End of Year Ball 2008
Saturday 17 May 2008
Dunstall Racecourse, Wolverhampton, 7pm-2am
Tickets
Get yours before Friday 9th May 2008 from any SU reception, bar and shop. Please note we will not be selling tickets for the ball after this date.
Tickets cost £42 and include the following:
Venue
Not only is Dunstall Racecourse, in Wolverhampton known for being
The ball will be held within the Ringside Suite and will be decorated in a black and white colour scheme in true banqueting style. There is easy access for wheel chair users, a bar and vehicle access should you not want to take advantage of the transport we are providing.
Pre-event drinks
Come along to your SU bar at the times indicated below to take advantage of a free glass of bucks fizz. There will also be a select range of discounted drinks on offer before we leave for the venue.
City Campus – from 5:30pm
Walsall Campus – from 5pm
Telford Campus - Arrive at the SU for 4:50pm to be taken to City Campus for your pre-event drink
Transport
Transport is included within the cost of your ticket and is available from City,
Please ensure you have advised your campus SU Reception if you wish to book a seat on the coach.
Please note there is no return transport available from the racecourse to City Campus Students’ Union, however, should you need them staff on the night will have phone numbers of local taxi firms.
For clarification here are your transport details:
Outbound journey (SU – Dunstall Racecourse)
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Campus |
Departure time for transport |
Pick up point |
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City Campus |
6:30pm |
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6pm |
Gorway Road |
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5pm to go to City Campus for pre-event drink |
Outside SU |
Return Journey (Dunstall Racecourse – SU)
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Campus |
Departure time for transport |
Pick up point |
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2:15am |
Car park – by the turnstiles |
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2:15am |
Car park – by the turnstiles |
Dinner
~ Starter ~
Vegetable Soup
~ Main course ~
Oven Roasted Chicken Breast
Served with roast potatoes, a vegetable medley and gravy
Or
Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables (V)
With Lemon & Mint Couscous & a Tomato & Coriander sauce
~ Dessert ~
Chocolate Gateaux
Served with
Freshly Brewed Coffee
With a mint crisp
Entertainment
Seeing is not always believing ...and you won't believe your eyes when you experience up-close and personal magic from Magic4Hire. These top class
The performers deliver blow-after-blow, right in front of you. No other form of entertainment is this direct, and involves the audience in such an absorbing way. Seen magic on TV? Now see it in front of you…be amazed, and participate!
Bands
The Festivals Experience
Remember, or for the uninitiated imagine, the twilight at the end of a long, hot summer day at Glastonbury; in the midst 50,000 excited and happy people; the sunshine feeling in your stomach accompanied by several pints of beer and a peculiar tasting truffle you bought in the Green Field; the anticipation in the air and the smell of herbal cigarettes; and then your top band bang into their first number. Feels good doesn’t it...
The guys in this band are veterans of the great summer festivals scene and can recreate those same sights, sounds (and occasionally odours) in a venue near you. Trip Switch, Christian Forthright, Quentin Spentlove and Vince Le Magma have been regularly working the beer tents at
They cover all the great bands that have performed at the big summer festivals over almost 20 years or so. This ranges from James, Happy Mondays & Stone Roses, through the Brit Pop of Oasis, Blur, Pulp etc, and later on Travis and Coldplay; then bang up to date with Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and Killers etc. resulting in a set full of hits, albeit with a theme and a feel good factor.
So why not come along to a gig and experience some of that FESTIVALS magic?
Kick up the 80’s
Premier 80’s tribute, Kick Up The 80’s play some of the biggest hits of the 80’s, the band produce authentic recreations of bands such as Wham, Duran Duran, Madness, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Soft Cell, Tears For Fears, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, The Jam and many more.
Kick up the 80’s have previously appeared with 80’s favourites ABC, Go West and Limahl (Kajagoogoo).
With tongue firmly in cheek, “guest appearances” from George Michael, and Bon Jovi add to the party atmosphere of a Kick Up The 80’s show and will keep you dancing all night.
So if you remember New Romantics, Rubic Cubes, Box Jackets, “Frankie Says” t-shirts or are discovering the decade’s music for the first time, then Kick Up The 80’s will have you partying like the 90’s never happened!
DJ
BACK due to popular demand, we have managed to secure your favourite DJ’s for the night!! Yes that’s right, Andeejay and Jimbob are returning in style to give you a night not to be missed!
Come along to see a fantastic light show using stroboscopic lighting and haze and then get jiggy to some of your favourite tunes. You know the drill, Jimbob will be playing House and Dance anthems and Andeejay will be playing cheesy party grooves. Don’t miss it!
Photo opportunity
We will have a professional photographer on the night who will be taking individual and group photographs for a small fee. What perfect keepsake could there be to remember your end of year ball?!
Dress code
This is a formal dress event.
Guests
The ball is an open ticketed event, so if you don’t feel like going with your Uni mates you can bring family, friends and partners (over the age of 18) – just make sure they get a ticket before 9th May 2008.
