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[[File:Rob Stoneduck.jpg|thumb|Rob Stoneduck, January 2014]]
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Every year, towards the end of the Autumn Term, URY has this awful habit of doing two "festive" "things".
  
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Rob Stoneduck is the official URY mascot - and has been since he first appeared in the station in early 2012.
 
  
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== Acquisition ==
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== URY Christmas Single ==
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One Red Paperclip[http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.co.uk/] is the story of a man who traded a red paperclip until he had up-traded all the way to a house. It's an exciting adventure that has expired many people. Not to be left out, in 2012 the RAG team wanted in too - they started with a red paperclip and wanted something that at the end they could sell and give the earnings to charity.
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URY's Committee, Presenters and general happeners all get together on a Saturday (or other convenient time), to record a cute original music video for a popular song. Of course, this is then followed up with a studio recording of our wonderful voices singing - I can assure you it's an experience.
  
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So, on a winter's morning, during an episode of what is suspected to be an unscheduled, unplanned episode of No Show Scheduled[http://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/11541/] (during that time it was broadcast at 1am), two lovely RAG representatives appeared at the station door, explained the situation, then asked what we would trade for two toy ducks. After some digging around, we offered them a pair of cool-looking sunglasses that had been lying abandoned on a shelf for some time. This makes Rob's birthday most likely to be between 30th January and 5th February 2012.
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Usually, these songs are covers of traditional Christmas tunes. Although sometimes they will be parodies relevant to the University of York, or even completely original compositions. As of 2013, all of these are available in URY's Central Music Library.
  
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After discovering the fluffier duck could quack when we squeak it, he quickly became popular on many of URY's shows, and was dubbed "Rob Stoneduck", after the then-station manager of the same name[http://ury.org.uk/people/6978/].
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
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! Year
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! Song
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! Notes
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| 2015
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| All I Want for Christmas is You
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| Cover of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit
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| 2014
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| Christmas is All Around
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| Recreating the opening song to the movie ''Love Actually'' Which itself is a cover of the song "''Love is All Around''" but this has more christmas.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWiOggaWkZU]
  
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The other duck has not been seen since.
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Cast (in approximate order of appearance): [[Andy Durant]], [[Alex Light]], [[Harry Whittaker]], ??, [[Jay Glover]], [[Adam Brain]], [[Joe Willis]], [[Naomi Gildert]], [[Mat Carrington-Mackenzie]], ??
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| 2013
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| Fairytale of New York
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| A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [http://youtu.be/o22F27cOpGg]
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| 2013
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| This is Hes East
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| Part of the 2013 Christmas Panto. Yes, we know the panto version doesn't normally do "A Whole New World". [http://youtu.be/qEO9mYaIuTg]
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| 2012
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| Merry Christmas Everyone
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| There are rumours an alternate version consisting entirely of the URY Computing Team exists, but was never allowed to see daylight. Entirely produced by URY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6m1Y0Uu6DE]
  
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== The Student Politics Phase ==
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Cast (In approximate order of appearance): [[Rob Stoneduck]], [[Rachael Venables]], [[Ben Bason]], [[Will Chalk]], [[Kirsty Rogers]], [[Andy Durant]], [[Tom Haines]], [[Robyn Haycock]], [[Wil Bennett]], [[Stephen Clarke]], [[Tom Edwards]], [[Anthony Williams]], [[Matt Windsor]], [[Ellie Wright]], [[John Wakefield]], [[Rebecca Elson]], [[Charles Lewis]], [[Will Edwards]], [[Steffan Woodruff]], [[Lloyd Wallis]], [[Karl Bos]], [[George Lane]], [[Hannah Smith]]
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Rob Stoneduck briefly went on a road trip to outside YourSpace one day, as part of Refreshers' Fair 2013. As part of the "Where was Stoneduck?" game that featured on what had now become URY Lunch with Lloyd and Andy[http://ury.org.uk/schedule/shows/12643/], Rob briefly ventured into the YUSU Sabbatical Office. [[Kallum Taylor]] was then a guest on the show, who needed to guess where Stoneduck was. After guessing correctly, Rob Stoneduck enjoyed his time so much, he left with Kallum to learn more about what goes on within YUSU.
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| 2011
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| Black Christmas
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| A parody of Rebecca Black's Friday. Due to lack of forward planning, was performed live on air by whoever was around at the time. Failed miserably.
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| 2010
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| I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
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| Outright cover. The music video was produced by YSTV. We don't talk about it. [https://ystv.co.uk/watch/URYXmas/URYXmas2010/]
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| 2010?
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| I Go To York Uni, It's True
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| Little is known of this parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You - not even the source of the vocals. However, we can learn a valuable lesson - the only thing that has changed ever since is that you can't get olives in YUSU Bars anymore.
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| 2009
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| Do They Know It's Christmas?
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| The older tech we had back then is quite obvious. [https://ystv.co.uk/watch/URYXmas/URY-Christmas-single-2009/]
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| 2008
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| Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas)
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| This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVICvXorh-s]
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Rob Stoneduck was rescued by [[Lloyd Wallis]] a week later, notable shaken up and with a collar and a bell around his neck. Rob does not speak about what happened whilst he was there, but [[Bob Hughes]] informs us that there was a lot of "getting thrown around".
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[[Category: URY History]]
  
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== Rob Stoneduck in Popular Culture ==
 
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''This area is in need of expansion. Have you seen or heard some of Rob Stoneduck's antics?''
 
  
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* Rob Stoneduck was a key point in a game called "Where was Stoneduck?" in URY Lunch with Lloyd and Andy. Each week, we'd send him out to somewhere on campus, ask where he was, and he would quack in response. Curious looks were often garnered from others, particularly when he started quacking in Costcutter. Guests or listeners would then need to guess where he was based on ambient noise (only presenters can speak duck, so his answer to "Where are you today?" was lost in translation for all but the instigators).
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== Christmas Panto ==
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* Rob Stoneduck featured on the intro interstitial for the 2012 [[Christmas Single]]
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Of course, what radio station would be completely without a Christmas Panto? Featuring a "Celebrity" guest, each year we put our own spin on popular pantomimes.
  
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[[Category:URY History]]
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
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! Year
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! Production
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! Guest Star
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! Notes
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| 2015
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| Oliver Twist
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| David Benson Phillips
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| 2014
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| Dick Whittington and His Cat [https://www.mixcloud.com/harrywhittaker2/the-ury-panto-2014-dick-whittington-his-cat-feat-cbbcs-raven/]
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| CBBC's Raven
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| 2013
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| Aladdin [https://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/851/]
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| Jon Lee (off of S Club 7)
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| Someone talk about this.
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| 2012
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| Rumplestiltskin [https://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/723/]
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| Alan Fletcher (Dr. Karl Raymond Marx Kennedy)
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Revision as of 23:03, 18 October 2016

Every year, towards the end of the Autumn Term, URY has this awful habit of doing two "festive" "things".


URY Christmas Single

URY's Committee, Presenters and general happeners all get together on a Saturday (or other convenient time), to record a cute original music video for a popular song. Of course, this is then followed up with a studio recording of our wonderful voices singing - I can assure you it's an experience.

Usually, these songs are covers of traditional Christmas tunes. Although sometimes they will be parodies relevant to the University of York, or even completely original compositions. As of 2013, all of these are available in URY's Central Music Library.

Year Song Notes
2015 All I Want for Christmas is You Cover of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit
2014 Christmas is All Around Recreating the opening song to the movie Love Actually Which itself is a cover of the song "Love is All Around" but this has more christmas.[1]

Cast (in approximate order of appearance): Andy Durant, Alex Light, Harry Whittaker, ??, Jay Glover, Adam Brain, Joe Willis, Naomi Gildert, Mat Carrington-Mackenzie, ??

2013 Fairytale of New York A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [2]
2013 This is Hes East Part of the 2013 Christmas Panto. Yes, we know the panto version doesn't normally do "A Whole New World". [3]
2012 Merry Christmas Everyone There are rumours an alternate version consisting entirely of the URY Computing Team exists, but was never allowed to see daylight. Entirely produced by URY. [4]

Cast (In approximate order of appearance): Rob Stoneduck, Rachael Venables, Ben Bason, Will Chalk, Kirsty Rogers, Andy Durant, Tom Haines, Robyn Haycock, Wil Bennett, Stephen Clarke, Tom Edwards, Anthony Williams, Matt Windsor, Ellie Wright, John Wakefield, Rebecca Elson, Charles Lewis, Will Edwards, Steffan Woodruff, Lloyd Wallis, Karl Bos, George Lane, Hannah Smith

2011 Black Christmas A parody of Rebecca Black's Friday. Due to lack of forward planning, was performed live on air by whoever was around at the time. Failed miserably.
2010 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Outright cover. The music video was produced by YSTV. We don't talk about it. [5]
2010? I Go To York Uni, It's True Little is known of this parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You - not even the source of the vocals. However, we can learn a valuable lesson - the only thing that has changed ever since is that you can't get olives in YUSU Bars anymore.
2009 Do They Know It's Christmas? The older tech we had back then is quite obvious. [6]
2008 Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas) This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [7]


Christmas Panto

Of course, what radio station would be completely without a Christmas Panto? Featuring a "Celebrity" guest, each year we put our own spin on popular pantomimes.

Year Production Guest Star Notes
2015 Oliver Twist David Benson Phillips
2014 Dick Whittington and His Cat [8] CBBC's Raven
2013 Aladdin [9] Jon Lee (off of S Club 7) Someone talk about this.
2012 Rumplestiltskin [10] Alan Fletcher (Dr. Karl Raymond Marx Kennedy)
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