Formals and stuff

yeah to be honest, i tried my hardest to stay away - but i couldnt take the pressure, so here i am. well its nice to be back in good company, with a few new faces (or not so many, as the picture thread not moved on much) around.

Wasn't the Cathedral used?
I'm really not sure.....

Hey Sarah,

Formals at Mary's are really laid back. We have about 5 per term; one on the first Sunday of term for which you can wear anything (so pjs are great) as long as you have your gown. The next three are themed so again you can wear what you want in relation to the theme (though not compulsorary, lost of ppl just wear normal jeans/t-shirt stuff) eg we had Ken and Barbie this year which involved me wearing a very embarrassing skirt i made up out of netting - I looked fab though (well in my head anyway!). The last one is a repeat of the first just on the last Sunday of term. In Michaelmas its the Christmas formal which is great fun and you spend the whole day drinking, dancing and making a lot of noise.

We have proper formals ie black tie about once a term, Michaelmas Dinner, Mary's Day in Epiphany and the Summer Ball in Easter term. I don't think gowns are needed for these (def not Ball and Mary's Day).

Hope that helps

V -x-
Indeed of DSU fame

Valen, I am surprised you haven't shown anyone the pic of you with that thing you called a pony-tail, all greased up with serum and held together with an elastic band. Seeing that was the funniest day of my life.
PS Playing guitar for 8 years without learning to play a song properly kinda sucks. Try harder matey, HAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Valen mangled my foot, yes you did, A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hey Shilling!....2 formals a week at Hatfield will give you many spoon-nicking opportunities! But i'll be watching you :P

Mwahahahahaha......*has kleptomaniac glint in eye*

Mwahahahahaha......*has kleptomaniac glint in eye*

Oh yeah....can our re-fresher Dave or any of the other current Durham students tell us about trophying and stuff?

edit: Theres also that good urban legend, of students, upon seeing workmen in the road tipping off the police that a bunch of students are pretending to be workmen and are about to dig up the road, and then tipping off the workmen to watch out for a bunch of students dressed as police officers.

edit: Theres also that good urban legend, of students, upon seeing workmen in the road tipping off the police that a bunch of students are pretending to be workmen and are about to dig up the road, and then tipping off the workmen to watch out for a bunch of students dressed as police officers.

When i was at the Hatfield open day I heard that another college had stolen the head of their lion costume....and that the college retaliated by blasting out 'Can you feel the love Tonight' until it was returned ...i thought that was fairly funny...

Yeah there was a guy wandering round Hatfield with a big fluffly and manky lions head on! I really didn't know what was going on there, then later I saw another guy wearing the rest of the lion costume, but without the head! What's the lion for and why was it dismembered so?!

Well, the lion is their mascot...taken from the coat of arms thingy, i presume.

Dismemberment probably arose from Hatfield Hate...of course

Oooh so that's why they were shouting something about Collingwood, they must have been the dismemberers!

Oooh so that's why they were shouting something about Collingwood, they must have been the dismemberers!