ReOrientation Week kicks off today. The week-long festival, which is organised by OUSA, begins with with ‘Manday’, a day celebrating manhood and manly deeds.
The day starts early with a cooked breakfast served in Main Common Room, while the FIFA World Cup Final is played on the Big Screen. After that the day descends into ‘LANarchy' with a massive 4x4x4 Halo Marathon from midday onwards. The day also includes a meat raffle, and a late evening sports debate. Jock-tastic!
Nightcap and Illuminate Paint Party are jockeying for pole position as the headline event. Nightcap, which is being held across the Union Hall, Refuel and the Main Common Room on Wednesday night, boasts the company of international acts such as Breakbeat DJ Adam Freeland and drum & bass/dubstep duo Nero from the UK, who are coming off the back of one of their most successful years to date, as well as other respected dance acts from home and abroad. The night has the potential to rival Pendulum a couple of years ago – hopefully without the fire alarms.
Its contender comes in the form of the Illuminate Paint Party, which is taking place at Union Hall on Saturday night. The music is all Kiwiana, headlined by Anti-form and P-Money, and hosted by Dunedin local MC Beau. But the real star of the show is the gallons of illuminated ‘glow’ paint that are to drop on partygoers at midnight, sending all and sundry into a Dulux frenzy.
However, the biggest day has traditionally been Thursday. This year, a carnival will be running at OUSA Lawn all day, and will be followed by the International Food Festival. The festival usually attracts more numbers than any other event, with thousands and thousands of people filing through the doors for an exotic munch. Because of the event's popularity, OUSA will be selling food tokens all week from the office, and from three booths on the night, to avoid the scrum that occurred last year.
Other events include the Dunedin Music Night at Refuel on Friday, and Clubs Day on Wednesday. Tickets and enquiries for all events can be found at the OUSA Main Office.
It's raining men (and paint) at ReO Week.
