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My summary of Grad Ball, of the acts I saw:

- I was very, very impressed by High On Heels. Really entertaining, great voices and range of music styles generated an almost carnival-esque atmosphere.

- Pixie Lott was a bit underwhelming to start with, although she built it up well and did some great covers (Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Forget You and I'll Be There), before typically ending off with All About Tonight. Also did a song or two from her upcoming new album which was pretty cool.

- Chesney Hawkes was a proper entertainer. Brilliant covers intertwined with his more-than-that-one-song before finishing with said song and Sex On Fire as an encore - he was fab.

- Annie Mac DJed brilliantly as expected, although she spoke very little (twice in the whole hour I think?) which I found a tad disappointing.

- Chris Stark I've seen plenty of times before so I kinda knew what to expect, but he was great as ever - even found time between his sets to tweet Beth. :lol:

Didn't manage to see Shappi Khorsandi as I was hoping to, though she was scheduled during the second half of Pixie Lott's set which was highly unfortunate.

Think I've had too much Red Bull though, worked out I must have had 7 cans of the stuff, hence why I'm still wide awake and writing this at 6am.

(edited 11 years ago)

University of Southampton

Southampton

Reply 7501

Deutsch_Beth

Thanks to Marcus I also went to the grad ball! Despite not graduating for another 2 years technically :getmecoat:

Was so good though! I now have a massive girl crush on Pixie Lott, got (as Marcus can testify) a little over excited when Chris Stark tweeted me and have discovered High on Heels, who were brilliant.

Now to frantically pack for Beach Break Live and drive like the wind home to Wales.

Reply 7502

jonnythemoose

i got in at 6.15 - definitely got my 49 quids worth

Reply 7503

jonnythemoose

not happy about what they did with Shappi though - they put her on half an hour early without any warning!! We rocked up at 11.05 and they were like "yeah, she finished 10 minutes ago".

Reply 7504

hothedgehog

We saw her by accident... she was quite amusing but not outrageously good. Saying that, I've not found that I particularly enjoy her act generally so make of that what you will. I think the reason she was on so early was because there was meant to be this guy doing a full set at the start but he came on and was absolutely terrible... I think he expected to get the attention of the whole room or something and kept on shouting 'who gives a ****?'... he might have been good if he actually made any jokes but he didn't so I think he got taken off. So many people left during the first 5 minutes of his set. He was pretty much the only bum bit of the whole night for me!

Reply 7505

katebrighteyes

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Reply 7506

Karma Charger

Do people get their results today?

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100

Reply 7507

jonnythemoose

I got a first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :biggrin:

Reply 7508

marcusmerehay

2.1 here, I was on the borderline but miss out on a first by virtue of only having 10 firsts in modules (as opposed to 12, I had two 69s though). :colonhash:

Averaged 71.2 in my final year though, and got 76 for my final dissertation, so no complaints.

Reply 7509

hothedgehog

I got a 2:1 too. Well done Jonny and Marcus - great results!

Reply 7510

jonnythemoose

well done guys! out to celebrate tonight?

Reply 7511

Like_A_G6

Congratulations guys!!!

I guess that means you're no longer students :frown:

Reply 7512

marcusmerehay

Original post by jonnythemoose

well done guys! out to celebrate tonight?

Clowns + Jesters for me - last night in Southampton (shame it has to be sober) in the place that typifies my time here.

Reply 7513

hothedgehog

All of my coursemates are going out but I'm so tired... still haven't caught up after going camping for 5 days and straight into the grad ball and having to be up by 9am every day after that. I'm very tempted not to go.. I don't feel particularly welcome with my housemates anyway.