Tag Archive > Graduation Ball

13
Mar

Graduation Ball comes to our Union on Saturday 10 June

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Saturday 10 June sees the return of our annual Graduation Ball, where we will celebrate our final year members’ graduation at the Union, Highfield campus.

The evening will be your night to look back over your time here at University and make even more everlasting memories.

Our Grad Ball Committee, made up of a group of seven students from across the University, have taken a central role in the organisation of the night, choosing everything from the venue to the theme, which will be revealed shortly!

Stay tuned as we will be announcing more information as the evening draws … Read the rest

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29
Apr

Sub Focus to headline Graduation Ball 2016 – Don’t miss out!

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It’s been an exciting week of news about your Graduation Ball following the announcements that Clean Bandit and DJ Fresh will be headlining the ball of the year! But, we are pleased to add another headline act to the star-studded bill with Sub Focus confirmed to play the evening.

Best known for his single ‘Tidal Wave’ feat. Alpines, which has over 13.5 million views on YouTube, the drum and bass electronic DJ completes the headline acts for what is set to be the best Graduation Ball yet.

As well as top headliners, you can expect a whole host of entertainment … Read the rest

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03
Dec

More than just a number

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“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
Marshall McLuhan

As the main SUSU Facebook Page determinately marches towards it’s 20,000th Like you would be forgiven for thinking that this arbitrary number is of little consequence to the ‘Grand Scheme’ of things; For it is exactly that, just a number. To us though it is so much more, each number has a story behind it, a personality, hopes & dreams, ups & downs, triumphs & defeats. Nothing shows this in better light than the current #SUSUHumans project our Comms Crew™ have been … Read the rest

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13
Jun

“£’s Back To You” Campaign

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You may have already seen the new “Giving You Great Value” board up in the Concourse of the Students’ Union. It features a pie-chart illustrating how your money that you spend in the Union actually makes its way back to you, the students! Unsure how this happens? It all starts with students using SUSU’s facilities, which this year has increased by roughly £150,000 from previous years. The increased activity that we’ve seen this year allowed SUSU to increase funding to student groups by over £22,600 in January, a figure which is set to increase in next year’s budget. The differences … Read the rest

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04
Jun

SUSU Release Final Line-Up for the Graduation Ball 2014

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There have been various updates on which acts will be performing at this year’s Graduation Ball flying around all over our social media channels during the last week, but here’s the final round-up of all the new information:

The acts that had been previously announced during ticket sales were Lawson, Gorgon City,and The Mariachis.

The acts announced this week were Duncan James and Simon Webbe from noughties four-piece boyband Blue (performing a DJ set), The Speakeasy and theMonroes Dancers, a set from Radio One DJ Danny Howard, and Tom Parker from boyband The WantedRead the rest

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28
May

More Surprises for Grad Ball 2014

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A wave of new acts are being announced for SUSU’s biggest event this summer – the Graduation Ball 2014. This year, SUSU is aiming to go bigger and better than ever. We already have free rides lined up, with Dodgems, The Waltzer, and The Twister. This week keep your eyes on social media as we continue to make huge new announcements every day, with exciting new act confirmations. It’s been a big disappointment having Zane Lowe drop out, but we have already had great new acts announced during this week of big reveals!

SUSU President David Gilani said, “We have … Read the rest

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18
Apr

Get excited for Grad Ball – introducing Gorgon City

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With less than two months to go until Graduation Ball, we thought it would be good to find out a bit more about one of the hottest acts performing at the much-anticipated party; Gorgon City.

 

The electronic music duo rose to fame with their single ‘Ready For Your Love’ earlier this year, which features up and coming solo artist MNEK. Racking up plenty of radio support, this single shot up the charts, reaching number four, and to date has sold over 300,000 copies. Since then, the two North London producers, Kye ‘Foamo Gibbon and Matt … Read the rest

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13
Jun

SUSU passes on unexpected Grad Ball savings to students

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We’ve been hearing some fantastic comments from you about how much you enjoyed the Graduation Ball, and how it was a brilliant finale to your time at Southampton.  However, we know that some of you were specifically looking forward to seeing Example, and that the change in line up may have left you feeling disappointed.  To remedy this we are offering a partial reimbursement of £10 to all ticket holders, which is as a result of the reduced costs that we faced due to the last minute change in line up.

Union president Sam Ling said:

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11
Jun

Graduation Ball 2013

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Congratulations to the University of Southampton’s Class of 2013!

 

Last night DJ Fresh, Amelia Lily, and Scott Mills rocked the 2013 Graduation Ball with performances from Pendulum and Stavros Flatley. Scott Mills had a great time and we hope you did too!

 

 

Oceana was packed full of thousands of graduands, for the biggest night of the year, with the Ice-House, Disco Room, and Bar Quarters filled all evening. The fairground outside proved a hit with … Read the rest

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22
May

Less than 3 Weeks to Graduation Ball

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In case you missed our final announcements last week, here’s the complete line-up for Graduation Ball 2013!

We’ve managed to secure some huge acts to perform for you and help you celebrate your time at the University of Southampton, including Example, DJ Fresh, Pendulum, Amelia Lily and Scott Mills!

Grad Ball Full Lineup - Facebook Square

We’re also really excited to see the return of the ever popular funfair and will again be challenging you to stay at Oceana until the bitter end, when we’ll be taking a 4am Survivors Photo!

Don’t miss out on the biggest night of the year – … Read the rest

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