Monday, November 14, 2011

Love is Where We Are: Pat

One of my favorite things about going to weddings is to observe all of the different traditions and rituals, whether cultural or otherwise. It's always interesting how every bride and groom bring different customs to both their ceremony and their reception. I love it, because it makes each wedding unique.

I was especially looking forward to one particular tradition at our reception. Every time a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma gets married, all of her sorority sisters who are present at the wedding sing a song called "Pat" to her. It's a silly song, but our sorority has been practicing this tradition for over 100 years and there's just something about that history that I absolutely adore. I've seen displays of other Greek organizations' traditions at other weddings and the reaction is always the same: the rest of the guests look at them like they're nuts! And maybe we did look a little weird, but from our end of things, we had a blast.


Okay, maybe the girls looked a little ridiculous...



...but I thought it was pretty entertaining.



It takes a special group of people to be willing to embarrass themselves for you. I loved them for it.


Are any of you in a sorority that has a similar tradition? If so, are you planning on incorporating it into your reception?

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*All photos by H. Photography unless otherwise noted.

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