The 55th Biennial Conclave, held in New Orleans, had a record number of attendees this time with 843. The Conclave, which is held every other year, is a time for fraters from all over to meet and conduct business. A few of the highlights of the event included over 2000 hours of community service at City Park, election of a Grand Council, and amended the Constitution and Bylaws of the Fraternity.
On the first day of the Conclave, the Fraternity initiated the 250,000th member, Frater Steve Forbes.
The second day of Conclave provided attendees with several opportunities to continue with education. The men were among several breakout rooms for sessions ranging from “Understanding the Black Book” to “Recruitment” to The Blueprint and beyond.
The end of Friday saw one of the biggest TKE parades on the famous Bourbon Street. The street was overflowing with TKEs as the International Sweethearts and Frater Buckwheat led the procession. The parade was so large that it even drew the attention of the locals. The parade ended at the House of Blues were all the TKEs had a great time till the early hours of morning.
Conclave is always a huge event and this year’s Conclave at New Orleans proved to be the biggest. All had a great time and all are looking forward to 2010’s Conclave at the city of San Antonio.
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The weekend of July 24, the Vice-President of Fraternal Services, John Deckard paid the Pi-Delta chapter a visit. John, along with Nat Sheppard headed up a brotherhood retreat. The retreat was filled with activities and exercises that brought the brothers of the Pi-Delta chapter closer together. With the fall semester only days away, the retreat was a great way to get the brothers together and in the right state of mind for the school year.
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Retreat in-class worskshops
At the conclusion of the weekend, the chapter hosted many of the alumni of the Pi-Delta chapter at the TKE house. The alumni and the current brothers alike had a great time seeing old friends and making new ones.
Frater Waldrop grillin some burgers.
Undergards and alumni looking at old composites
Undergrads, alumni, and friends
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Well over 100 Pi Delta Fraters gathered to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Pi Delta Chapter. The weekend began on March 27 with a casual cook-out at the Pi Delta Chapter House. Active Fraters enjoyed socializing with Alumni spanning the decades. Then, the next morning, the scheduled golf tournament was replaced with an outing to Vestavia Bowl due to inclimate weather. Frater Scott Barnett, Pi Delta 54, bowled the high score of 164. The weekend culminated with the Anniversary Banquet at the Birmingham Sheraton. The semi-formal event was maxed to capacity as Fraters and guest listened to captivating speeches by the Andrew Stone, Active Prytanis, Pi Delta 407; Tripp Warren, Grand Province Advisor and Pi Delta Chapter Advisor, Pi Delta 411; Andy Marsch, UAB Student Life; and Benny Bliss, Pi Delta Founder. Mike Hobbs, Pi Delta 189, acted as emcee for the evening and kept things moving along, and we were glad that he was able to join us! Frater David Bala, Pi Delta 448, prepared a video of recent chapter history for the event. Also, the annual Pi Delta Chapter Awards were presented. Following the banquet dinner, guests enjoyed a closing reception with a live band. One event of note during the closing reception was that active serenaded alumni and vice versa with some traditional TKE songs…”Yo Ho” and “Fraters, Fraters, Fraters,” respectively. The evening ended with all Fraters joining in Rappa Tappa. The event was a great success thanks to the help of many individuals, but special thanks goes to Patrick Tatum, Joshua Waldrop, and Jason Hall for their hardwork and dedication to the project.
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Frater Tommy Miles, alumnus of the Xi-Chi Chapter at Southern Polytechnic State University, volunteered his time and screen-printing expertise for an excellent Pi Delta brotherhood event at the Chapter House on Saturday, March 21, 2009. This was quite a treat for the active Pi Delta chapter. Frater Miles is legendary for his collection of TKE screen-printing equipment. Active fraters printed TKE logo gear on backpacks, gym shorts, t-shirts, and flags. The Pi Delta Chapter is truly grateful for Frater Miles volunteering his time and equipment to allow our chapter some quality TKE brotherhood time.
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On March 7, 2009, the Pi Delta Chapter held a Brotherhood Retreat and Ritual Workshop at the Chapter House. Tareq Fayyad, Pylortes, led the Ritual Workshop and Andrew Williams, Hypophetes, led the Brotherhood Retreat. Frater Williams focused the Brotherhood Retreat on three essential themes – Ritual, Scholarship, and Brotherhood. For the Ritual Workshop, Frater Fayyad reviewed the Initiation Ritual and Secret Works. A large percentage of the active chapter was in attendance as well as one alumus, Frater Justin Bramblett.
