{"id":129592,"date":"2021-08-19T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129592"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:48","slug":"cantus-in-ahoy-party-time-as-long-as-you-stay-in-your-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/08\/19\/cantus-in-ahoy-party-time-as-long-as-you-stay-in-your-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cantus in Ahoy: party-time, as long as you stay in your seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Changes were needed to all Eurekaweek evening programmes because of the coronavirus measures. The exception to the rule: the beer cantus in Ahoy. The agreement was that partygoers would have fixed seats and remain seated in them the whole evening. Throwing beer also wasn\u2019t allowed and only the guides can collect the beer from the bar. Did people stick to the rules the whole evening? \u201cOf course we did our best but it\u2019s normal to have a few rebels, isn\u2019t it?\u201d stated a first year history student.<\/p>\n

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The evening got off to a difficult start. The cantus should have been started half an hour ago, however there were still loads of students standing outside the Ahoy in the rain.\u00a0 By eight o\u2019clock some partygoers started getting irritated by the long queues. In the queue on the left, the one for invitees, a student in a red jumper holding a cigarette tried to push in, annoying the student in front of him: \u201cWhat d\u2019yer think you\u2019re doing?\u201d she snarled. \u201cWe\u2019ve all got to wait!\u201d A student with an ACE jumper supported her: \u201cPatience, patience. We\u2019ll all be inside soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Within Ahoy the group of guide Napon Saereepapsakol had already been sitting at one of the long tables since 7.00 pm. \u201cWe came at 6.30 pm and were at the front of the queue. So we were lucky!\u201d they explained proudly. An hour later, there\u2019s not much feeling of pride left. First year Adrian Hangartner sighed, \u201cJeez, how long do we have to wait before the party starts?\u201d Then loudly: \u201cWHERE\u2019S THE PARTY?\u201d<\/p>\n

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At exactly 9.00 pm when a Eurekaweek board member announced that the party was about to start, the joy surges throughout the hall. There are still dozens of empty tables and still groups waiting in line outside but that\u2019s no reason to wait any longer. After the Wilhelmus<\/em> and Trink, Trink, Bruderlein Trink<\/em>, the cantus band Bracchus really got the party going with Sweet Caroline<\/em> and Het regent zonnestralen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Students with happy faces all joined in singing. One of them is Puck de Waal, Vice-chair of the Rotterdam Federation of Student Associations (RKvV). She explained that she\u2019d never been to a cantus before. \u201cSo I\u2019m really enjoying this evening. I can\u2019t sing a note but who cares?!\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n\n\t

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