Cardiff University’s official Summer Ball warm-up party, held in Solus last Wednesday, suffered a significant blow when Radio 1 DJ and English Literature Master’s graduate Annie Mac, scheduled to be at the mixing desk, was forced to pull out. Rumours abound that she was kidnapped by spurned Xfm DJs, or that she was sacked after suggesting that mixing Song 2 into a set is not a sign of musical genius (someone should tell “our favourite Union DJs” that before they play the Summer Ball).
A more likely reason, though, is the one that has been given: “other commitments”. And that’s fair enough. I wouldn’t want to cast aspersion on what other commitments Annie Mac might have.
So to complete a continuing theme of late, I’m going to have a go at the Union instead. Not for Annie Mac pulling out, obviously (that would be harsh even by my standards), but their pitiful attempts, if they can be called that, to rescue the situation after her cancellation was announced.
No replacement was arranged except for the Union’s regular DJs, but students needn’t have worried – if they arrived before 9.30pm they would get £5 of drinks vouchers for the Summer Ball! Finally, perhaps realising that they could in no way continue to justify a £6 entry price for non-Summer-Ball-ticket-holders, it was decided that the night would have a beach party theme.
Unbelievable. I mean, it’s pathetic, isn’t it? It’s almost a con: knowing nobody would turn up before 9.30pm (I’m reliably informed the club was deserted at that time), the Union saved itself a packet. The decision not to get some “C-list celebrity on the decks” made sense because you want a real DJ, but students deserve more than this.
I just wonder when they’ll get it.
