Guess who is playing the freshers ball

dregin · 06-09-2005 8:58pm

GStormcrow wrote:

26/9 DCU Freshers Ball

Thats what it says on Republic of Loose' website. I'd be very happy with that

Why would you be happy with it? Republic of Loose are good, but the Revs headlining? That's just a ****in joke.

Redegg · 06-09-2005 9:49pm

hmm i do like ROL from what i remember from witess 2003(?). oh they are supporting alabama 3 in london. go them. so if they are playing i will definitely go although I always do... oh a squirrel.

Jonny Arson · 06-09-2005 9:55pm

Republic of Loose....... ha ha ha ha ha ha! They play in UCD Student bar around 17 times a year!

Polly19 · 06-09-2005 10:08pm

****

Orienation week starts 19th?Our calenders on the portal page say orientation week is 26th and freshers week is 19th

What stupid people are having freshers start back later then the rest of he college?Last year it was first years who started back first

Polly19 · 06-09-2005 10:11pm

heres what calender on dcu.ie says:

ORIENTATION & REGISTRATION OF 1ST YEAR STUDENTS Mon 19 Sept - Fri 23 Sept

ORIENTATION DAY FOR EXCHANGE/JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD (JYA) STUDENTS Tue 20 Sept

AUTUMN FACULTY AWARD BOARD FOR RESEARCH DEGREES Wed 21 Sept - Fri 23 Sept

LATEST DATE FOR PUBLICATION OF EXAMINATION TIMETABLE (Oscail) Fri 23 Sept

BEGINNING OF SEMESTER 1 - START OF LECTURES Mon 26 Sept

dregin · 06-09-2005 11:02pm

Polly19 wrote:

****

Orienation week starts 19th?Our calenders on the portal page say orientation week is 26th and freshers week is 19th

What stupid people are having freshers start back later then the rest of he college?Last year it was first years who started back first

:rolleyes:

bragan · 07-09-2005 9:57am

Polly19 wrote:

heres what calender on dcu.ie says:

ORIENTATION & REGISTRATION OF 1ST YEAR STUDENTS Mon 19 Sept - Fri 23 Sept

ORIENTATION DAY FOR EXCHANGE/JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD (JYA) STUDENTS Tue 20 Sept

AUTUMN FACULTY AWARD BOARD FOR RESEARCH DEGREES Wed 21 Sept - Fri 23 Sept

LATEST DATE FOR PUBLICATION OF EXAMINATION TIMETABLE (Oscail) Fri 23 Sept

BEGINNING OF SEMESTER 1 i.e freshers week - START OF LECTURES Mon 26 Sept

Maybe you should look at this again

07-09-2005 10:32am

OK, officially, I checked the new Clubs and Socs brochure thing they published, Fresher's ball is 29th of September. Thursday of Fresher's week, same as every other year. Either ROL have been misinformed, or it's a misprint which should read 26/9 Fresher's Week DCU

Polly19 wrote:

Our calenders on the portal page say.....

Whereabouts on the Portal page did you see this?

dregin · 07-09-2005 12:18pm

28064212 wrote:

OK, officially, I checked the new Clubs and Socs brochure thing they published, Fresher's ball is 29th of September.

My saviour!!

gizmo · 07-09-2005 3:37pm

Ah thats ok then...well the date is anyway, the Revs headlining is still a big pile of meh.

07-09-2005 5:10pm

Faceless Man wrote:

Ah thats ok then...well the date is anyway, the Revs headlining is still a big pile of meh.

Read the whole thread, the Revs are playing on Monday the 26th as well ie not the Fresher's ball. Sounds like a good Monday though, ROL, the Revs and Leya, if the rest of the week is as full, it's going to be a great start to the year

Suaimhneach · 07-09-2005 8:24pm

28064212, who are you? On RB?

ROL are much better than The Revs gig wise, I'm pleased.

Polly19 · 07-09-2005 8:48pm

28064212 wrote:

Whereabouts on the Portal page did you see this?

When you go into students on the main page along the side itll give u an option of timetables and calender.Go to the 2005/2006 calender and its there

Last year we had freshers week the week the first years orientated,all the freshers concert and that was the week before everyone else started back so this year they must have decided to arrange it differently so excuse my confusion :P

Or I could be getting it wrong again but I remember orientation week we had the freshers ball or some big ball on the thursday

markpb · 08-09-2005 9:27am

Polly19 wrote:

Or I could be getting it wrong again but I remember orientation week we had the freshers ball or some big ball on the thursday

Disorientation ball?

fresher2005 · 08-09-2005 10:39am

yeah i heard that's happening on the thursday of orientation, there's a freshers bbq on the wed too afaik

heard aswell that damien dempsey is headlining the freshers ball which is on the thursday of freshers week

Amz · 08-09-2005 10:40am

Oh for Jaysus' sake that's worse than the effing Revs!

fresher2005 · 08-09-2005 10:45am

like it or not damien dempsey has the biggest draw at the moment

StickyMcGinty · 08-09-2005 10:48am

no he doesnt, he's shyte, rowlin down te dubelin taeun......

not the most exciting act to listen to either

Amz · 08-09-2005 10:49am

Nah, he's just proof that most Irish people haven't an effing clue and will make a pop star out of anyone. Just look at You're a star and Glen Hansard.

fresher2005 · 08-09-2005 10:56am

so what you're saying is that most irish people will be happy then?

i dont know what the other bands are but i'm sure there'll be something you'll like
why dont you email the su with suggestions?
no point bitching if you won't do anything about it

Amz · 08-09-2005 11:00am

Now you're just assuming that I didn't do that.

gizmo · 08-09-2005 11:01am

28064212 wrote:

Read the whole thread, the Revs are playing on Monday the 26th as well ie not the Fresher's ball. Sounds like a good Monday though, ROL, the Revs and Leya, if the rest of the week is as full, it's going to be a great start to the year

I meant the Revs headlining anything is bad.

Meh, these new singer/songwriters are all meh in my opinion and they certainly shouldnt be the main performer at an event which is meant to be lively..

fresher2005 · 08-09-2005 11:05am

true, i did assume. apologies

dregin · 08-09-2005 11:21am

So you're saying that if I mail the SU asking them to put on Complan, Pocket Billiards and The Freebooters they will?

/me does the dance of death

fresher2005 · 08-09-2005 11:25am

ya never know! i'm a repeat fresher. i started marketing in DIT last year and i hated it so i'm doing CA now but my mate know's someone in the DCUSU this year and he says they're pretty sound.

biteme · 08-09-2005 12:06pm

wow dcu is full of people that just moan...

I agree that the Revs are crap and probably shouldn't be allowed play guitars.

But with regards to the other bands. i think it's good that the new ents guys is trying to bring in bands that are doing well at the moment. This includes Damien Dempsey who was fairly up the bill at Electric Picnic last weekend.

It's never gonna be easy to please everyone for a college gig so you have to go to the lowest common denominator, which tends turn into the most popular band at the time that's affordable. I am interested to find out who's playing during freshers week. Can't just be Revs, Damien Dempsey and ROL...

eyebrows · 08-09-2005 12:25pm

thin as lizzy all the way

*me waits for my verbal raping*

StickyMcGinty · 08-09-2005 12:57pm

why not go foreign with a choice of bands????

gizmo · 08-09-2005 1:45pm

While I'm all for everyone having their own tastes in music I just find it annoying that the Ents Guy would be stupid enough to have a singer/songwriter type musician such as Damien Dempsey headline an event which is meant to be fun and lively and good craic rather than the snorefest it will probably be when he comes on.

Amz · 08-09-2005 6:54pm

God forgive me for saying this, but even Aslan would be more lively than Damo Dempsey.

cooker3 · 09-09-2005 1:21am

ok I will forgive you

gizmo · 09-09-2005 10:14am

Heh, well at least Aslan got a great reception when they played at the Freshers Ball when I was in first year. They got the crowd going and despite the fact that I'm not a big fan of their music I must admit they made the night more enjoyable when they came on...enjoyable in the Venue anyway.

09-09-2005 10:58am

Do agree with the whole it should be lively thing, which is why the Revs didn't bother me. Wouldn't mind Dempsey as a support, but definitely not headlining. Speaking of lively bands, what about the Saw Doctors? No other band will get you in as good a mood. Or Christy Moore would be class, bit out of DCU's league I'd say. The Polyphonic Spree would be interesting, doubt the SU could afford to put them up though. Although, it looks like res will be fairly empty....

steveland? · 12-09-2005 3:46pm

OFDM wrote:

Get the Ross Noble guy. saw him on Channel4 the other night. Very good but a bit slow for the first 10-15 minutes.

I'm heading to see him on Wednesday, he's great in concert but I reckin he'd be far too expensive to get for DCU... we'd probably get stuck with that Dave McSavage moron...

Redegg · 12-09-2005 9:50pm

we did have des bishop last year and karl spain. a great show. saw both at electric picnic. :rolleyes:

Amz · 12-09-2005 9:53pm

Are you always this insightful, or are you just having a good day?

StupidLikeAFox · 12-09-2005 11:28pm

According to my little handbook thingy i got (i read it, being an eager little first year) the freshers ball is on the 29th of sept

Suaimhneach · 13-09-2005 12:09am

I have the booklet here in front of me. Info as follows:

Orientation Week: 19th-23rd sept
Freshers Ball Thurs 29th of Sept
Clubs and Socs Day Wed 5th and thurs 6th Oct.
Then Halloween etc.

Should be fun!

[edit] woops [/edit]

segadreamcast · 13-09-2005 10:12am

Jesjes wrote:

I have the booklet here in front of me. Info as follows:

Orientation Week: 19th-23rd sept
Freshers Ball Thurs 19th of Sept
Clubs and Socs Day Wed 5th and thurs 6th Oct.
Then Halloween etc.

Should be fun!

I presume you mean 29th of Sept for Freshers ball.

gizmo · 13-09-2005 10:40am

Jesus more typos...

Can we get this clear please, WHAT DATE IS THE FRESHERS BALL? :rolleyes:

Suaimhneach · 13-09-2005 12:59pm

It's obviously the 29th Faceless Man, I mean, come on ffs.

gizmo · 13-09-2005 3:09pm

Jesus I need to get this name changed...

WELL I DON'T KNOW JEZJEZ MAYBE I WAS DISTRACTED BY THE CONSTANT FLASHING OF YOUR CAMERA IN MY FACE?

Suaimhneach · 13-09-2005 3:44pm

OMg, I so only have like ONE picture of you, and that was at the summer ball, and you USE that pic nows!

PEople, you need to appreciate what I am doing for you.

Photographically documenting your college experiance.

gizmo · 13-09-2005 4:17pm

Pfft, I don't use it, its used by others...I need to dig out a better one to be honest, that will put an end to all this.

16-09-2005 10:21am

OK it's been announced, Damien Dempsey is headlining the Fresher's Ball. There's an article in InDublin written by (I think) the Ents officer. Someone connected to the SU anyway. It didn't say what date it was on, just an out-of-context 'Thursday', but they also said they were expecting 2000 students, and I don't think there'd even be that many on campus for orientation week

kirn · 20-09-2005 7:54pm

so what about republic of loose?

Jonny Arson · 21-09-2005 10:04am

I think Republic of Loose are playing UCD freshers ball this year. If I'm wrong they are playing something out in belfield anyway.

segadreamcast · 21-09-2005 7:07pm

They're playing DCU like next week too €10 admission.

Gonna go to it I think, should be good... anyone else?

Redegg · 24-09-2005 12:33pm

Ahhh was talking and he said that rodrigo and gabrialla are playing DCU!?! if this is true I will wet myself.

gizmo · 25-09-2005 3:27pm

Rodrigo y Gabriella?

**** YEA!

Guess who is playing the freshers ball

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