Rock My Toga
UC students descended on Ilam Fields on the only night of the year it is socially acceptable to wear a tea towel as clothing for a rollicking good time.
Typically glazed eyes and the uncertain swaying of boozy nights past were replaced by rosy cheeks and a chillaxed ambience. For the most part peeps were enjoying the music and some good ol' fashioned perving. Don't deny it. You did, I did. We all spent some indecent minutes staring at chiselled guns or a little bit of leg.
What would a toga party be without togas eh? Even the trees managed to get their Roman on, swankily decked out in sexy red velvet! Mmmm seductive trees... Wait, what? Moving on... For the most part humble garden variety linen was the order of the evening. The genuine effort some put into looking sexy in bed sheets was pleasing. Special mention goes to the man child wearing his Thomas the Tank Engine sheets. My friend, you have crossed that line into oblivious awesome. For those chickies wearing heels, a word of advice dearies – heels, grass and liquor doesn't for a good party make! Your colourful togas and accompanying headdresses were cute though, well done – although much twisting and writhing must have been done to worm yourselves into some of the more elaborate/tiny creations. For those wearing no more than a handkerchief held together with some dental floss – shame on you!
Regardless of what you think of their talent, Midnight Youth played an epic set, pulling students like moths to a flame, or maybe more appropriately, students to a keg. Just their set alone was worth my $25 + booking fee. As per comments heard on the wind, more dance tunes would have been better for those wanting to flop out their shimmy, however for a party with the word 'rock' in the title, that point of view may be slightly redundant.
Overall the night was a success. Drinks averagely priced, food readily available, although lack of Eftpos much? Are we living in the year 960 AD??? Pretty lights, flags, random tree adornments and free spare right foot jandals for anyone who cared to look down made for a value-for-money gig. Back next year? Probably not for this fossil, but for other greenhorns, most probably yes.
