Entertainment
Besides several large events for the year, the Bruce Hall social calendar
includes a huge range of different activities - there's something for everyone!
Orientation week traditionally includes the Garden Party - a
classy event and excuse to dress up and begin the year with cocktails and jazz
in North Quad. Other traditional events held during Bruce's O-week include a
Cruise on Lake Burley Griffin and Band in the
Quad. For the past two years Bruce has hosted the International
Students' Department's Hawker Night - a great way to sample
food from a multitude of different countries, meet students from across the ANU
and get involved in games and competitions. Our Learning
Communities hold regular activities and events during the year - the
Coordinators are the people to talk to about the programme, which span organic
gardening, art exhibitions, guided tours, journal launch parties, debates,
forums, faculty dinners, cocktail functions and movies.
Events in the Inter-Hall Arts Shield competition are hosted by different
Halls and Colleges. Those that Bruce has hosted include interhall debating and
the interhall Talent Show; all great entertainment. We also
hold several arts exhibitions a year, including the Bruce Hall Arts
Show. Bruce Hall's Play is highly anticipated every
year. One of the stand out features of our Players is the level of
professionalism they bring to preparation and performance. We have developed a
tradition of performing plays written by current residents of the Hall, so if
you are a writer, this could be your chance to have one of your works performed
before a live audience!
Random Acts of Kindness Week, in which we take the time to
show kindness to another randomly chosen resident, is closely followed by
Murder, in which participants track each other through the
college, water pistols drawn! We run an informal interwing
competition during the year, in which teams from different wings play
sports ranging from badminton and touch football to soccer and ultimate frisbee.
The emphasis is on fun and trying something new.
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