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I was in a sorority in college. All my friends were in my house, also, and it's so fun to see all the traditions that sororities have at weddings....although all I've been to are Chi Omega weddings! Ours sings a song called Shades to the bride....any other Chi Omegas out there? I just know I'm gonna bawl 
That being said, my friend married a Sigma Chi, and they "serenaded" the couple at their wedding. Any Greek Traditions out there? Do share!
Well I was a Phi Mu (am a Phi Mu for life and an alum) and we did a candle ceremony where we'd pass it (candle would be covered at base with flowers) and the dropped, pinned, or engaged sister would blow it out.
We sang a certain song and it was very moving. T was a KA and I'm not exactly sure. They had a good time for just about every occasion I can guarantee. I'll ask him.
At least since we're way outta college now, he won't get some form of hazing..at my brother in law's university (where alot of my friends went) if the guy got engaged to a Delta Gamma, they'd tie him to the giant anchor in the front yard (their symbol) of the house! And of course obnoxious singing would go on.
I loved my time in college..but I love being in an alumni group too!
My mom is a Chi O too!
I'm an Alpha Sigma Tau but the only real tradition is our local chapter's dance to "Oh What A Night". I am not inviting many of my sorority sisters and I don't think I'll even plan to do the dance.
Oh, oh the dances! LoL. I forgot we dance to "respect" all gooberish. I'm so excited, although I'm sure everyone else will look at us and go "uhhhh?!??!?!"
You know, if my FI had proposed or lavaliered me during college, they would have duct taped him naked to the flag pole. He REALLY wanted to wait until he was out, LOL! I think that's pretty common...also pretty darn funny 
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Can I just say, that the Chi-Os at my University had the second best cheers. On bid night I'd get in trouble for doing theirs with them --- they were so catchy!!
With that said, I'm a Theta Phi Alpha and I'm sure there's going to be lots of singing our chapter song, and chanting that night. I'm also wearing my sister pin on the inside of my dress that day and my BMs that are sisters are carrying our sororities flower in their bouquet.
My FH is a Delta Chi and I'm certain that that's going to result in lots of their handshaking and singing. They are out of control.
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A tradition that I have read on other boards is that you give a flower of your sorority to each woman attending.
Ooooh, Delta Gamma. And the anchor.
We DGs have a song that we serenade the bride with. And if she were to get engaged while still in school, we did a candle-pass.
I was a Kappa Delta and my FI was a TKE, neither one of us really talks to anyone in our sorority/fraternity anymore lol so we won't be doing any tradations. BUT we will be playing our school fight song (Texas Tech) at the reception and bringing all our college friends out on the dance floor to sing the fight song with us :)
@Bellenga: The KAs at my school would always sing to the girls right at midnight at every frat party they every had, those "southern gentlemen" 
Delta Zeta, here. ^_^ We did candle passings in college as well. When one of my sorority sisters walked down the aisle, she had sisters seated on the ends of the aisles and they handed her pink roses as she walked down to create her bouquet. Very sweet.
Other than that we don't really have any traditions, other than our chapter's obsession with singing along to Margaritaville with our altered lyrics at the reception, prompting WTF?s from everyone else. ^_^
Pi Phi had a traditional way to tell everyone you were engaged if it happened while you were in college. We did it for my MOH at her bachelorette party (she was engaged years after we graduated) and all had a good laugh- oh and she cried :)
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ooh, and FI is a Lambda Chi (same as Kenny Chesney he always likes to say!) we'll have a few Taus and Lambda Chis at our wedding, but I don't know if we'll do any traditions.
Yay for DG! our chapter had a line dance that was inevitably done tipsy at any formal event.
I'm a Kappa Delta and my FI is a Lambda Chi Alpha! Both my sorority and his fraternity have the same flower (white rose) and so I think we will give each member attending a white rose!
Yay, a greek thread!
@AnnieAAA- nice to see another KD around the boards!
VegasBaby -- what chapter are you? We were the only national sorority at my college until my senior year when Alpha Xi Delta colonized. It's always fun to touch base with someone in the same sorority -- especially since there weren't a lot of AST chapters near me!
Hi, I am also a KD and my FH is a KA. We also sing a song called Today at weddings. The bride stands in the middle and the girls circle around her and sing. The guys get on their knee and sing a seranade to the bride. So much fun!
I have also seen the girls enter all together right before the ceremony starts carrying the white rose. It is a nice touch.
I will have lots of sorority sisters at my small wedding so they will most likely sing to me. I doubt the guys will but that is okay with me! hehe
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BonieBon- what chapter are you from? Out here in the west, there are not many KD chapters and I find a lot of traditions get skipped over or are different, so it's cool to know that there are some traditions out there for us!
I'm a Phi Mu alum, and we did the candle pass thing whenever someone got engaged, too. Usually at weddings, the girls get in a circle and sing a certain song to the bride. But there will be very few of my sorority sisters at my wedding, so that won't actually be the case at mine.
hmm, while i am not greek, mr.v is a lambda chi alpha alum and oh so very proud of it. not too sure what traditions (if any) will be incorporated into our wedding. i don't even know if they have traditions. i shall inquire this evening!
cute post, btw. :)
@ ejs4y8 - I am a Chi O too! Sigma Beta chapter, at Montana State University. Right after I pledged back in 2001, I got to see a candle passing when one of the seniors in the house got engaged--it was so awesome! And of course, I have been to many weddings with Shades... that dang song makes me cry too!
Within my circle of friends from my pledge class, we also have done other (newly thought of, as far as I know) "traditions." One started when the first girl in our circle got married (I was not able to attend, sadly), when they did a ribbon cutting like they do on bid day, and each of the girls pinned their knot on the inside of their dress. Then, at the most recent wedding in that circle of friends, we did a small candle passing on the morning of her wedding. It was just a really nice way to start off her day.
I am looking forward to my day and the traditions we'll incorporate!
Alshv2: Yep I'm a Phi Mu Alum and I joined the chapter here recently so there may be a few of them at my wedding and a few alum from KA at his..despite our being out of college about 15 years or so...
I did the candle pass with TWO different boyfriends twice..dropped, then pinned but not the third! It was hilarious. But I got some gorgeous candles and dried the flowers..they're at my parents house still. In my bedroom.
And yes, the KA's are and were very much Southern gentlemen..and T is definitely one! One of the reasons I love him so..he's so charming and always looks after me.
Gotta run, we're actually having a date night tonight and I gotta look decent!
Fi is an Alpha and i'm an AKA...being that we both pledged at the same school at the same time, a lot of our friends from college are our "brothers and sisters"...and with AA fraternities and sororities you are a member for life...from our songs to chants to dances...there will be PLENTY of greekdom going on at our wedding and we graduated almost 10 years ago LOL!!!
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I'm a Chi O too, and we always sing shades by the end of the evening - it always gives me chills! I'm sure we'll do it at my wedding too, as many of my Chi O pledge sisters (as well as other Chi O's) will be there.
Another non-sorority tradition is to take a picture of all the Alumni from the college we graduated from and send it in to the magazine. My fiance and I both graduated from the same college, so we should have a good crowd!
@bellenga -- Hey, no fair! You got two candle passes, and I don't even get one. lol. I'm a Phi Mu alum too, and a handful of my sorority sisters will be at my wedding (one is a bridesmaid), but we won't be getting up to any Phi Mu shenanigans :)
ADPi, anyone? Like the others, we had candlepassings (I never got one, but some of my friends said we should have after the engagement!) and most of our songs were specific to my chapter.
FI was not Greek and doesn't really get it. I'll have a few sisters at the wedding, though, and will probably incorporate a few things.
Any ZTAs?
We do the candle pass too, but I don't think I'll do it. The best part of the candle pass to me was the surprise, and it's not like anyone is guessing who just got married I'm a chapter founder, and I'm the first in my sorority family to marry, so I think I'll start the tradition that all the Zetas in the wedding party pin their badges to their bouquets.
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I never got a candlelight either! Although it got old when everyone expected it to be me but it never was!
We're going to have plenty of Greeks at our wedding...as long as the aviators stay off and people keep their pants on I'll be happy. I don't want our classy wedding to turn into a remake of freshman year, haha.
I was an Eta Kappa at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly UMR). I love seeing all the greeks out there!!! Woot.
I like the idea of passing out carnations to all the women. Not sure everyone would get it though. Hmmm. kinda pricey too. We're on a mission to "trim the fat" in our budget. Not absolutely necessary? Out it goes. And i LOVE the idea of the ribbon cutting just like bid day!! Super cute.
Wow there are a LOT of KA groupies out there! Er, wives-to-be, LoL. Something about those Southern Gentlemen, let me tell you. A KA was quite a catch on my campus No small feat with 23+ fraternities at a school of under 5,000 students.
The KA's got themselves banned from my university! lol
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Tiramisu, I knew there was a reason you are one of my favorite bees! I am a Pi Phi too!
im an alpha xi delta and i think i will incoporate our flower into our wedding.
I'm a Kappa Alpha Theta and we have a song "Theta Sweetheart" that all my sisters will sing to me at my wedding. We've done it for the past few girls that have gotten been married and it's such a great moment. We also have a pledge sister who writes custom cheers for everything. She did them for big events at the house and now she does them for each of our weddings. Sometimes they verge on inappropriate but they are so thoughtful and such a funny interruption when everyone is dancing.
I'm marrying a GDI (God Dam* Independent). He doesn't call himself that at all but I'm just so shocked after all my college years that I end up with someone who isn't greek. He thinks some of our traditions are a bit over the top but that's normal if you have never participated in any of it.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre">
I'm a pi phi too! yes, we have a special way of letting chapter know if we were engaged. it was a little odd having girls have to wait til meeting to let everyone know. we also have a song we sing before dessert that is often included at weddings. seems now that fewer girls get married while in college, most forego the tradition.
My sister was a Pi Phi and bil was an ATO. They had wonderful parties at Ole Miss I can tell you!!!
As for me and those "missed opportunities"with the candles? Those I had the candle ceremonies with Phi Mu for were as follows: first college bf was a Pike, next one was a Sigma Chi.
Sometimes it's cute. T and I were talking the other day and he almost went to college in Memphis at Rhodes. Had he done that, there would have been a real chance I might have met him then. My college roommate was pinned to the Pike Prez at Rhodes (this is like 20 years ago ok?) and I went to parties at Rhodes all the time so chances were high he'd have met me. He said "I would have been a senior and you would have to have been a freshman but if I'd seen you then, I would have done something about it."
Awww.
We ended up doing Shades, of course, and then transitioned into "respect" which we have our own little dance for. People were amused, to say the least
glad to hear some KAs really were Southern gentlemen...they were kicked off our campus
my hubby was in a frat I'd never heard of before, but only his freshman year before he tranferred...none of his brothers were at our wedding
I was in a coed group, and a lot of my friend invites went to 'brothers'...we didn't do any greek traditions, but we did take some funny pictures related to our mascot
OKAY so let me say that I am NOT hardcore Greek in the slightest, but yes, I was a Phi Mu and in addition to the announcement candle passing, I've been to one of my friend's weddings where we sang "Sisters"... I wil probably have 5 or less of them at my wedding and we won't be doing that :))))))
I'm an Alpha Chi Omega. We do a song standing in a circle with the bride in the center.
Bellenga- I am a Phi Mu, too! LIOB!!!
Two of my bridesmaids are Phi Mu sisters...I was a bridesmaid in each of their weddings, and I have been to MANY of my sisters' weddings... here are some traditions we have always done:
-each sister attending/participating in the wedding, pinned her badge on the bride's slip for 'something borrowed'
-the sisters would encircle the bride before the wedding and serenade her
-quatrefoils (the shape of our badge) were hidden in decor somewhere...
-each bridesmaid that was a sister would have the fraternity flower hidden in her bouquet... just as the bride did... no one really knows it is there except for the sisters :)
-it always seemed that quotes from 'Steel Magnolias' were quoted while the maids and bride were getting ready for the ceremony : "My colors are BLUSH and BASHFUL!" (Steel Magnolias (the play) was written by the brother of a Phi Mu... he wrote it about his sister... and there are lots of references hidden in the movie!)
I can't wait to wear my sisters' pins and share the flowers in their bouquets... :)
I'm an Alpha Xi Delta, but I'm not incorporating any of our stuff into our wedding. Bad sister.
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