{"id":129748,"date":"2021-08-23T15:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T13:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129748"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:48","slug":"a-confusing-night-of-the-songs-and-partying-until-late-into-the-night-with-group-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/08\/23\/a-confusing-night-of-the-songs-and-partying-until-late-into-the-night-with-group-72\/","title":{"rendered":"A confusing Night of the Songs and partying until late into the night with group 72"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Thursday of Eurekaweek is the day when the effects of sleep deprivation usually set in, but not for group 72. Despite the rain, they managed to make the most of it with an activity they came up with themselves, a chaotic visit to the Night of the Songs, and a fitting conclusion to the week involving a late night at one of the many after-parties that were being thrown.<\/p>\n

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During the last half hour of Night of the Songs, everyone was dancing.<\/span><\/p>

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They decided to skip sports day. The group 72 participants had had enough of the rain, so they came up with an activity of their own instead: a \u2018treasure hunt\u2019 in the Bijenkorf. The challenge was to pair up and find the ugliest item and the most expensive item, which caused much merriment among the freshers. Brechtje says proudly: \u201cI was the one who found the most expensive item; an 85,000 euro bracelet. The assistant got it out of the safe especially for us so we could take a photo of me wearing it.\u201d Her face beams as she shows the photo of what is clearly a valuable piece of jewellery.<\/p>\n

We are in the Vegan Junkfood Bar on Schiedamse Vest, where the group are licking their lips in anticipation of what cocktails with names like \u2018Tipsy Unicorn\u2019 will taste like. Delicious, as it turns out, while they cheerfully chat about anything and everything. They talk about how some members of the group aren\u2019t around so often and how that\u2019s a real shame (\u201cbecause they are really nice people\u201d), which area of medicine they think they\u2019ll enjoy, finding a house in Rotterdam and that they will definitely have to organise a reunion after Eurekaweek.<\/p>\n

Is it karaoke?<\/h2>
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Participant Brechtje gets surprised by a microphone, which projects her karaoke skills throughout the baseball stadium.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

After the meal, it\u2019s time to head on to the Night of the Songs, where there\u2019s slight chaos at the door. The stressed guide Anouk says: \u201cAnne-Sophie\u2019s QR code expires in seven minutes, so I\u2019m trying to get hold of her to ask if she\u2019s here yet.\u201d Eventually, everyone arrives within the time limit and group 72 looks for a place in the stand. No one\u2019s sure about what they\u2019re supposed to do. \u201cIs it karaoke?\u201d, asks Brechtje.<\/p>\n

However, as soon as the band starts playing The Pointer Sisters\u2019 hit \u2018I\u2019m So Excited\u2019<\/em> and the lyrics start rolling, everyone joins in with the singing. In fact, it does turn out to be karaoke when a frenetic presenter pushes a microphone in Brechtje\u2019s face, much to the group\u2019s amusement. After the speeches by the Eurekaweek committee, the group was just about to leave when suddenly there was an announcement that there was still half an hour to go. During that half-hour, everyone appeared to forget the measures, and all the participants danced their hearts out in the aisles.<\/p>\n

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A great ending to an amazing week, according to the participants who made it to the afterparty.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Later in the evening, I met the group on the terrace of De Beurs bar, which they\u2019ve descended on after an enthusiastic game of laser tag. A small group went on to the after-party that their guide Thom had picked out. From the smell, it\u2019s clear that this is not the first party to be thrown at the student house in question, and there\u2019s a great atmosphere. During a drinking game, the last remaining members of group 72 attempt to sum up Eurekaweek. Guide Anouk feels like \u2018a proud mother\u2019, while Koen and Lucas come up with the slogan \u2018fun and a resounding success\u2019. Anne-Sophie rounds off with a description that is actually written all over everyone\u2019s faces: \u201cI\u2019m completely dead, but I wouldn\u2019t have missed it for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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