http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4153.htm "When is the Xmas ball? Is it at Guildhall again? When can we start buying tickets? Whose headlining? :)" (by kenlowe)

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As to an earlier comment about the Chrimbo ball making less and less each year consider this:

Poor acts, Rip off tickets, pricey drinks = students rather spending cash on a few nights out.

I remember when i was at sixth form n we had great chrimbo balls, live acts, prizes, great atmosphere, chance to dress up. Tickets would sell out in two days. They were at soton guildhall i think. And beers were only £1.50 YAY.

Just a thought. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4308.htm#4308 luke.thompson Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:19:00 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4221.htm#4221 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4221.htm#4221 tubinic86 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:50:52 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4220.htm#4220I also think that the gum queen's idea is really good!! Although I would miss having the bands, such as the Chip Shop Boys, I think it is still a good idea to do the Christmas ball in the same way to this years Freshers Ball, and to pick one of the days in the Christmas week to have as a 'ball'. Therefore this would give the opportunity for everyone to dress up but the union wouldn't have to spend as much money on it. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4220.htm#4220 Jo_Kent Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:41:38 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4217.htm#4217
Ooh, I think I'm letting myself in for a bit of backlash here - 'what, no bands?, no entertainment?'.... well maybe Mario could do some turkey burgers?! ;) ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4217.htm#4217 thegumqueen Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:30:40 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4214.htm#4214
It seems that the majority of posts on this forum are negative because people are pretty disappointed there is no ball.....so really it's understandable. Last year i'm pretty sure there was enough people at the ball to fill the union so maybe the union should have been used as the venue...admittedly it would cost money to decorate the union but at least the the ticket prices may not need to be so expensive. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4214.htm#4214 Rach_29 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:20:39 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4213.htm#4213

its not meant to be harsh!... maybe just not phrased very well! and don't get me wrong i like the idea of some of the things that are on there and will probably go to the orange friday with the fake snow! and as always the christmas purple wednesday! I appreciate that there is limited room on that flyer but more details would be great ! I agree with hana that i do really hope that whatever christmas events the union has are a success so that maybe the ball is reconsidered for next year. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4213.htm#4213 tubinic86 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:08:22 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4212.htm#4212I've been to the last two xmas balls and to be honest, they were exactly the same (obviously the acts changed and obviously this was good for me as I Loooooved both!) - acts on the main stage, casino and big band in a side room, and the other side room has DJs. If the union/upel lost money both years, why was no attempt made to change the second year - surely if it was a last chance there wasn't much to lose? I don't want this taken as criticism, just an innocent and honest question!
I just feel as though the students are stopped from having their xmas ball because the Freshers' Ball bombed, and I think if the students were asked why, they could give many reasons (and this thread has provided most of those!) I really hope this year's xmas events work so next yera students can have their ball back! :) ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4212.htm#4212 hana_yogibear Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:26:50 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4211.htm#4211
The Guildhall costs a fortune, plus loads more to decorate and the ticket sales for this event have gone down year after year. Although It's a bummer for the people who really wanted to go..... we're finding that now people are generally poorer beacause of the increased fees and can't afford to go to a ball with a high ticket price and associated costs - especially at a really expensive time of year.

As your Union we can't justify subsidizing the ball by many ££££££ when we could be spending it on Sports, Societies, Volunteering, representation for when things go wrong with people's courses or any of the other stuff we are bound by our constitution to do. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4211.htm#4211 ellegray Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:40:34 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4210.htm#4210i popped into the union for lunch in the waterhole today and on the tables were calendars for the unions 12 days of Christmas. reading through it, it looks like every other week at the union except for a christmassy film on one of the tuesdays and a bit of fake snow on an orange friday! Can u tell us if there is anything else planned cos from the looks of that the union doesn't seem to be putting any effort in to christmas events

Ouch, mate that's pretty harsh. I've got the same flyer in front of me and it doesn't look like there's much room for extra information on it, so maybe there's more stuff to come that just didn't fit on the flyer?

(Total disclosure: I work for UPSU, not UPEL - the company who deal with trading at the Union - so I'm not involved in the creation and planning of these events :) ).

Al ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4210.htm#4210 AlexH Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:02:26 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4209.htm#4209 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4209.htm#4209 tubinic86 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:23:14 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4200.htm#4200 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4200.htm#4200 Rach_29 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:08:35 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4199.htm#4199 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4199.htm#4199 tubinic86 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:53:27 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4198.htm#4198 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4198.htm#4198 skribla Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:45:49 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4196.htm#4196 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4196.htm#4196 kenlowe Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:08:05 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4192.htm#4192As a third year this was my last ball that I would have been able to go to and now my only chance is to fight for graduation ball tickets!
Carols and a santa's grotto might be kinda fun but I don't see it competing with other local club's christmas events. ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4192.htm#4192 Jo_Kent Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:47:23 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4189.htm#4189
Message edited by: kenlowe at: 13/11/2007 17:49 ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4189.htm#4189 kenlowe Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:48:42 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4188.htm#4188 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4188.htm#4188 lumc86 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:43:22 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4181.htm#4181
But there will be all sorts of Festive Frolics going on, it just won't cost you a fortune! - But keep the nice frocks xx ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4181.htm#4181 ellegray Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:28:18 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4175.htm#4175 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4175.htm#4175 tomworman Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:05:52 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4174.htm#4174 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4174.htm#4174 tubinic86 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:37:47 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4173.htm#4173 http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4173.htm#4173 crazyllama27 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:52:32 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4172.htm#4172
Message edited by: kenlowe at: 12/11/2007 19:50 ]]> http://www.upsu.net/go/int/rss/-/forums/v/message,3,4172.htm#4172 kenlowe Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:50:31 GMT General discussion > Social:Life - chat about events at the Union