27th June saw every students favourite occurrence - a party!!
To coincide with the celebrations taking place at Walton Hall throughout the day, a party was held on OLiVe village green on Saturday night. Regular OU party DJ Quentin Calvert provided music from 1969-2009 and partygoers were invited to dress in costume from the 60’s, 70’s 80’s and 90’s to go with the spirit of the party.
The dance floor's dazzling colours lit up the island and no-one could surely complain about being unable to hear the music given the size of the speakers on display! The wide range of music provided something for everyone's tastes and no party would have been complete without our anthem “Crazy Nights” getting at least one airing. As the night went on students and tutors alike showed off their dancing skills with everything from complicated club routines to basic ‘wiggle-from-side-to-side’ movements on show. Glow sticks, sparklers, refreshments (alcoholic mainly) and dubious sweets were passed around among revellers throughout the night.
A funfair was laid on for partygoers to take a break from the dancing if they couldn’t stand the pace. The dodgems provided some ‘interesting’ displays of driving skills as people piled into the cars to wreak havoc. One particular tutor who shall not be named (you know who you are!) managed to send his dodgem flying out of the dodgem arena and proceeded to zoom round the island in it much to the bemusement of onlookers. Those looking for a more sedate ride had a choice of the giant Ferris wheel or the merry-go-round. The Ferris wheel allowed for some great views of the village with the party in full swing.
Snapshots of the evenings events were broadcast on a giant photo board throughout the night giving late-comers a chance to see what they had missed.
At the end of the evening a spectacular fireworks display took place illuminating the dark Open Life skies.
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