Talk:May Ball in Cambridge
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A "May Ball" is an end of term event at nearly every educational institute across the UK, if not globally. Nearly every university, sixth form college and, increasingly, high schools. There seems to be no reason why the term "may ball" should be synonymous with Cambridge. Unless someone can give a reason for this, I suggest that this article be made generic for the purpose.
I fail to see why if there is a section on an oxfor equivelant there shouldn't be one on a St Andrews may ball. It is essentially the same thing, A Ball held at the end of the academic year.
Nobody cares about st. andrews; is it a uni? <---- Wow, what a dick. Bet they went to Cambridge.
Can we get lineups etc as they develope. On the kaiser chiefs wiki page, apaz they played a ball last year! impressive foresight.
Why does Trinity May Ball have its own special section when there are already links to further information below? While it can't hurt to have extra information around, it seems a little odd to mention one ball specifically. More work should probably be done on building up information on other balls but until then, maybe we should scratch that section entirely. If people feel a need to look up Trinity May Ball perhaps that section should be converted into a little stublet of its own. Would be cute, and perhaps satisfy the insecurity issue that seems to be floating around. --131.111.8.102 13:26, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
The article in question is about May Balls in general - reference is made to Trinity's Ball in the article and I don't see how it is appropriate. I can quickly see this turning into a "My May Ball is better than yours contest",I guess the guys @ John's will be livid.
Other musicians that have played - mystery jets at sidney sussex, rakes at trinity, dirty pretty things too i think. all last year
The solution to the Trinity problem is more information about other balls, not less about Trinity's. FYI, if anyone wants to put lineups on, in 2006 Trinity had the Guillemots and Trinity Hall had The Automatic. Echobeats 00:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Why is the Kings Affair listed? It's a June Event. (PS. Come to the Trinity Hall June event this year!)
- Removed. Thanks for your little ad, David. — Richie 00:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
In accordance with the suggestions on this page, I've added some more info on the Robinson Ball, but this has been consistently removed, called an advert. Obviously this page cannot turn into a Ball sales page, but there is scope to give information about the various balls and what makes them each distinctive. Suggestions?
- Do you have any sources for the 'reputation' of Robinson's Ball? If not, I think that sentence ought to be removed, as it is clear promotion for that Ball. Also, if there is a statement about the cheapest May Ball, should there not also be one about the most expensive Ball? Churchillarian 12:25, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
The ball of Gonville and Caius, although only held biennially, continually lives up to its elegant reputation.
Removed - too blatant advert and completely uncitable —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.219.218 (talk) 03:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I doubt Police Officers are employed by Balls any more; Trinity stopped around 1995 as the cost of an officer being employed for an entire night makes them an inefficient option these days. Dan
Dan is correct. Also the dubious comment about being fired as a cannonball is almost certainly unture, and even if it is makes no grammatical sense. I'll remove it unless someone cites a source. DDD
- Ah, but, St John's must employ police because of the *size* of the event - it's a legal requirement. MikeMorley 08:17, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
St John's employed Police Officer(s) in 2005 & 2006. This is a fact. If I remember, 1 in 2005 and we uped this to 2 in 2006 to keep up with increasing crash attempts. Without prejudicing the 2007 Ball, I would be VERY surprised if no Police Officers were present. The Ball pays for their time. I've removed the "dubious tag" as it is simply the truth.
There is no legal requirement for Balls to hire police officers despite their size however Cambridgeshire Police says they are able to do so providing they pay for their time. tsse 06 Nov 2007
I was joint president of the 1999 Trinity May Ball. We paid for a police officer to be present. Gendal 16:30, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
What's all that about 'razor wire' in bushes? Surely this is illegal as well as rubbish? It's a May Ball, not Guantanamo Bay...
It certainly used to be true that razor wire was placed in bushes however that was stopped a number of years ago due to health and saftey legislation tsse 06 Nov 2007