Ever since my freshers week back in 1999 I've been a member of ChemSoc and have never been to any of their social events. Last years' ball clashed with DUCK formal in college, but this year we made a concerted effort to get as many people we knew about it to go. The night started in house 3 with a shot of the Stolichnaya left over from our Oslo trip. Then Blondie and I - tux'd up - walked down to the New Inn in the Durham rain.
We met up with the everyone else there; nearly 100 in total - that's a lot of chemists to fit into the New Inn. After a couple of drinks the coaches arrived to take us to Bowburn Hall, the venue for the evening. Five minutes later we were there. The complementry bucks fizz was quickly followed by some more drinks and we were led through to our tables. The meal was the standard "ball" fair - anyone whose ever been to the sportsmans ball at Trevs will know exactly what the meal was; chicken.
After the meal, there were the usual in-jokey awards given out. I'm pleased to say that Alan won (2nd in 2 years) for his distiallation "incident". After the meal a DJ came on and we headed back to the bar. Time flew past and in no time it was midnight and we were being bussed back to Town. 
The majority headed for the Klute. Amazingly there was no queue AND offers on drinks (doubles for £2). It really wasn't that busy when we got there, but soon the dance floor was filled with drunk chemists in tuxes and ball dresses dancing like absolute dicks - but it was fun nonetheless. Unsurprisingly, the following day a lot of people didn't show up to work particularly early...
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