Quadfest
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Quadfest is a competition held on the last Saturday of each term at Duke East and Duke West, in the same vein as Color Wars, but with the dorms pitted against each other. It includes such wonderous activities as the Jello Snarfle, the Dorm Blob and Day At TIP. It is the analog of Summerfest at Davidson.
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[edit] Colors
When first years still attended Duke East, the four colors were:
There was a year a dorm, and all was well. And then: the years were split up. This wouldn't have been bad, except that the fourth years were split up. Most reports place this in the mid- to late-1990s, especially 1996. The fourth years did not wear their dorm colors that year, instead wearing their year color: then, now, and forever, the fourth year color is black. This led to a short period of time where year colors instead of dorm colors were worn and dorms did not have colors. As of Term II, 2004, the following colors were relevant:
East 2006 colors were(Basset being closed for renovation):
In the past few years, with all the dorm renovations and closings, the colors on East campus have generally been that the 2nd years are green (a change from when 2nd years were in Pegram and were red), 3rd years (generally Pegram dorm, at least) are red, and 4th years are blue (held over from the Bassett days).
In 2007, the colors were:
In 2008, the colors were:
Alspaugh (2nd Years): Red
Pegram (3rd Years): Green
Bassett (4th Years): Blue
[edit] Throwing Quadest
Term I in 1998, Bassett decided to throw Quadfest. This continued for a few years, until every dorm decided to throw Quadfest. Throwing Quadfest was then banned. This was brought back by Alspaugh (4th years) in 2006 at East II. See Throwing Quadfest.
[edit] Cheers
[edit] Bassett
"Doggy, Doggy, Doggy" is probably the most famous Bassett cheer. The leader of the cheer will shout "doggy!" repeated one, two or three times. The crowd responds with "woof" the same number of times. The most common way to do it is Doggy three times repeated twice, Doggy once repeated twice, and Doggy three more times.
There are a few variations on that - the first was "Ducky, ducky, ducky" "Quack, quack, quack". At Term II, 2003, some residents of Alspaugh used "Cow, cow, cow" "Moo, moo, moo". At Term II, 2004, "Faucet, faucet, faucet" "Drip, drip, drip" was used. At Term I, 2005 the Alspaughians inexplicably chose to use the variant "llama, llama, llama" "Baa, baa, baa." There was also a version with "Carpet, carpet, carpet", as the fourth years of Bassett take an immense amount of pride in their carpet. Term II 2007, Both aLspaugh and Brown made variation by chanting "neuter" and "leash", respectively after chanting "doggy". "Doggy, Doggy, Doggy" is said to have been started by third years in Brown, who took the cheer with them when they moved. It may have started after the summer of 2000, where the Australian Olympic Team had the rallying cry of "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oy Oy Oy".
A variant on "We've Got Spirit" is often used by Bassett - "We've got carpet, yes we do, we've got carpet, how about you?"
Bassett is also known for the cheer, "Blue is the color, there ain't no other, and if you don't like it, then *uh!* your mother!", where the *uh* is a guttural grunt accompanied by a pelvic thrust.
Another call out and respond cheer that Bassett has been known to use is "How do we do it?" "Doggy style!" *Edit by Caro: During Term II 2005, RCs threatened to disqualify Bassett for the Doggy Style cheer and the TEAMWORK cheer (Give me an O! R! G! Y! What's that spell? TEAMWORK!!), so some clever 4th years started saying "How do we do it?" "TIPPROPRIATELY!" (On a side note, the "teamwork" cheer was repeatedly used by a group of 2nd floor girls in Giles at Duke East II 2006.)
At Term II 2007, Bassett used "Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Upset Stomach, Diarrhea," and "Nerds!" and "Basset is above you, your mother doesn't love you"
In Term I 2005, a heavily Lil' Jon-influenced Bassett chose the cheer: "Bassett--WHAT! Basset--YEAH! Bassett--OKAY!"
In Term II 2006, the Alspaugh 4th Years used the cheer, "How do we do it? Under a tree!", referencing the couple who were gettin' freaky under the tree outside the gazebo at the treasure hunt.
In Term I 2008, Basset also used "We are the Basset beast/ on tiny TIPsters we will feast. Various variations on "Doggy, doggy, doggy" were attempted by both Pegramites and Alspaugn, but were drowned out by catcalls. EDIT: Not true. A very large time, Pegram's answering calls of "Michael Vick!" Were LOUDER then the "woof, woof, woof"s.
[edit] Brown
One of the more amusing Brown cheers that was used at Term II in both 2003 and 2004 asked the respondants to spell "Green" and then asked "What does it spell?" The proper response was, obviously "BROWN!" Other cheers used those years were "Green is the color, there is no other, and if you don't like it: UH, your mother. Green is the color, it is the bomb, and if you don't like it: UH, your mom," and "Whose house? Brown's house! Whose house? Brown's house! Whose house? BROWN'S HOUSE!"
[edit] Dorm Entrances, Songs, and Skits
(To be added: a general description of how entrances, songs, and skits work)
[edit] Complete List of Quadfest Events
[edit] Current
- Jello Snarfle
- Tug of War
- Boat Race
- Cheesy Poofs
- Day at TIP
- Interpretive Dance
- Pudding Fling
- Shazam Fest
- Dizzy Bat
- Dorm Blob
- Frisbee Throw
- A few Mystery Events including:
- All-Day activities:
If you wish to take pictures during Quadfest, it is important to make it known you have a camera and wish that people do not get it wet...or you will kill them. To get people to listen to you (especially people you know that are somewhat considerate), it is recommended to tell them that they can put SOME water like on your back or something, thus they spray you and move along to your next victim. This is especially important when outside and/or are around events involving water. Jell-O Snarfle, Interpretive Dance, and Pudding Fling make for great pictures. --Emily Fry
[edit] Inactive Events
[edit] Quadfest at West
On the West campus, much the same events are used. However, TIPsters aren't separated by dorm. Instead, they group different RAGs together...usually each group gets a similar number of each year so that the teams are supposedly fairly even.
