossed, but overall I have not come across a line jacket with all that stuff on it, that would be too dayum much that needs to go on a certicate or paddle or something, but not ur own line jacket. Most chapters/sorors go for originality (sp), but not overboard. I must say that I have seen some with Neon Pink and Green and frankly I needed some shades for those because everybody could see u coming.

AlMighty14
SPR 01, SSU
Gamma Upsilon
Survivors


Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.

[skeeliteful]

This is really getting interesting. I've always wanted to know how my Soror's in other regions do things. Down here in the South Atlantic... "Set it Off" is considered "our" song. Most chapters have their own version of the stroll (but with the same basic steps, pretty much...always starting with the "kick out") to this song but there is an original stroll to this song as well. As for songs associated with the rest of the Divine 9 (I love that number ), it's like this:

Alpha's : "Mic checka"
Sigma's : "Computer Games" (if you listen really hard to "i'm real" by j. lo...not the version with ja rule...you can hear it)
Que's : Atomic Dog
Kappa's: "Candy" by Cameo (it's usually just the instrumental thought)

Delta's: "To Be Real"
SGRho's : "That's Right" (not sure who it's by)
Zeta's: Not really sure (sorry)

At my probate show, we didn't throw pinkies, do the ivy stance, skee wee, or anything until all 12 of us were revealed.

Jackets: I've seen jackets that have all LS's listed, the time, an ivy vine, pearl, shield, line #...and sometimes all on the same jacket. The only colors I've seen used are white, black, khaki, satin pink, green, and silver.

[SweetestDiva]

Originally posted by skeeliteful
"Set it Off" is considered "our" song. Most chapters have their own version of the stroll (but with the same basic steps, pretty much...always starting with the "kick out")

I had never even heard the original "Set It Off" until very recently. I think I know the stroll you're talking about, and we do it to "Scarred" by Luke. Anytime you hear the beginning of that song, people scatter cause you know AKAs are about to come through. People are always amazed at how fast it is. I really didn't consider that our song though, because even though it's our signature strut, most orgs. have old school songs. Maybe it's a Texas thang.