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“ The best Summer ball by far ...”
A flurry o f pai nted f a ces , f r ee dou ghnuts and th e ea s i es t game o f Wh ere’s Wa lly y o u’ v e e ve r p l ayed (th ey w er e b lo o m i n’ e ve ry wh ere!); I t ’s Bo ur nem o uth U n iversity’s Summe r B a ll! As s oo n as yo u h e a r th e wo r d ‘b all’, yo u’l l p rob a b ly have vis ions o f student s r um m a gi ng through t h eir ward r o b e, pi ck i ng out t h eir fanciest gla dr a gs to w e ar, wh i l st wal tzi ng a r o und the dance fl o o r. B ut th r o w thos e h eel s and bow ti es a wa y , b e c ause we do th i ngs a li ttle
di f f er ent a r o u n d t h e se p ar t s. N o w yo u’ ll a l l h av e h e ar d t h at ‘ B o ur nem o uth h as t h e be st Sum m er B a ll, by far ’ . B u t d o e sn ’ t ev er y U ni v er si t y say t h at ? We l l th ey’ r e W R ON G! As B o u r n e mo u t h r ea lly do es , be c au se i t ’ s n o t j us t a ny b a ll; I t ’ s a fan c y - d r e ss pa r a di s e o f B i g To p t e n t s, fu n f a i r r i des a n d al l o f t h e fo o d v a ns yo u co ul d e v e r d r e am o f. Th e ev ent w as a se l l - o u t , so s o m e B U s t u d e n t s w e r e l e ft di s a ppo i nted. Fo r t h at w e ’ r e s o r r y (b ut not so r r y e n o u g h t o
n o t g l o at ! ) , so h e r e ’ s w h at y o u mi sse d . T h e mag i c al j o u r n e y st ar t e d as e v e r y o n e h o p p e d o n o n e o f h u n d r e d s o f p ar t y bu se s t h at t o o k u s t o t h e su n n y si t e , an d w e w e r e g i v e n an e v e n i n g o f d r e ams: bu mp e r c ar s, p an c ak e s st an d s, bar s at e v e r y c o r n e r an d l i v e mu si c c o mi n g fr o m e v e r y d i r e c t i o n . C r e at i v i t y o n t h e c o st u me fr o n t w as at an al l t i m e h i g h , t h e c h i p s fr o m a v an w e r e t h e p e r fe c t mi d n i g h t sn ac k an d come 2 o’clock, hundreds were h an g i n g ar o u n d w an t i n g mo r e .
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WHERE WERE YOU?
At the SUMMERBALL HOPEFULLY....
R U D I M E N TA L B R I N G T HE HEAT The main tent of the Summer Ball has seen many famous names grace its stage in the past, but 2013 could well have beaten them all, feat uring chart-toppers Rudimental, indie heroes Everything Everything and newcomers Swiss Lips. The acts were preceded by a typically fun Lollipop set, before Swiss Lips took the stage in front of a small, but interactive crowd. They belted out some incredibly catchy tunes, especially a superb
Frank Ocean cover, Lost. Everything Everything were up next, surprising many with how many hits they’ve had; Kemosabe and My Kz, Yr Bf were the main crowd pleasers; A late addition to the bill, but an extremely welcome one. Headliners Rudimental then took to the decks and the temperature reached sweltering levels. It was a drum’n’bass heavy show, but the best reactions were saved for their own tracks, especially recent No. 1, Waiting All Night.
JUSTI N M ARTIN D E L I V E RS ...
H I GH C ON T R A S T steals the show
D R UMM E R S TA KE CE N T R E STAG E
I N D I E CL A S S I CS AT TH E M I LK TE N T
The at mo sp h ere i n t h e WAY F tent this year was el ectr i c, wi th DJ s Sha rk Bai t, Jac k Li ght , St e-V So m eth i n g and h eadli ner J u st i n M a rti n pl aying l i ve to a pa ck ed audience fro m 7p m unti l 2 a m . Jus tin’s effo rt l ess m i x o f th e gritty, fast-p aced dr um a nd b a s s beat s o f Ruff Stuf f wi th th e s ofter, mel o d i c so und o f Do n’ t G o ke pt t h e cro wd o n th ei r f eet a nd w a n ting mo re. Ste- V - So m eth i ng adde d to th e summ er pa r ty v i b e w ith remixes o f Tyga ’ s ch a r t h i t R a c k Ci ty and Br ea ch ’ s J a ck . The st age i tsel f was a geo m etr i c mas terpi ece wi th its a lter na ti ng lights and fun co l o u r pr o j ecti o ns b ounci ng o ff th e tent wa lls . WAYF ’s st yl ish co nt r a s t o f s h a r p urb a n beat s and 70’ s s ty le r etr o pa tterns ensured t h i s wa s o ne un f org et tabl e end t o th e yea r .
T h e out si d e st a g e wa s u lt ima t e ly a v i b ra n t , e n jo y a ble and un i q ue p l a c e t o b e . T h e re wa s m ore f re e d om o f mo v e me n t a s e v e r yon e wa s n ’ t s qu a s h e d t og e t h e r w h i ls t da n c in g wh ic h e v i d e n t l y h a p pe n e d in t h e l a rg e t e n t s. Ev e r yon e w a s a b le t o e n jo y t h e m usi c t og e t h e r wh e t h e r s it t in g d ow n e a t i n g f o o d o r da n c in g r i gh t n e xt t o pla y e r s ma kin g it m ore of a soc ia l e x pe r ie n c e a s m a n y n e w f r ie n ds we re ma de
Chec k out the costumes that blew us away. . .
a ll o v e r. T h e ke y a r t is t s f o r t h e o u t s ide s t a g e we re t h e B a t a la dr u m p la y e r s , t h e ir mu s ic e n t ic in g t h e a u die n c e a n d t h e ir catchy and we ll- re h e a r s e d be a t s ma kin g t h e mu s ic a do re d by ma n y. T h e pla y e r s de f in it e ly lo o ke d t h e pa r t a s t h e y we re a ll dre s s e d in re d, wh it e a n d b la c k wit h ma t c h in g dr u m s e t s a n d c o n t in u e d t o pla y e x c e lle n t ly du r in g bo t h o f t h e ir s e t s o n stage.
J F r esh & Davi C kicked off t he E n ter ten t in tru e s ty le, p ump in g the crow d rig ht from t he very beg in n in g of the n ig ht c ertain ly p rep arin g u s for w hat w a s to come! S y r on took thin g s to an other l evel w ith bag s of g irl p ow er, d e liverin g s u p erb vocals an d an at mos p here that had the w hole p l ace movin g . 2 0 -y ear-old Daisy Tullu lah Sy ron -Ru s s ell n ot o nly s ou n d ed p hen omen al, bu t l ook ed it too w ith s hed load s of at titu d e, p erformin g her d ebu t sin g le ‘Breakin g ’ an d tearin g u p t he p lace.
T h e Milk ten t w as a lot of fu n , an d kicked off w ith the Milk D Js play in g in d ie hits an d old c l assics , p ackin g ou t the ten t fr o m the s tart. T h e atmos p here w as electric by t he time T he St r u t s hit the st ag e. Milk g oers w ere treated to a se l ection of their catchy tu n es , as w e ll as a cover of David Bow ie’s
Au dio Sleaze brou g ht Trap an d Du bs tep to a w hole n ew p latform, w ith MC Sky d ro d oin g w hat he d oes bes t. Follow ed by Bou rn emou th’s ow n talen ted mixin g mas ter W hitey , w armin g u p the crow d w ith a tas ter of old s chool an d n ew bas s mu s ic. The head lin er, H os p ital Record ’s Hig h Cont r ast , comp letely s tole the s tag e, clos in g the n ig ht w ith s ome s eriou s d ru m an d bas s . By 12 the ten t w as comp letely p acked to cap acity , an d man y w ho w ere u n familiar w ith the Dn B s cen e g rew a n ew fou n d love for this g en re. Rebel Rebel – a move very p op u lar w ith the crow d . As the s u n w as s ettin g , every on e g athered for the s econ d an d fin al act, E liza and t he B ear , w ho p leas ed all by p lay in g a mix of covers an d orig in al s on g s . It may have been the fu rthes t from the en tran ce, bu t the acts in the Milk ten t kn ew how to attract a crow d !