A Cardiff student has been shortlisted in the final 10 of Red Bull Nightmaster, a competition for students to create a club night which will be thrown at their university.
James White, a third year Computer Science student at Cardiff University, is one of the 10 finalists who hopes to run his event with the prize budget of £30,000.
Students from across the UK submitted their ideas for the ÔÇÿultimate partyÔÇÖ, which were reviewed by the Red Bull judging panel. The chosen 10 finalists were then invited to the Red Bull headquarters in London, an all expenses paid trip, where they met Red BullÔÇÖs Student Brand Manager, who is assigned to assist them through the competition. Each contestant was also provided with a budget to create a short promotional video to promote their idea for the party.
The finalistsÔÇÖ videos are now available to view on the Red Bull Nightmaster website, where the public are encouraged to vote for their favourite.
In WhiteÔÇÖs description of his party on the competition website he states that he intends to create the ultimate party by ÔÇÿcreating a journey though dance and house music historyÔÇÖ, saying: ÔÇÿI aim to make party-goers feel as if they are in a different location and time. Re-creating the disco vibe from Studio 54 in New York, to the acid house sounds of the rave era and memories of the UKG pirate radio scene are just a few examples of destinations on the journeyÔÇÖ.
If his idea wins the public vote, WhiteÔÇÖs journey through dance music history will come to life later in the academic year in an event held in Solus.
James said: ÔÇÿI first heard about the Red Bull Nightmaster event through a friendÔǪ and after seeing that you could only apply if you were a student, I thought it would be worth a shotÔǪ I thought about how you could transform a venue to make it look like somewhere or some-time completely unique. This combined with a journey through house, garage & dance music history seemed appropriate, as there are landmark eras that can be easily categorised.ÔÇÖ
ÔÇÿEssentially I wrote up my entry on one Sunday morning and sent it off, a few weeks later I got a phone call asking me a few more questions, and an invitation to the Red Bull HQ in LondonÔǪwe have been trying to get the word out around Cardiff, and everyone has been really supportive of the idea. If you havenÔÇÖt voted yet then help me out by going to the Red Bull Nightmaster website and voting for James White.ÔÇÖ
The winner will be announced shortly after voting closes on the 4th December. To vote, visit: http://nightmaster.redbull.com/finalists
Georgia Hamer
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