Green Key is one of the three big weekends at Dartmouth (the others being Homecoming in the fall and Winter Carnival in the winter) and it was a blast! Depending on who you ask, Green Key started anytime between Monday and Thursday of last week, though the consensus is generally Wednesday. What is Green Key? Well, basically it's a chance for Dartmouth students to relax, enjoy each other's company and frolic in the sun.
There were a lot of parties, both during the day and at night. They weren't just typical frat parties though - there were parties with bands and pig roasts and big inflatable toys. The weather was, for the most part, gorgeous. All the pictures above are from my Green Key weekend.
Explanations of photos, clockwise from top right corner:
1. On Thursday, my Introduction to the Dartmouth Outing Club PE class went to practice woodsmen's skills with a member of the Dartmouth Forestry Team. We threw axes (this picture shows my only successful attempt), sawed logs, made fires, tossed logs around and did some other lumberjack-y things. It was great!
2. One of the fraternities had a paint party and it was amazing. Their house is being torn down and rebuilt this summer, so they provided nontoxic, washable paint for everyone to throw all over themselves and the basement. It was a huge, colorful dance party and was, in my opinion, one of my favorite parties of the weekend.
3. This picture is from another fraternity party we went to, but this one didn't involve any paint. We got to dress up and be classy and eat hor d'oeuvres!
4. My other favorite party of the weekend was definitely Block Party, where this picture was taken. Webster Avenue was closed to cars and a band came to play on the front lawn of a fraternity. It was on Friday afternoon, the weather was glorious and everyone was carefree and happy. This is also where the inflatables were. It doesn't get much better than this.
5. This was Saturday night, pre-dance parties. Green Key was great because I got to meet a lot of new people (everyone for some reason seemed friendlier over the weekend) and hang out with friends who have been really busy lately.
6. Just throwing some axes, don't worry about it!
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