CurlyGirly UF rush experience!

[KappaKittyCat]

Dear CurlyGirly,

I went to Chicago to visit my Big Key Sister this weekend. I miss her so much now that she's out of school. We were eating chocolate chip cookies yesterday at the Watertower Mall and I'd drifted off into my thoughts, when she asked me what I was thinking about. I said, "I was just wondering how CurlyGirly's doing at UF and whether she preffed Kappa." She told me that I'm a dork (which I already knew) but that she wanted to know how it turned out. I'm very excited to email her and let her know that you are now our Sister!

Fill us in! I want to hear all about Pref and Bid Day! What was the ceremony? What did they wear? What did you eat? Tell us about the girl who preffed you. What sold you? How about Bid Day? How was the Norman Field experience? We have nothing like that at my school and I understand it can be intense. What activities did you do for Bid Day? How's your Key Sis and your Kore? What are they like? We want DETAILS! (Sorry, I'm addicted.)

Let me add my CONGRATULATIONS to those of everyone else. I almost started crying here at work when I first read your thread. Welcome to our beautiful sisterhood within the Kappa Garden. Kappa has been so wonderful to me through my past two years as an active, and I'm sure that she will continue to provide for me for the rest of my life. Like you, I was hesitant about joining a sorority, but I'm now convinced that it's the best decision I've ever made.

Like KappaStarGirl, I'm a musician, so allow me to continue the serenade. This is a song we sing to our New Members when they pledge.

Lovely Girl, she wears the Sky and Sea,
Treasured symbol of Fraternity.
O'er the door, the Fleur-de-lis,
Haunting strains of KKG
We'll sing to you our song of Blue & Blue;
Our hearts are yours in everything we do.
Come and we will show the world
Our Lovely Kappa Girl.

I love that one. When my sisters sang it to me at my pledging, I almost started crying. I thought, "Oh, they think I'm lovely! That's so sweet!" (In case you couldn't already tell, I'm a sucker for our songs and ritual. I think it's all so beautiful. I cry a lot.)

And here is a song that one of my chapter's charter members wrote for us when we were installed in 1981. It's called The Spirit of KKG, and it was offically adopted into the Fraternity Songbook at Convention in 1982. We affectionately call it Tirzah's Song for its composer, Tirzah Strom Peterson. It's come to mean a lot to me, and I'm sure it will mean a lot to you as you discover its deeper and deeper layers of significance as you grow within Kappa.

Kappa Kappa Gamma is not only a word to me,
Or just the Golden Key,
Or the Fleur-de-lis,
Or the Blue & Blue,
Or the Wise Old Owl.
It's the bondage of Sisterhood within Loyalty;
It's the Womanhood in Sincerity;
But mainly it's the Spirit of KKG.

I'm thrilled to have another Kappa woman in the GC community. You've made a wonderful choice, and we're very lucky to count you among our Kappa sisters. We'd love to see you 'round the Kappa forum, too. Keep us all posted about how life is. We're here for you.

Loyally Delsigmata,
Andrea