The Cambridge Chat Thread

OP

With Peterhouse its generally nice clothes OR gown OR both. You could go in your pyjamas so long as you covered it with a gown.

Reply 4862

Yeah, I think that's basically the sentiment at Emma as well, but most people would opt for both :smile:

I just love dressing nicely so tend to take advantage of having an excuse to wear nice clothes and heels!

Reply 4863

Craghyrax

- Matriculation dinner is always a hell of alot better than anything you get after that until your Graduation dinner, practically
- Salmon is great. No complaints there!
- I like the benches. Part of the formal experience :awesome:

(we have them at Peterhouse)
- What is your dress code? I expect guests are required to wear smartish clothes but not bring gowns, same as elsewhere? (our porters insist that wearing your college gown to a different college is a discourtesy)

Emmanuel

Formal Hall is provided each evening except Wednesday. On Monday, Friday and Sunday evenings Formal Hall is more traditional with a limit of 3 guests per person, while Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings are open to Clubs and Societies wishing, with the permission of the Senior Tutor, to book functions involving the invitation of a larger number of guests, although individuals with or without guests may also dine on these evenings.

Right so we might need to divide up the guests among us.

Reply 4864

OP

Zoedotdot

Yeah, I think that's basically the sentiment at Emma as well, but most people would opt for both :smile:

I just love dressing nicely so tend to take advantage of having an excuse to wear nice clothes and heels!

I do too barring the heels which I hate. They tend to make me taller than quite a few of the boys too :dry:

Reply 4865

OP

ukdragon37

Right so we might need to divide up the guests among us.

If we do it on the wrong days, you mean? If we did - say - Saturday, would you just be able to have loads of us round as a sort of society without there being a specific limit?

Reply 4866

Craghyrax

If we do it on the wrong days, you mean? If we did - say - Saturday, would you just be able to have loads of us round as a sort of society without there being a specific limit?

From what it says on the website (theoretically) we need to get permission from the senior tutor. And there's this extra bit that says it should be prepaid....

Reply 4867

OP

ukdragon37

From what it says on the website (theoretically) we need to get permission from the senior tutor. And there's this extra bit that says it should be prepaid....

Blegh. Hassle.
How many Emma TSRers are there that could bring guests? Three is a wee bit stingy. Peterhouse allow six per person :s-smilie:

Reply 4868

Craghyrax

Blegh. Hassle.
How many Emma TSRers are there that could bring guests? Three is a wee bit stingy. Peterhouse allow six per person :s-smilie:

There's me, CannedDoor, Zoe and Mel. That makes 12 guests. Anymore may mean getting permission from the senior tutor unless we can drag in more Emma students.

It does say "The Kitchen staff need to know how many people will be attending Formal Hall".

Reply 4869

ukdragon37

There's me, CannedDoor, Zoe and Mel. That makes 12 guests. Anymore may mean getting permission from the senior tutor unless we can drag in more Emma students.

It does say "The Kitchen staff need to know how many people will be attending Formal Hall".

As I said above, I'm not too keen on coming to the formal. Can probably book guests in though if you need me to. Will think about it anyway.

Reply 4870

Oh, and I don't think you need permission from the senior tutor, just get in touch with Francois if you want to book guests in that aren't actually linked to an account. It costs an awful lot more though. Also, the prices for guests are staggered, so your first guest is about £9, second is £11ish, 3rd is £13ish perhaps. Something you might want to think about.

Reply 4871

OP

Zoedotdot

As I said above, I'm not too keen on coming to the formal. Can probably book guests in though if you need me to. Will think about it anyway.

Why?

You haven't really explained. Work? Or are you just less keen on TSR meetage this year? :smile:

Reply 4872

The West Wing

I think we should do Peterhouse!

Reply 4873

OP

The West Wing

I think we should do Peterhouse!

I have no objection if people prefer this.

Its only that I'd like to try formals at different colleges, but I can see that it may be less practical. Oh yeh - and getting ukebert may be a problem :facepalm:

Still I think that we can get a 'permit'. So if you guys decide you prefer Peterhouse, I'll check that out. I have to see the Senior Tutor anyway.

Reply 4874

Craghyrax

Why?

You haven't really explained. Work? Or are you just less keen on TSR meetage this year? :smile:

I have various quite personal reasons (it sounds weird that TSR could have personal reasons related to it, but trust me, they exist!) that would cause quite a difficult situation if I were to go to a formal, and are the reason that I stopped posting almost completely over the summer (bet none of you noticed :p:

). I basically just want to keep my TSR usage quite low key this year.

It is honestly nothing against you guys :smile:

Sorry!!

Reply 4875

OP

Zoedotdot

I have various quite personal reasons (it sounds weird that TSR could have personal reasons related to it, but trust me, they exist!) that would cause quite a difficult situation if I were to go to a formal, and are the reason that I stopped posting almost completely over the summer (bet none of you noticed :p:

). I basically just want to keep my TSR usage quite low key this year.

It is honestly nothing against you guys :smile:

Sorry!!

Oh right. No worries. I was just being nosey, that's all.

Reply 4876

Craghyrax

Oh right. No worries. I was just being nosey, that's all.

That's okay! I would go into more detail to clarify, but I don't want the whole world to be able to see it!

Reply 4877