The Fresher's Ball: the finale to the week of Fresher's events put on by Roehampton to help us all get to know one another, our community, and what life is like at "uni".
Tickets were £20, which was a little hard to swallow, especially with the conversion into dollars still on my mind. I had no intention of staying until 2 a.m. (when the ball officially ended) but was having too much fun to leave before then. It was here that I was introduced to something called "silent disco" in which everyone wears headphones to listen to one of two different DJs. It doesn't sound like fun, I know, but it really was. One DJ played typical clubbing music (rap, hip-hop, etc.) and the other played what I would describe as radio hits (rock, indie, alternative, etc.). The best part was occasionally removing your headphones and listening to everyone singing (out of tune, of course) and watching people dance to different beats.
Again, I stole pictures from friends to upload them here because I didn't bring my camera to the event. (Thanks Jessica for being the paparazzi!)
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| The Girls at the silent disco. (From left to right: Jessica, Me, Ulfath, Terry, Elisabeth, and Anne) |
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| One of the DJs |
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| After the madness and hilarity, we looked like this. |
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| Inventing the new dance fad: the bunny-hop! |
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| Dancing with Elisabeth. |
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| Silent disco jammin! |
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| Get your dance on! |
I wish I could upload the video of the singing at the silent social, but alas I cannot. Check out the
Facebook to see it.
It was the most fun I've had so far in London, and it has me looking forward to the Summer Ball in June. Who knew a "silent disco" could be so much fun?
