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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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'''Engineering Team''' is the URY team responsible for maintaining URY's broadcast equipment and providing suitable set-ups for outside broadcasting, live sessions, or anything else you can think of really. If it handles analogue or digital audio and isn't a computer, its probably ours!
 
  
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==What do we do?==
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== URY Christmas Single ==
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From the moment a sound leaves anything (a computer, vinyl, human, cassette, instrument, etc) to the moment it goes in to a computer for streaming, we are responsible for it! Whether that's in the studio, a session recording, the transmission (Tx) cupboard in stores or at an Outside Broadcast (OB), it's our issue.  
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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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===Studio 1===
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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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The main broadcasting studio, S1 was last re-built in 2011 with the support of Alumni funding (YuFund). The mixing desk is a [[Sonifex S2]] split-chassis broadcast desk. There are: 5 mics; 2 vinyl decks; 2 CDJs; 2 CD players; 4 aux inputs; a telephone channel with jack input (for a smartphone); 3 BAPs channels (from the presenter PC); a guest PC input; a presenter PC input. For visualisation, there are also 2 HD ready cameras and 2 LED lights.
 
  
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S1 is home to the Tardis. This contains all the outboard stuff used in the studio, including a RedNet 2; compression; patch panels; headphone distribution; Wil's Black Box; sonifex power; black magic (visualisation); speaker amps.
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| 2016
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| Baby It's Cold Outside
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| Cover of the Michael Buble and Idina Menzel cover of the song written by Frank Loesser. Entirely produced by URY. Possibly the one with the best singing. [https://youtu.be/QI4mNAPsxxw]
  
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===Studio 2===
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Cast (in approximate order of appearance): [[Alex Light]], [[Georgie Norgate]], [[Marco Bolt]], [[Harriet Peck]], [[Jack Rewcroft]], [[Neave Spikings]], [[Ayesha Breithaupt]], [[Timothy Pilbeam]], [[Danni Boxall]], [[Kirsty Taylor]], [[Peter Rogers]], [[Nelson Autefault]], [[Victoria Seveno]], [[Will Batchelor]], [[Marco Ross]], [[Jack Staples-Butler]], [[Dominic Gould]], [[Hector Macduff]], [[Burbs]], [[Kaja Harton]], [[Naomi Gildert]]
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Primarily used for recording, S2 was last re-built in 2012. The mixing desk is a Sonifex Sovereign broadcasting desk with custom modifications. There are: 3 mic; 2 aux inputs; 3 BAPs channels (from the presenter PC); a disconnected telephone channel.
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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. Entirely produced by URY. [https://youtu.be/oqjOFarl-mI]
  
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S2 is home to the Blue Box. This contains a RedNet 2 (under construction); compression; patch panels; sonifex power; a speaker amp.
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Cast (in approximate order of appearance): [[Stephen Clarke]], [[Kat Spencer]], [[Alex Light]], [[Hector Macduff]], [[Timothy Pilbeam]], [[Katy Sandalls]], [[Danni Boxall]], [[Grace Levy]], [[Simon Asaert]], [[Naomi Gildert]], [[Heather Baker]], [[Kaja Harton]], [[Alex Light]], [[Andy Durant]], [[Peter Rogers]], [[Chris Wall]], [[Qumarth Jash]], [[Dominic Gould]], [[James Rudge]], [[Jonathan Rukundo]], [[Caitlin Quinlan]],
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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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===Production Office===
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Cast (in approximate order of appearance): [[Andy Durant]], [[Alex Light]], [[Harry Whittaker]], [[Ali Woods]], [[Jay Glover]], [[Adam Brain]], [[Joe Willis]], [[Naomi Gildert]], [[Mat Carrington-Mackenzie]], [[Kat Spencer]]
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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 production office is also the main office of URY. Day-to-day it is used by any member of the station as a space to plan shows, meet with other members or get some work done. At the far end is a production PC and mixing desk. These can be used for recording sessions, jingles, clips, etc. The desk is a Yamaha 01v96i digital sound desk with a MY-16AUD Dante expansion card. This is connected via USB and analogue cabling to the PC. It also has inputs from both office wall-PCs, the studios, the CD player, and a patch panel in S2.
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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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| 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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===Transmission===
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[[Category: URY History]]
  
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URY is broadcast across campus on 1350AM. Our output is also streamed online at ury.org.uk, on radio player, iTunes radio, etc. The engineering team is responsible for getting the audio output to 1350AM and to the stream server for [[computing]] to stream. This all happens in the transmission (Tx) cupboard located in stores. Access to this is restricted to only the Head of Computing and Chief Engineer due to our licence, however they can grant access to anyone except the station manager.  
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== Christmas Panto ==
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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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The Tx cupboard contains a Radica transmitter and compressor, some outboard compression, a RedNet 3 and a Scarlett 18i20 (USB audio interface). It also contains a number of servers and computers.
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The transmitter is connected underground to a Radica tuner and the antenna (out the back of Vanbrugh Kitchen).
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Currently in progress is a digital audio system to connect the studios, office, jukebox and Tx cupboard together. The system being used is an AoIP (Audio over IP) network, which sits within the URY network managed by [[Computing]]. We are using a protocol called [https://www.audinate.com/solutions/dante-overview Dante], which is developed by [https://www.audinate.com/ Audinate]. In order to access this network, we have a number of [http://uk.focusrite.com/ethernet-audio-interfaces/rednet RedNet] devices spread throughout the building. The Yamaha desk in the office is also Dante enabled.
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| Oliver Twist
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| David Benson Phillips
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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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Located in the Tx cupboard, the '3' is a digital interface, with up to 32 channels via ADAT fibre optical, AES or SPDIF.
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| Aladdin [https://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/851/]
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Floating between S2 and OBs, the '4' is an 8 channel mic pre.
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| Jon Lee (off of S Club 7)
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| Someone talk about this.
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This network can be controlled using [[Dante Controller]] and the RedNet devices are controlled with [[RedNet Control]]. There is also a page further detailing our set-up at URY: [[URY's Dante Network]].
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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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Our Outside Broadcast (OB) kit is ever-changing, and varies for every OB to suit the needs of the event. The main part is a Rhino wheeled flight case with table sides. Inside this is the majority of kit required for a simple studio style set up. This includes: a Soundcraft Spirit M12 mixing desk; Focusrite OctoPre (donated by [[Stephen Clarke]] in 2015); T.Bone Radio Mic Receivers; a Behringer 4-chan Headphone Amp; a Behringer 4-chan Compressor; OB PC; a Speaker Amp. The rhino was originally conceived by [[Tom Haines]] in 2011/12. It has been reorganised a number of times since then.
 
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Also included in a standard OB are 3 AKG dynamic microphones (only 2 are set up usually); 2 speakers and various mic and speaker stands. Finally, there are 3 banners and 2 wife's (floor standing banners). They are the wife of the station manager.
 
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Stores contains a variety of kit, some of which is currently in use, some of which is ancient and doesn't work. There is a lot of history in this room. To the left is the music store, which contains a library of records and CDs which the Head of Music is responsible for. The main section contains the URY rolling shelves. These were acquired from CS when it moved to Hes East. The rear shelf is reserved for computing hardware. The rest is Engineering. the very back shelf also has some paints and can be accessed by one person getting into the Tx cupboard, another rolling the shelf as far forward as possible (with no stuff in the way) and the Tx cupboard door being opened again (this will now be behind the shelf).
 
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Many of the engineers that come through URY will have experience in live or studio audio engineering. Whilst broadcast is not very different from these, there are a few minor differences to be aware of.
 
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Whilst on a standard mixing desk, the fader will go from -∞ to either +4 or +10, a broadcast desk will max at 0, and further adjustment should be done using the trim knob. This is to make it so, when presenting, the fader can be opened to 'full' quickly and easily by the presenter without causing distortion issues.
 
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The broadcast desks in URY are modular, so each channel strip is its own individual module. This allows for custom layout and input design. The modules are connected together using a ribbon cable. The 2 desks are the [[Sonifex S2]] and [[Sonifex Sovereign]].
 
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==Recent History==
 
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==Members (past and present)==
 
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===Chief Engineers===
 
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* ''2016 - present'': [[Marco Bolt]]
 
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* ''2015 - 2016'': [[James Rudge]]
 
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* ''2014 - 2015'': [[Adam Brain]]
 
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* ''2013 - 2014'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
 
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* ''2012 - 2013'': [[Tom Haines]]
 
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* ''2012 (summer)'': [[Wil Bennet]]
 
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* ''2010 - 2012'': [[Luke Sarjant]] & [[Wil Bennet]]
 
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* ''2009 - 2010'': [[Clement Sun]]
 
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* ''2008 - 2009'': [[Dylan Jones]]
 
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* ''2006 - 2008'': [[Matt Gray]]
 
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* ''2006 (spring)'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
 
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* ''2004 - 2006'': [[Iain Kelly]]
 
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* ''2003 - 2004'': [[Matt Fullerton]]
 
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* ''2003'': [[Terence Withers]]
 
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* ''2001 - 2003'': [[Philip Stewart]]
 
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* ''1997 - 2000'': [[Jonathan Ledbury]]
 
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* ''1996 - 1998'': [[Paul Burns]]
 
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* ''1996 - 1997'': [[Dave Stevenson]]
 
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* ''1993 - 1994'': [[Mark Patrick]]
 
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* ''1993 - 1994'': [[Alistair MacDonald]]
 
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* "2016 - present": [[Neave Spikings]] & [[Jed Fulwell]]
 
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* ''2016 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Timothy Pilbeam]]
 
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* ''2015 - 2016'': [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]] & [[Marco Bolt]]
 
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* ''2014 - 2015'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[James Rudge]]
 
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* ''2013 - 2014'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Tom Haines]]
 
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* ''2013 (summer)'': [[Andy Durant]] & [[Stephen 'Stevo' Clarke]]
 
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* ''2012 - 2013'': [[Wil Bennet]] & [[Andy Durant]]
 
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* ''2011 - 2012'': [[Tom Haines]] & [[Jonathan Rees]]
 
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* ''2010 - 2011'': [[Launrence Hobden]]
 
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* ''2006 (summer)'': [[Matt Gray]]
 
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* ''2004 - 2005'': [[Jonny Hardman]]
 
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* ''2003 - 2004'': [[Terence Withers]]
 
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* ''2002 - 2003'': [[Matt Fullerton]]
 
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* ''2001 - 2002'': [[Adam Leith]] & [[Jonathan Aitken]]
 
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* ''1995 - 1996'': [[Wim Roose]]
 

Revision as of 12:16, 7 December 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
2016 Baby It's Cold Outside Cover of the Michael Buble and Idina Menzel cover of the song written by Frank Loesser. Entirely produced by URY. Possibly the one with the best singing. [1]

Cast (in approximate order of appearance): Alex Light, Georgie Norgate, Marco Bolt, Harriet Peck, Jack Rewcroft, Neave Spikings, Ayesha Breithaupt, Timothy Pilbeam, Danni Boxall, Kirsty Taylor, Peter Rogers, Nelson Autefault, Victoria Seveno, Will Batchelor, Marco Ross, Jack Staples-Butler, Dominic Gould, Hector Macduff, Burbs, Kaja Harton, Naomi Gildert

2015 All I Want for Christmas is You Cover of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit. Entirely produced by URY. [2]

Cast (in approximate order of appearance): Stephen Clarke, Kat Spencer, Alex Light, Hector Macduff, Timothy Pilbeam, Katy Sandalls, Danni Boxall, Grace Levy, Simon Asaert, Naomi Gildert, Heather Baker, Kaja Harton, Alex Light, Andy Durant, Peter Rogers, Chris Wall, Qumarth Jash, Dominic Gould, James Rudge, Jonathan Rukundo, Caitlin Quinlan,

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.[3]

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

2013 Fairytale of New York A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [4]
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". [5]
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. [6]

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. [7]
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. [8]
2008 Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas) This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [9]

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 [10] CBBC's Raven
2013 Aladdin [11] Jon Lee (off of S Club 7) Someone talk about this.
2012 Rumplestiltskin [12] Alan Fletcher (Dr. Karl Raymond Marx Kennedy)
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