A Lavish Affair...
Last night was Greg's faculty dinner organized by our College. These dinners are organized throughout the year for different disciplines represented at the College. College members have to invite a guest from their school faculty to attend. Greg invited his Human Rights Law Professor whom proved to be a fantastic guest! The conversation was great!
This was one formal affair, Greg ended up sitting with quite the lively crowd, his Human Rights Law Professor, a well-renowned criminal law barrister and one funny guy from the BBC. On the other hand, I was sitting with Major General Richie, the director of our college, a constitutionnal law professor, the wife of a Law Lord and a few practitioners. Amongst the interesting facts of the night included a discussion about wigs! Yes, lawyers in England do wear these wigs like you see in old movies. I have to admit, if we had to wear those in Canada not sure I would have opted for the legal profession!!! So, turns out that the older the wig the better! One lawyer was really proud to claim that his wig was over 100 years old... Honestly, not sure if that's such a great thing! I also learned that most young lawyers don't own their own wig because they are so expensive! So, they share the wigs with older lawyers! I haven't decided how I feel about this whole thing just yet...
Going back to the dinner, I came to realize that the English can bring the meaning of 'formality' to an entire new level. So, after dinner, a gavel nocks on the table... everyone stands up to toast "Our Patron the Queen". Then, a few minutes later... once again a few gavel nocks on the table: "Ladies and Gentleman, a toast to the heads of State represented at the College". I have never experienced anything like this before... To put it in context, the dinner took place in the "Harry Potter Dinning Hall" that's how the students call it... The lights were dimmed and the tables were lit by candle light.... Most men in the room were wearing tuxedos... which made me giggle because Greg wished he had one... my reaction to all of this... he didn't wear one for our wedding... so no point of getting one now! ;o) Overall, a very interesting evening!
This was one formal affair, Greg ended up sitting with quite the lively crowd, his Human Rights Law Professor, a well-renowned criminal law barrister and one funny guy from the BBC. On the other hand, I was sitting with Major General Richie, the director of our college, a constitutionnal law professor, the wife of a Law Lord and a few practitioners. Amongst the interesting facts of the night included a discussion about wigs! Yes, lawyers in England do wear these wigs like you see in old movies. I have to admit, if we had to wear those in Canada not sure I would have opted for the legal profession!!! So, turns out that the older the wig the better! One lawyer was really proud to claim that his wig was over 100 years old... Honestly, not sure if that's such a great thing! I also learned that most young lawyers don't own their own wig because they are so expensive! So, they share the wigs with older lawyers! I haven't decided how I feel about this whole thing just yet...
Going back to the dinner, I came to realize that the English can bring the meaning of 'formality' to an entire new level. So, after dinner, a gavel nocks on the table... everyone stands up to toast "Our Patron the Queen". Then, a few minutes later... once again a few gavel nocks on the table: "Ladies and Gentleman, a toast to the heads of State represented at the College". I have never experienced anything like this before... To put it in context, the dinner took place in the "Harry Potter Dinning Hall" that's how the students call it... The lights were dimmed and the tables were lit by candle light.... Most men in the room were wearing tuxedos... which made me giggle because Greg wished he had one... my reaction to all of this... he didn't wear one for our wedding... so no point of getting one now! ;o) Overall, a very interesting evening!
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