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[Lowell '99]

John- I figured as much.  Sorry that didn't come across.  Just posted in case the general populace was interested.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Karl Habib was a player of middle eastern descent in the late 70's / early 80's.   He was a decent player but certainly not a star of the team.

His fraternity brothers would come to the game in Arab head covers (and some in sunglasses) imitating the OPEC oil sheiks.  They'd sit in section H with a big sign calling themselves the "Karl Habib Fan Club".   When Habib would get a goal or assist, they would throw monopoly money in the air and celebrate.

As Peterg said, "Oh so politically incorrect", but so much fun to watch.

JH

[peterg]

How quickly they forget.  I invite corrections from Arthur or any other regular attendee at the time.  From 1978-1981, Karl Habib was a tough, feisty forward for CU.  My recollection is that it was the 1980 season, Karl's junior year, when there appeared in the student section ("D", I seem to recall), a group calling themselves the "Karl Habib Fan Club."  Dressed in Arabic robes and head gear, they had one person on the washboard, one with two drumsticks and a third with the cowbell.  At critical times in the game, they would rise, the washboard would be "strummed", the drumsticks beat together to set an underlying beat, and, after setting the crowd going, the cowbell would start.  Viewed from the townie side (this was before my days in the penalty box), it was quite a scene.  This all ended with Karl's graduation.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

The "cowbell band" was separate from the Karl Habib Fan Club.

My freshman year, '78-79, there were in fact dueling cowbells.  In 80 or 81, one fraternity (Kappa Sig, I think) decided to put the competition to rest, and created the cowbell band.  It lasted about two years.

As I recall, there were four of them, not three.  As each would play he'd descend the stairs, so that by the time the fourth member was playing, the four of them extended the length of a staircase.  They usually did this around section D, in the first or second period.  Often they go to center ice on the other side of the rink so the whole student section could see them for the third period.
 
The first would bang two sticks together marking the beat.  The second (and this is where I'm not sure) hit two drumsticks together with the same three note rhythm as "We Will Rock You".  The third had the washboard, and scratched out a rhythm on it, and when the crowd had worked itself into a frenzy, the cowbell came fourth.

When the four members of the band graduated, it kind of died out.

JH

[CowbellGuy]

Close enough for government work...

The only thing I'll add is Jamie (I think it was him) told me later on that the guy I ousted was only going to be around for one year anyway.

[jtwcornell91]

Didn't they also call themselves "Habib's Raiders"?

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Not that I know of.

JH