Arts Ball 2011

hokeypokey

Is anyone else excited about this. The price is way less this year and apparently there could be some big names playing.

jighooligan

Something I had totally forgot about! Are tickets sold out? Where (online preferably) can you find information about it?

Zillah

What big names?

MissMoppet

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=121447364590866

:D:D:D

Ficheall

Featuring the UK's biggest alternative DJs PROPAGANDA (http://www.thepropaganda.com/home.php), plus Hot Fuss, a Trad Soc Céilí and other music acts, Arts Ball 2011 is going to be the biggest and best night out of the year.

Sounds utterly missable.

hokeypokey

Propoganda are supposed to be big, i heard the place is gonna have some extravagent decor...

Fionn MacCool

Never got the allure of these Soc Ball things (actually that's a lie, as it's quite clearly "omg omg lyk everyone is totally goin to it so i have to!!). Rent/buy a suit, buy a ticket, hotel drinks... costs a fortune. You could have quite a few quality nights out for the same price, and tbh I'd rather a club DJ than half of the 'amazing bands' they book for these things.

Like I said, the main selling point relies on the hype they drum up. Register to book tickets? F*** off.

JohnCleary

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Never got the allure of these Soc Ball things (actually that's a lie, as it's quite clearly "omg omg lyk everyone is totally goin to it so i have to!!). Rent/buy a suit, buy a ticket, hotel drinks... costs a fortune. You could have quite a few quality nights out for the same price, and tbh I'd rather a club DJ than half of the 'amazing bands' they book for these things.

Like I said, the main selling point relies on the hype they drum up. Register to book tickets? F*** off.

Bit bitter there are we? :pac:

I agree the balls are a lot of hype and expense, but that's because they are great craic. I've never had a bad night at a ball

hokeypokey

well i think 50 euro for a class dinner and a bit of pomp and change is good plus everyone you know will be there... Dont understand though why the commerce ball and engineering are 60 euro, seems a bit much, especially since the biggest ball ahve done a big drop...

Fionn MacCool

hokeypokey wrote: »

well i think 50 euro for a class dinner and a bit of pomp and change is good plus everyone you know will be there...

Proved my point there :P

cianl1

hokeypokey wrote: »

50 euro for a class dinner and a bit of pomp

Let me stop you there hokey.

Balls in university are hardly what you'd call "white-tie affairs". The food is generally sub-standard and as for pomp and circumstance, well...

Fake tanned young ladies and gents in cocktail dresses & business attire drinking themselves stupid and creating what can only be described as an ungodly mess.

I'll give it a miss thanks.

Ficheall

cianl1 wrote: »

Let me stop you there hokey.

Balls in university are hardly what you'd call "white-tie affairs". The food is generally sub-standard and as for pomp and circumstance, well...

Fake tanned young ladies and gents in cocktail dresses & business attire drinking themselves stupid and creating what can only be described as an ungodly mess.

I'll give it a miss thanks.

Did you not go to the Science one last year?

PauricTheLodger

Ficheall wrote: »

Did you not go to the Science one last year?

Firsthand information :P

cianl1

Ficheall wrote: »

Did you not go to the Science one last year?

Indeed I did. I'm not against balls as a whole, just very badly run ones. Id est, university "formal" evenings.

PauricTheLodger wrote: »

Firsthand information :P

Ipso facto.

hokeypokey

I guess everyone here's going to the curmudgeon ball then... if anybody wants me ill be at the arts ball...

DrumGirl90

All info for the ball can be found (soon) on www.cumannstaire.com and click the Arts Ball link at the bottom.

registration for tickets is though that website on Friday 29th at 5p.m. The link won't be live before then. For those who dislike using the online registration system, we have to - the last time we used the "just queue up" method, people camped out overnight to be first in line, so the college made us come up with another system.

once you've registered, you print out your registration number and come along to Aras na MacLeinn with your ID and your cash to pick up your tickets.

not to blow our own trumpets, but it's shaping up to be a pretty sweet 2 days

hokeypokey

Are the Rubberbandits playing, or is this just hype to get people to buy tickets?

DrumGirl90

yes they are really playing, a full set between band and DJs

Squeeonline

This'll be the first time going to a "faculty" ball. before I've only bothered with the socs ball because that seems to be where most of my friends are.

More being dragged to this but you do what you can to keep the wimmen happy right?

Fionn MacCool

DrumGirl90 wrote: »

the last time we used the "just queue up" method, people camped out overnight to be first in line, so the college made us come up with another system.

Everytime I come back into this thread I laugh at this. Did this really happen?

Ficheall

If it did, the people at the front of the line should have been shot.

mangled

what date is it on??

Ficheall

23rd February.

Raging_Ninja

Ficheall wrote: »

23rd February.

It's the 16th of February.

Ficheall

Did they not get a week's extension?

Fionn MacCool

I'd like to commend hokeypokey on her not so subtle advertising of the Arts Ball on here, under the guise of the interested student.

Arts Ball 2011

Is anyone else excited about this. The price is way less this year and apparently there could be some big names playing.

Propoganda are supposed to be big, i heard the place is gonna have some extravagent decor

well i think 50 euro for a class dinner and a bit of pomp and change is good plus everyone you know will be there... Dont understand though why the commerce ball and engineering are 60 euro

I guess everyone here's going to the curmudgeon ball then... if anybody wants me ill be at the arts ball...

I dont know how the commerce ball and the enginerring ball ahvent lowered their prices when the arts ball is the biggest and best and is 10euro cheaper!!

as an act if good will, the arts ball and the law ball have cut it from 60 to 50.. which is much more reasonable..

Rubberbandits in NUIG
With the news that the Rubberbandits are playing on "student week" at the college and apparently they're booked for the Arts Ball 201

I know that they are playing during rag week and I think they are playing Monroe's live at the arts ball afterparty

What happened yesterday?
I think something commerce ball related broke out

Raging_Ninja

Ficheall wrote: »

Did they not get a week's extension?

The date I have says the 16th. Are you thinking of a different event? The only information I have about a delay is a problem with the ticket sale, which has been postponed.

mangled

so its defo on a wed night either way??

Ficheall

mangled wrote: »

so its defo on a wed night either way??

Balls... you're right! It clashes with ChessSoc! :eek::(

JeanPierre

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

I'd like to commend hokeypokey on her not so subtle advertising of the Arts Ball on here, under the guise of the interested student.

someone really needs to get out more...

XChloeXx

Ficheall wrote: »

23rd February.

Is it really?? I ahve to work den, if it is am goosed!!!!!!!

JeanPierre

The Ball is definately on Wednesday 16th Feb as i saw some poster around campus and all the other details specify so. And it says it here aswell which is a fairly recent promo vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNdB2jme90&feature=feedlik

JeanPierre

Saw all this: (some good, some awrite...)

http://www.youtube.com/user/CumannStaire?feature=mhum#p/u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E4uarEC8I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPyCOkRGDZs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNEvayYGFAA

(They are sending out mails on facebook)

Squeeonline

Don't think I've ever seen a ball so desperate to sell tickets. Arts ball has never had a problem before. It shouldnt even be the price this year since they dropped it to €50. Unless people associate that the quality will go down because the price has and aren't buying tickets as a result.

Fionn MacCool

Squeeonline wrote: »

Don't think I've ever seen a ball so desperate to sell tickets. Arts ball has never had a problem before. It shouldnt even be the price this year since they dropped it to €50. Unless people associate that the quality will go down because the price has and aren't buying tickets as a result.

I don't see how any one ball is any different to the next. The only reason anyone goes it to get twisted with their mates (like any other night), nobody I've ever talked to has given a crap about the decor or the bands or whatever. I would expect the Arts Ball to be the 'best' this year for the only reason being that it is cheaper. You make your own craic at the end of the day.

leeroybrown

The Arts Bál this year has to flog around 1600 tickets (far far more than any other ball) when a lot of students are struggling for cash. I'm not surprised sales were slower. To my knowledge they're pretty much sold out now.

JohnCleary

The only people hyping up the Arts Ball is the organisers.

The organisers made such a big deal about registering for tickets etc. and making it sound like you've to climb over a mountain to get tickets because its "going to be the ball of the year" and "tickets will sell out quickly"

I got a Facebook message today saying tickets are STILL available to buy.

I've never seen such desperation to falsly hype up an event by the organisers; it's a bit sad.

And FFS will ye stop sending so many Facebook messages etc. - it's headwrecking. How were all the other balls able to be such a success without having to stoop to this level? Are the organisers of the Arts Ball doing something wrong? Or is it just that the organisers are probably doing Arts and they have a lot of spare time on their hands? :pac:

JohnCleary

leeroybrown wrote: »

The Arts Bál this year has to flog around 1600 tickets (far far more than any other ball) when a lot of students are struggling for cash. I'm not surprised sales were slower. To my knowledge they're pretty much sold out now.

1600 people in the Salthill Hotel? Carnage!

The whole point of a ball to me is to have a meal, have the craic, get locked with a bit of class around the night. 1600 people pushing to get to the bar isin't my idea of fun tbh

I have no issues with balls btw and go to most of them, but purposely avoiding the Arts ball

XChloeXx

JohnCleary wrote: »

1600 people in the Salthill Hotel? Carnage!

The whole point of a ball to me is to have a meal, have the craic, get locked with a bit of class around the night. 1600 people pushing to get to the bar isin't my idea of fun tbh

I have no issues with balls btw and go to most of them, but purposely avoiding the Arts ball

JohnCleary wrote: »

The only people hyping up the Arts Ball is the organisers.

The organisers made such a big deal about registering for tickets etc. and making it sound like you've to climb over a mountain to get tickets because its "going to be the ball of the year" and "tickets will sell out quickly"

I got a Facebook message today saying tickets are STILL available to buy.

I've never seen such desperation to falsly hype up an event by the organisers; it's a bit sad.

And FFS will ye stop sending so many Facebook messages etc. - it's headwrecking. How were all the other balls able to be such a success without having to stoop to this level? Are the organisers of the Arts Ball doing something wrong? Or is it just that the organisers are probably doing Arts and they have a lot of spare time on their hands?

Oooh, i don't want to go to arts ball that much that i made two posts... lol
If your not going then why are you gettin messages?

brianthebard

Squeeonline wrote: »

Don't think I've ever seen a ball so desperate to sell tickets. Arts ball has never had a problem before. It shouldnt even be the price this year since they dropped it to €50. Unless people associate that the quality will go down because the price has and aren't buying tickets as a result.

Yes I agree. I'm going to ask XChloeXx, JeanPierre, hokeypokey and CumannStaire to stop posting in this thread, I haven't banned ye cause its a uni event but this blantant shilling is a load of balls and pisses me and others off no end. Mod.

Fionn MacCool

XChloeXx wrote: »

Oooh, i don't want to go to arts ball that much that i made two posts... lol

Quality argument, they should give you a degree for that

JohnCleary

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Quality argument, they should give you a degree for that

They'll probably give her an Arts degree :pac:

Fionn MacCool

That's what I was getting at, but I'm allowed to say it 'cause I do Arts. I find your implications both rude and insulting in equal measure.

Squeeonline

Lesson 1 in marketing, artificially reduce the supply (or make it seem that way) to increase demand.

Saying there are still loads of tickets left makes it sound like there'll be an echo in the room. If they said that there was only a few left, get them now or be disappointed it might have worked better.

Fionn MacCool

Squeeonline wrote: »

Lesson 1 in marketing, artificially reduce the supply (or make it seem that way) to increase demand.

Saying there are still loads of tickets left makes it sound like there'll be an echo in the room. If they said that there was only a few left, get them now or be disappointed it might have worked better.

Like I said earlier in the thread, the main selling point of all these events is the "omg everyone is like totally gonna be there".

Typical conversation about The _____ Ball:
Are ya goin to the ____ Ball?
No sure why would I?
Ah it will be great craic we'll get locked and have a laugh
But I do that most nights of the week anyway
Yeah but... everyone is goin

Squeeonline

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Like I said earlier in the thread, the main selling point of all these events is the "omg everyone is like totally gonna be there".

Typical conversation about The _____ Ball:
Are ya goin to the ____ Ball?
No sure why would I?
Ah it will be great craic we'll get locked and have a laugh
But I do that most nights of the week anyway
Yeah but... everyone is goin

Mech, final year with an important 9am lecture the next day. It'll be the free wine and nothing else for me :-D

Fionn MacCool

Wait.. there's free wine?

keesa

Squeeonline wrote: »

This'll be the first time going to a "faculty" ball. before I've only bothered with the socs ball because that seems to be where most of my friends are.

More being dragged to this but you do what you can to keep the wimmen happy right?

From what I hear you had plenty of oppurtunity to get out of going.

No, the Arts ball will sell out like it always has. It's 50 quid for 1600 tickets or so. Final years always go. There are 1500 in each arts first year more or less, so bring that down to 800 for final years? so 400 final years buy tickets, and 30% of them with dates, and then there's all the other years, and people who want to crash it/are friends with the committee/are friends with loads of arts people/faculty members. It will sell.

Fionn MacCool

keesa wrote: »

From what I hear you had plenty of oppurtunity to get out of going.

No, the Arts ball will sell out like it always has. It's 50 quid for 1600 tickets or so. Final years always go. There are 1500 in each arts first year more or less, so bring that down to 800 for final years? so 400 final years buy tickets, and 30% of them with dates, and then there's all the other years, and people who want to crash it/are friends with the committee/are friends with loads of arts people/faculty members. It will sell.

That's some pretty iffy speculation, you a FF TD by any chance?

keesa

Only in my spare time

Funkie

keesa wrote: »

From what I hear you had plenty of oppurtunity to get out of going.

No, the Arts ball will sell out like it always has. It's 50 quid for 1600 tickets or so. Final years always go. There are 1500 in each arts first year more or less, so bring that down to 800 for final years? so 400 final years buy tickets, and 30% of them with dates, and then there's all the other years, and people who want to crash it/are friends with the committee/are friends with loads of arts people/faculty members. It will sell.

Not neccesarily, the Law Ball didnt even sell-out, i think and it has only 400 people going to it... but yea the arts ball will likely sell-out as it always did and most of the afters are gone in the socs box from what i hear... maybe there might be some full tickets left over...