Candle Pass, Lavaliere, Dropped

[AXOmom]

Daughter got pinned last night.

It's all been an eye-opener for me-before she joined her sorority and I found this board, my only reference for pinnings was an old "Happy Days" episode (yes, sadly I AM that old).

I'm a little surprised that comparatively speaking, her school seems to make a big freakin' "ta-do" about pinnings - which is odd since unless its a football game or a protest march they pride themselves on being laid-back about everything and I think "We will be non-traditional at all costs" is written into the school mission statement somewhere.

After reading these I was curious to hear how they did the candle pass part. For her chapter the boy buys flowers and has them sent to the back door of the house on the day of the pinning. The president puts the candle with a ribbon around it in the flowers and brings them out during dessert. They take the candle out and it goes around - girl blows it out. At least I think that's how she explained it.

On another note - I've decided after this little event - someday, if and when she gets married- she's getting a ladder and tickets to Vegas!

[axoalum]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Daughter got pinned last night.

It's all been an eye-opener for me-before she joined her sorority and I found this board, my only reference for pinnings was an old "Happy Days" episode (yes, sadly I AM that old).

I'm a little surprised that comparatively speaking, her school seems to make a big freakin' "ta-do" about pinnings - which is odd since unless its a football game or a protest march they pride themselves on being laid-back about everything and I think "We will be non-traditional at all costs" is written into the school mission statement somewhere.

After reading these I was curious to hear how they did the candle pass part. For her chapter the boy buys flowers and has them sent to the back door of the house on the day of the pinning. The president puts the candle with a ribbon around it in the flowers and brings them out during dessert. They take the candle out and it goes around - girl blows it out. At least I think that's how she explained it.

On another note - I've decided after this little event - someday, if and when she gets married- she's getting a ladder and tickets to Vegas!

Down deep in the heart of each Alpha Chi girl... *singing the sweetheart song as I go to bed*

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I'm a little surprised that comparatively speaking, her school seems to make a big freakin' "ta-do" about pinnings - which is odd since unless its a football game or a protest march they pride themselves on being laid-back about everything and I think "We will be non-traditional at all costs" is written into the school mission statement somewhere.

This is one of the nice things about being Greek at a laid back school. You don't have to put up with a lot of the BS that occurs at ginormous systems, but you can still enjoy the pretty things as I put it.

Congratulations to your daughter and her sweetie!!

[AXOmom]

Thank you!

I'll have to ask her about the sweetheart song Axoalum. She has a nice singing voice but she hasn't sung for me in ages.

33Girl- Good point! It was a little hard to think about it in that light when I was getting stressed out phone calls from her while they planned the whole thing, BUT she had a wonderful time and I know it will be one of her best college memories.

[OPhiAGinger]

We didn't do candlepasses at my chapter but when I got involved on the national level I got exposed to them and was hooked! And eventually I got to have my own candlepass at a national event to announce a pregnancy. In my case, the actual candle (plain with a ribbon) was the least dramatic part of the whole thing. It was a pirate themed event, and at the kickoff social event all the national officers were dressed as pirates to get people in the right frame of mind. I was 5 months pregnant and seriously working to camouflage the baby bump so no one would guess. After blowing out the candle, I opened my buccaneer jacket to reveal a treasure map on my shirt underneath, with the "treasure" right over my bump. Boy, did that cause a sensation!!

Ah... good times.