June Event
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{more footnotes|date=June 2010}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2010}}
}}
June Events are alternatives to May Balls held by some Cambridge colleges. They typically differ by being shorter in duration and being much more affordable, with may balls at Homerton College having twice the budget on average in comparison to their June Events{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Joe |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/10449 |website=Varsity |access-date=14 January 2025 |title=Revealed: May Ball and June Event budgets show striking disparities}}
Alternation
Some colleges chose to alternate between a May Ball and a June Event each year.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}} Emmanuel College's May Ball is held in May Week every other year, with alternate years featuring an Event on Suicide Sunday.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}}
In 2006, members of the College voted in favour of restoring Pembroke College's lost tradition of hosting a May Ball for 2007.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}} In 2008 they will hold another June Event.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.instagram.com/thejuneevent/ Trinity Hall June Event]
- [https://mayball.info Contains the entire may week]
- [http://www.wolfsonjuneevent.co.uk Wolfson June Event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324010856/http://www.wolfsonjuneevent.co.uk/ |date=24 March 2005 }}
Category:Terminology of the University of Cambridge
Category:Balls in the United Kingdom
Category:Culture of the University of Cambridge
{{UCambridge-stub}}