Phi Gamma Delta fraternity members sat in Minnetrista, gathered together while a roasted pig was brought into the room.
"We're bringing in the pig. We're bringing in the pig. We shall come rejoicing, we're bringing in the pig," the crowd of Phi Gamma Delta members sang together as the roasted pig came to the front of the room.
Current and graduate fraternity members gathered Saturday to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the chapter being at Ball State University.
Matt Lacy, senior Phi Gamma Delta member, said the fraternity prepared for the event by finding the location, a caterer, decorations and following tradition.
Lacy said this was the seven-year anniversary of the chapter putting on the pig dinner.
About 100 undergraduate and graduate members were in attendance, he said.
"It's the one chance during the year that graduate brothers can come together and really get to know the newer members of the chapter," he said.
Chris Harrison, sophomore Phi Gamma Delta member who was in charge of planning the dinner, said the planning for the event began in November and alumni invitations were sent at the beginning of the year.
Harrison said although the pig is the center of a ceremony, it would not be eaten at the dinner because it would take too long to serve a whole pig for 100 people.
Phi Gamma Delta President Shawn Meier said every Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in the United States and Canada has its own pig dinner, but the Ball State chapter has the dinner near Feb. 24, the same day they chartered in 2001.
He said this is the longest-running alumni function in all the "Greek World" and acts as a chapter homecoming.
Members came from as far as Texas, North Carolina and Colorado, he said.
Meier said it was an important event for members to talk with the former members and get to know about their fraternity's experiences.
"The idea of brotherhood is so much stronger than any friendship you'll ever have," he said.
During the dinner, a ceremony surrounds the pig. When the pig is brought into the room, the youngest and oldest members at the dinner come to the center of the room.
The oldest member kissed the snout of the pig, while the youngest member kisses the butt of the pig.
Freshman Phi Gamma Delta member Bryan John said he had no problem kissing the pig.
"It just tasted like pig," he said.
Ron Sages, guest speaker and Archon Treasurer for Phi Gamma Delta, said he enjoys going to the dinners and getting to know local fraternity chapters.
"I would not be even considered for the board of directors of the fraternity if I didn't have a love of this fraternity," he said.
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