The 2010 Summer Ball

The Summer Ball is only really worth it in that *nearly* everybody goes, and people will be talking about it on the day and for the few days afterwards, so if you don't go you might feel like you are missing out on something.

However in terms of value for money, the night is often a disappointment, it's only worth it if you really like the bands. The drinks are very expensive, you spend ages in queues, both for drinks and for the sparse toilet facilities, and it can be miserable plodding around in muddy marquees.

Sounds like a festival you might say, well essentially thats what it is, but how much would you enjoy a festival if you were in a tuxedo, or worse for the girls, in an expensive dress. Some dresses will never recover from a Summer Ball if it rains, which sods law tends to determine happens a lot. Last year we had about 10 consecutive days of beautiful sun and a downpour on the day of the Ball!

I'm not saying don't go, you might want to go anyway just to be with everyone else and to share stories about it afterwards, but realise from the outset that it is not meant to be a "value for money" event, it is expensive from start to finish, and if you're wearing a dress maybe don't risk a best-ever-once-in-a-lifetime dress.

Is it worth £37/42?

The line up doesn't excite me that much but loads of my friends are final years and want to go. I avoided it last year but debating about this year. Anyone on TSR going?