GLO membership and your wedding - Page 2

rho4life · #16 02-13-2006, 02:37 PM

I've been at a Soror's wedding where all of the Sorors in attendance serranaded the bride and groom. And we carried yellow roses up to them. She also used yellow roses for the centerpieces at the reception. After we did the ceremony, a lot of different people came up and told us what a beautiful song it was.

AOII_LB93 · #17 02-13-2006, 02:47 PM

Though none of my AOII sisters were at the wedding since we got married in Ireland, I still involved AOII in some ways. My matron of honor and my younger sister who was a bridesmaid both wore a deep red color, I carried red roses in my bouquet, and to involve Sigma Nu as the hubbie is one, the guys (his BM is one of his bros) wore white roses and my MOH and BM carried white roses. I didn't wear my badge as I didn't want to lose it while overseas.

BSP_Nicole · #18 02-13-2006, 03:05 PM

My bridesmaids dresses were dark blue, and my flower girl's dress was gold. Our bouquets had forget-me-nots in them. 5 members of our bridal party were APO brothers (2 bridesmaids, both ushers, and one groomsman).

(Our bouquets also had yellow roses, even though I wasn't a Beta then, it's just one of my favorite flowers.)

Sister Havana · #19 02-13-2006, 03:09 PM

I'm not married, but I was in my little's wedding a couple years ago. Most of the groomsmen and three of the bridesmaids were APO brothers, and during the reception we did a "Seger session" (a tradition of Michigan APO brothers - her husband is an alum from Michigan Tech) and at the very end of the night, after the last song, all the brothers got in a circle and sang the Toast Song.

BetteDavisEyes · #20 02-13-2006, 03:18 PM

At my wedding, I used pearls in my veil, dress, tiara, & jewelry & all my sorority sisters in attendance wore their pearl rings that we wear only on 2 occasions: Pref night & SK weddings. It was great! They all gathered around me & sang as well after the ceremony.

DSTCHAOS · #21 02-13-2006, 03:19 PM

I'm not married. Regardless of who I marry, I'm going to have my linesisters as part of my bridal party and have the Sweetheart Song sung. I'm not particularly interested in having the colors or other symbols in my wedding.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #22 02-13-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by BetteDavisEyes
At my wedding, I used pearls in my veil, dress, tiara, & jewelry & all my sorority sisters in attendance wore their pearl rings that we wear only on 2 occasions: Pref night & SK weddings. It was great! They all gathered around me & sang as well after the ceremony.

What do the rings look like?

AOIIalum · #23 02-13-2006, 04:30 PM

Like Brandi, I had a passage read that is dear to every AOII and there were other touches throughout that an AOII would recognize. Two of my attendants were AOIIs, and another AOII helped "behind the scenes" to make sure all went smoothly at the church. We had reserved pews for my sisters at the church as well. They brought our Loving Cup and they did a Friendship Circle at the reception. I even put it into my photographer's contract so he got a certain number of pictures of all of that!

shadowstar · #24 02-13-2006, 07:13 PM

Not married yet myself, but a tradition (I don't know if it's our chapter or sorority wide) is that your big sis gives you a garter and whenever a sister gets married, everyone wears their garters, and the bride wears hers either above her wedding garter or on her other leg. We also try to sing songs at the reception to the bride or the couple.

AChiOhSnap · #25 02-13-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by AGDee
I've never been to a wedding that didn't have this passage read... greek or not.

LOL I went to four weddings this year and I now can recite the verse by heart (I should have been able to after Catholic school scripture class, but ya know

) Every time it was read I thought of the scene in Wedding Crashers where Vince Vaughan loses the bet to Owen Wilson that the reading won't be 1st Corinthians.

My cousin is a Sigma Kappa and she had "SK bridesmaids" -- an honorary position where they each got a corsage and a special ribbon pin (or something like that... I was like 13) and they sat together in special pew marked off by lavender and maroon ribbons). My cousin's "real" bridesmaids wore like baby blue or something but the SK maids wore lavender outfits....lavender dresses, blazers, pants, you name it. They sat together at tables with special maroon and lavender centerpieces and chair covers. I think they even had special placecards and favors.

Granted, Lizzie might have incorporated her sorority to a greater extent in her wedding than most people would have, but I'm thinking about stealing a few ideas for my wedding

BetteDavisEyes · #26 02-13-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally posted by Alpha Chi Emily
My cousin is a Sigma Kappa and she had "SK bridesmaids" -- an honorary position where they each got a corsage and a special ribbon pin (or something like that... I was like 13) and they sat together in special pew marked off by lavender and maroon ribbons).

This is totally unrelated but you remind me so much of my cousin Emily that is a AChiO. She refers to me as her Sigma Kappa cousin. Totally random I know.

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PhoenixAzul · #27 02-14-2006, 08:43 AM

so many good ideas!

I'm not getting hitched any time soon, but I have a feeling my brother might be...just wondered how people had incorporated things without it being too garish.

(i'll probably carry my pin when I do, along with a pearl necklace. I love white roses, even before I joined Tau Delta, but now that I am a TD...all the better!)

I know we typically serenade the bride as well with a special song.

KDMafia · #28 02-14-2006, 11:12 AM

These are all great ideas!! I'm planning my wedding right now and I'm trying to fit some KD things into it. I'm Serbian Orthodox so the ceremony isn't really able to be messed with as much so i'm looking more for things at the reception. My bridesmaid's dresses are green (although not kelly green) and we were talking about either having the kappa delta or the sig ep (my fiance's frat) flowers in the arrangements. If i din't have white roses in my bouquet I really like the idea of leaving one for each of my kappa delta sisters that will be coming.
I'm also wearing my pin on the inside of my dress.

As for songs, I'm not sure of any traditional songs i'll have sung to me. I think that's more up to my sisters in attendance but my husband is insisiting on "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi because apparently that was his chapter's "song" at formals and what not. Basically they just all get in a circle jump around and sing off key. it's pretty funny to witness

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #29 02-14-2006, 11:24 AM

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Basically they just all get in a circle jump around and sing off key.

I think a lot of fraternities (probably sororities too) do this. I knew of a KS whose chapter did this to Journey's "Don't Stop Believing".

KDMafia · #30 02-14-2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
I think a lot of fraternities (probably sororities too) do this. I knew of a KS whose chapter did this to Journey's "Don't Stop Believing".

Yeah I know they do. I'm sure me and my sisters will have a song to sing along to as well.