Jodi Guglielmi

The hats were big, the pants were pastel, the coolers were painted, and the beers were cold. Carolina Cup 2012 was underway and rain or shine High Point was going to be there.

The day started off very early, like waking up at 5 AM early. This meant we were all a little delusional but ready to get going. Coolers were stashed under the bus but that didn’t mean we didn’t all have our drinks for the ride there. The cup is was a solid 3 hours away, we needed something to do right? And what’s better than drinking at 6 in the morning? If you asked anyone on the bus, the answer was nothing. By 9 most people had a solid buzz going and they didn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

The bus ride there was anything but sunny and beautiful. It rained almost the entire way to Camden and people were starting to get worried that they might be in the rain all day. Luckily for us college students, instead of this being discouraging, this only encouraged us to drink more in hopes that we would forget all about the rain. This meant more beer, more wine, and more liquor, all before the clock struck 10.

When we arrived at the Cup people couldn’t get off the bus fast enough. The Carolina Cup gods had opened up the sky and the sun was finally out. We were ready to go. Arriving at tent C26 and 27, it didn’t take long for the keg to get set up and the music to start playing. If people weren’t already drunk then you were about to be.
A couple hours in, there was a truck blasting music and people dancing in the bed. It’s not a High Point party unless there is music and dancing right? At this point people were sufficiently drunk and living the “southern” life flashing their big hats and bow ties. The tent was both a destination and a checkpoint for people when some started wondering around to other schools. This was the perfect place to have a drunken run-in with your best friend from high school who went to a different Carolina school.