CWS
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Post by CWS on Apr 25, 2008 8:47:14 GMT -5
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GUHoya07
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Post by GUHoya07 on Apr 25, 2008 8:59:29 GMT -5
I absolutely love Georgetown Day! While the front lawn is cool and all, my best memories of it are just sitting up on the rooftop and drinking beers in the sun with friends all day long. I literally mean waking up at 9 am for kegs and eggs and drinking all day in the beautiful weather. It really pains me to be at work right now, but Im definitely going to be headed to the hilltop at about 6pm today.
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moe09
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Post by moe09 on Apr 25, 2008 13:07:39 GMT -5
Wish I could be there. Hope it's better than last year which absolutely sucked since it was indoors due to inclement weather.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 25, 2008 13:39:07 GMT -5
I absolutely love Georgetown Day! While the front lawn is cool and all, my best memories of it are just sitting up on the rooftop and drinking beers in the sun with friends all day long. I literally mean waking up at 9 am for kegs and eggs and drinking all day in the beautiful weather. It really pains me to be at work right now, but Im definitely going to be headed to the hilltop at about 6pm today. I'm pretty sure that describes just about every day my second semester of senior year, not just Georgetown Day (which is perhaps why I can't remember "Georgetown Day" per se). Well, except the getting up at 9 a.m. part. Unless, I woke up at 9 a.m. already on the roof with a stale beer in my hand and OPP running on a loop on the stereo. We'd even string a phone up to the roof (yes, no one had cell phones and very few even had cordlesses - that worked - back in those neanderthal days), so my roommate -- once he achieved the required level of inebriation -- could call up and fight with his long-distance girlfriend. Good times. Enjoy the day!
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rosslynhoya
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Post by rosslynhoya on Apr 25, 2008 15:06:47 GMT -5
You weren't THAT drunk Boz; the august tradition known as Georgetown Day was launched in 2000.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 25, 2008 15:18:49 GMT -5
Crap. What did we have, then? Springfest, I guess.
(or maybe just "Hey, It's Sunny Out, Let's Drink" Day.)
Do they still have that? (Springfest I mean, not the other one - I KNOW they still have that!)
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FormerHoya
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Post by FormerHoya on Apr 25, 2008 16:00:06 GMT -5
Isn't Georgetown Day the pathetic replacement for Spring Block Party?
Sorry if wrong...
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Apr 25, 2008 16:08:03 GMT -5
Isn't Georgetown Day the pathetic replacement for Spring Block Party? Sorry if wrong... Sorta. It's actually not all bad, but it is also certainly not Block Party. Lots of free food, student bands, carnival games, that sort of thing. If you didn't know Block Party had ever existed and you just had this day, you would enjoy it. Knowing that there was once a Block Party makes it harder to really feel great about it. At least Block Party went out with a bang, eh Former? And I don't think I even set foot on the Block that day. It did not help our softball performance the next day, though.
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Post by HometownHoya on Apr 25, 2008 22:52:51 GMT -5
About to head over to rooftops again after a post dinner nap, but apparently GUGS donated a Keg to every single rooftop apartment (22 kegs)
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Post by redskins12820 on Apr 26, 2008 0:11:59 GMT -5
Just got back from the rooftops. Update: I am drunk. Wohoo Georgetown Day
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 26, 2008 8:16:19 GMT -5
Isn't Georgetown Day the pathetic replacement for Spring Block Party? Sorry if wrong... Sorta. It's actually not all bad, but it is also certainly not Block Party. Lots of free food, student bands, carnival games, that sort of thing. If you didn't know Block Party had ever existed and you just had this day, you would enjoy it. Knowing that there was once a Block Party makes it harder to really feel great about it. At least Block Party went out with a bang, eh Former? And I don't think I even set foot on the Block that day. It did not help our softball performance the next day, though. What exactly marked the death of Block Party? I don't know many details on the whole affair, but it sounded awesome.
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Post by HometownHoya on Apr 26, 2008 11:36:01 GMT -5
Probably the passing of Open Container Laws, but who knows
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Apr 26, 2008 12:16:04 GMT -5
Sorta. It's actually not all bad, but it is also certainly not Block Party. Lots of free food, student bands, carnival games, that sort of thing. If you didn't know Block Party had ever existed and you just had this day, you would enjoy it. Knowing that there was once a Block Party makes it harder to really feel great about it. At least Block Party went out with a bang, eh Former? And I don't think I even set foot on the Block that day. It did not help our softball performance the next day, though. What exactly marked the death of Block Party? I don't know many details on the whole affair, but it sounded awesome. As a member of the class of 2000, we had 2 block parties a year- one was typically the Friday of homecoming, the other was the last Friday in April. They were ostensibly charity fundraisers (they did give the proceeds to some local organizations) and the beer was supposed to be limited to those over 21 and only 3 or 4 per attendee, but as a practical matter none of that applied when it was your friends checking IDs and pouring the beers. Usually you had 4 beer trucks lining the block of 37th St next to Lauinger, and a stage at the bottom of the street for student bands. The details are hazy now, but the biggest issue seemed to be the fact that everyone left the Block Party when they shut off the taps at 6 or so and went to New South and trashed the dining hall. They managed to curtail that a bit by threatening to take away future Block Parties, but by my senior year the evil and out of touch Juan Gonzalez had decided he wanted to take away all fun and refused to support the student groups in seeking the necessary permits, citing nebulous neighborhood opposition. Somehow an 11th hour compromise was reached and the spring 2000 block party went forward, but it was the last hurrah. Dave Schick's alcohol-related death also went a long way to taking away drinking opportunities, although it was not related to block party or any other school-endorsed event. The closest comparison these days is the Homecoming tailgate, which has the disadvantage of being early and short, but is basically the same in execution, if not location. For more discussion, see here: tinyurl.com/5es7dd
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Apr 26, 2008 13:44:53 GMT -5
It was a good time, and there is talk for next year of having a similar even in the fall (possibly the Friday before homecomming).
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hoya4ever
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Post by hoya4ever on Apr 26, 2008 19:37:49 GMT -5
That is a great idea! I'm definitely skipping work if that happens.
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Apr 27, 2008 9:54:59 GMT -5
I was a little worried when I heard the university took full control of planning GU day this year but they did a great job.
The front lawn was absolutely packed with fun stuff to do and eat. They had more than enough food and the lines were only 2 minutes long. But, unlike years past, the party on the lawn didn't stop at 6. They had bands playing on the WG patio well into the night as well as a spring-break-club-like foam party on the front lawn.
Oh, and the fact that the rooftops were really crowded made me really happy that night.
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 27, 2008 12:10:39 GMT -5
Who used to plan GU Day? I only had one sort of interaction w/ GU Day planning, and it involved Margie Bryant and some decrepit old lady who I think her entire job was GU Day. That's not a knock at all on what the day was before or was this year...but just curious who was ever in charge if not the University?
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Apr 27, 2008 19:07:51 GMT -5
They had a student board and mostly student volunteers. That was not the case this year.
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Post by JimmyHoya on Apr 28, 2008 17:39:22 GMT -5
Just got back from the rooftops. Update: I am drunk. Wohoo Georgetown Day Why are you posting on Hoyatalk at midnight of Georgetown Day? Rookies.
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Post by redskins12820 on Apr 29, 2008 9:25:07 GMT -5
Just got back from the rooftops. Update: I am drunk. Wohoo Georgetown Day Why are you posting on Hoyatalk at midnight of Georgetown Day? Rookies. In my defense I just had to come home to change after an entire day of drinking. Don't worry I made it back out there
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