Summerfest

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Summerfest is Davidson's version of Quadfest. Since all the TIPsters live in one dorm (often Belk Residence Hall), it is harder to develop the sense of competition (except for the 2004 year, where they were split into four dorms). However, in 2011, TIPsters lived in Cannon and Sentelle dorms. Random RCs are assigned different colors. Teams are organized by combining RC Groups into 4 colors (red, blue, green, and yellow) (Four colors started only in the 2005 year, before there were only three: Blue, Red, and Green). Red, grellow (grey and yellow), blue, and green are the official colors of Summerfest. The staff at Davidson also prepare water balloons which are unloaded, along with water guns, on TIPsters or other staff during the afternoon. Pretty much the most fun part of Summerfest is soaking your friends with bottles of freezing cold water. Try to sneak up behind them for maximum fun(:

Whatever color wins overall in the different events also wins gloating rights over the other colors, usually just for the rest of the day.

Events

  • Jello Snarfle
  • Boat Race
  • Pudding Feed
  • Interpretive Dance
  • A Day in the Life of a TIPster
  • Cheesy Puff Face
  • Orange Pass
  • Wheelbarrow Race
  • Hula Hoop Race
  • 3-legged race
  • Rock Tree Bridge
  • Toilet Paper Pass
  • Hula Hoop Pass
  • Waterballoon Toss

Champions

  • 2011 Term 2 - Red Team
  • 2012 Term 1 - Blue Team (B-B-LUE! T-T-EAM!)
  • 2012 Term 2 - Green Team (Although Blue came mind-boggingly close.)
  • 2013 Term 1 - Green Team (GREEN TEAM FOR THE WIN!) (I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WIN!)
  • 2013 Term 2 - Yellow Team (ONE, WE ARE THE YELLOW TEAM, TWO, WE CAN'T BE BEAT, THREE, A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, FOUR, MORE, MORE MORE)(RAH RAH REE KICK GREEN IN THE KNEE, RAH RAH RASS KICK GREEN IN THE OTHER KNEE)
  • 2014 Term 1 - Yellow Team (We'll huff and we'll puff and we'll blow your house down. Go Hufflepuff!)
  • 2014 Term 2 - Slytherin (We have begun to use Harry Potter houses) (At least Hufflepuff did better than Ravenclaw)
  • 2015 Term 1 - Grellow (WE GRELLY, YOU JELLY???!!)
  • 2015 Term 2 - Grellow
  • 2016 Term 1 - Grellow (grellow is so mellow, but they can't improve their smell.. OH)
  • 2016 Term 2 - Grellow (creds to Megan for the chant: Grellow is what rocks, our victories are hard fought, we walk over our enemies and send them into shock!)(Go Grellow!)
  • 2018 Term 1 - Everyone but blue was the winner, except for green who lost, and red who CAME IN SECOND EVERYTIME (ps blue cheated)
  • 2018 Term 1 - Green was the happiest team in the end and cheered more even though they came in last. YELLOW WAS LAST. GREEN IS BEST. BLUE WON BUT CHEATS
  • 2019 Term 1 - Red Team for the win!!!
  • 2019 Term 2 - BlueTeam won!!! (Yellow got second by 1 point, green got third and red got fourth)

Note

Term 1 in 2018, this was not called Summerfest, but field day? Um, what?