March 28, 2007

_ St. Patrick’s Day Cabaret
a Hit and Miss Affair —

CAMERON ORR
News Eprror

The Cabaret at the CN Centre
on this last St. Patrick’s Day
turned surprisingly fun, thanks in
large part to the fabulous crowd
who turned up to celebrate St. Pat-
rick, and no thanks to a confusing
concession set up and question-
able attendance rules.

The doors opened at 7:30 and
the first 800 guests were prom-
ised lucky St. Patrick’s Day hats.
The staff on hand were friendly
and helpfully guided us to all the
coat checks and ticket checks as
we made our way down the stairs
to the dance floor. At the base of
the stairs a fellow handed out the
Irish hats and we made our way
onto the dance floor.

The initial reaction to the set
up of the event was confusion.
The stand where you received
your beer had large signs raised
above it giving details for desig-
nated drivers. So I concluded it
was a DD stand. I made my way to
a mixer cart and asked for a beer,
where I was directed back to the
DD stand, which was actually the
beer stand. The DD signs above
the beer stand told the drivers to
go to the concession stand a few
feet away. Confused yet?

Well, what can you do? All
you can do is sit back and enjoy
the St. Patrick’s Day green beer.
Except there was none. Signs
posted near the drinks stated that
green beer was not being offered
due to health and allergy con-
cerns. Not that I’ve met anyone
allergic to food colouring, it still
would have been nice to have the
option, with regular beer on the
side for those requiring it. Well, so
far not a great start to the evening.
Even worse when it was discov-
ered that drink tickets were five
dollars -apiece. Not impressive if
you wanted a cooler when they
are pouring the beverage out of
two litre containers of eight dollar
bottles.

Lastly, for criticism, a strange
attendance policy was in place

which made the night nearly un-.

bearable. Being so early, our
group thought to leave and return
at a later time. Trying to leave, we
were quickly stopped by security,
who mentioned to us that if we
left, we would not be granted re-
entry unless we cared to purchase
additional tickets.

_I don’t know about you, dear
reader, but to pay twenty dollars
to come to an event and be a pris-
oner does not sound like a good
idea.

At or around nine o’clock,

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though, the students and young
people began to arrive and the
night soon turned exciting. Every-
one who we -saw were fun, ap-
proachable and good mannered

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every personality, the drunks, the
dancers, and the stoners, if you
went into the men’s bathroom at
the right time.

The people are what made the--
event. Over-priced drinks could.

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not stop the rocking. Everyone
was everyone’s friend this St. Pat-
rick’s Day. If this everit happens
again-next year, all I say to you is
to go late and pre-drink a lot.

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