The Alchemist's Ball-Keble Ball 2010

On Saturday most of us attended Keble's Ball. It was a lot of fun. The Ball opened at 8 p.m. and continued until 4 a.m. the next morning when everyone left takes the "Survivors' Photo." Some of my friends and I managed to make it to the photo! For the first couple of hours, the Ball is like a cocktail party. Everyone grabs food and drinks and meets up with their friends. There were champagne and strawberries at the entrance as soon as you got in. They had some jugglers entertaining people which was good because it was cold and rainy (typical english weather). They had several food tents: Moroccan stew, donuts, seafood noodles, kebabs (the best!), burritos, and a chocolate fountain tent. So basically it was guys in tuxes, girls in nice dresses trudging around eating for a couple of hours. Apparently there was a magician and fortune teller, but I never found either of them. There was a live band and Silent Disco (more on that later) for the later evening activities.

Here is what I did (with varying people accompanying me):
Everyone got together before leaving for the Ball to take some group photos. Some people were able to grab a taxi afterwards to get to the Ball, but myself and like 8 others did not have any luck. I called a taxi company, but apparently it would have taken 30 minutes for the taxi to get to us. Therefore, we took the bus to the Ball. It must have been funny for the bus driver and everyone else on the bus to see college students on a bus in formal dresses and tuxes.
Once we got to Keble, we waited in line to get into the Ball and as soon as we did we went to get some food. I tried the Moroccan stew (gross), a kebab and the fresh donuts. Then we wandered around in the mist/rain. Around 10, we found the karaoke bar in the "Chemist's Lab." Listening to people sing karaoke and dancing/singing along was really fun.
Later, when we were done hanging out in the Chemist's Lab, we went to get ourselves some burritos and finally, at midnight, the Silent Disco started. Silent Disco is a dance room (or here it was under a tent) where everyone wears headphones to the music. Then to observers there are a bunch of people dancing and singing to no music. It sounds really weird, but it was a lot of fun.
We hung out at the Silent Disco for a while, and then headed over to see the live band. The live band was nice, but we decided we were tired and wanted to go to the bar and sit down. But then we changed our minds and relaxed under a heat lamp while people went to the loos. Eventually more UGA people found us and we all ended up at the Silent Disco until the Survivors' Photo.
After the Survivors' Photo we called some cabs and went back to the house. We decided to cook some quesadillas to eat, so by the time I went to bed it was after 5 a.m. and the sun was rising.
The end!

Following are some of my many photos from the night. I have many more I can show off when I come home.

Photos before leaving:

My Roommates!

Bus Ride:

Line at Keble to get into the Ball area:

Various pictures from the Ball:

Silent Disco:

UGA "Suvivors' Photo." This is everyone who made it until 4 a.m.

Quesadilla Breakfast:

Morning light coming in my window at my bedtime: