Let's Go Red chant

[CowbellGuy]

He was yelling remotely hockey-related stuff, cheers, etc. In addition, he did the spelling sieve thing both nights. Misspelled "Russell" on Friday, and only did 2 "What's that spell" on Saturday. Occasionally says something amusing, but not in general.

[Will]

Cowbell Guy wrote:

He was yelling remotely hockey-related stuff, cheers, etc. In addition, he did the spelling sieve thing both nights. Misspelled "Russell" on Friday, and only did 2 "What's that spell" on Saturday. Occasionally says something amusing, but not in general.

Maybe The Red Line should offer a crash course in learning the cheers.  Then again, I figure most of the people who would attend such meetings would probably already know them all. :-D

[Ack]

Start of the meetings with the fight song and a slow let's go red?

[jhib]

Bet you could keep it going for the whole meeting if you keep the pace just right  ;-)

[atb9]

[Q]Maybe The Red Line should offer a crash course in learning the cheers. Then again, I figure most of the people who would attend such meetings would probably already know them all.[/Q]

We would like to educate those freshmen that get season tickets about Lynah, the sport of hockey, and where to go to find more information on the internet so that they are informed fans from game one.  Doing something along those lines probably wouldn't involve current membership but may help to increase membership!  That is definitely something that we will look into for next semester.

Hope to see you all at Kaufman Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall at 5 pm today!

[Richard Stott \'70 (110-5-1)]

FWIW, counting up after our goals is also much to fast.  The whole point is to draw it out -- "O-n-e, T-w-o, T-h-r-e-e."  Now everybody rushes thru it so they start chanting "Sieve."  

I suspect also  that college hockey being much lower scoring than in past may have taken some of the brio out of this cheer.   Back in the 70s when we were routinely getting five or six goals a game it was devastating.

[ugarte]

Richard Stott '70 (110-5-1) wrote:

FWIW, counting up after our goals is also much to fast.  The whole point is to draw it out -- "O-n-e, T-w-o, T-h-r-e-e."  Now everybody rushes thru it so they start chanting "Sieve."[/q] Preach on.  It also does nothing to chant "sievesievesievesieve" like machine gun fire.  Is it because the refs drop the puck to quickly?

[q]I suspect also  that college hockey being much lower scoring than in past may have taken some of the brio out of this cheer.  

Certainly this year at Lynah ...



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[jhib]

Richard Stott '70 (110-5-1) wrote:

FWIW, counting up after our goals is also much to fast.  The whole point is to draw it out -- "O-n-e, T-w-o, T-h-r-e-e."  Now everybody rushes thru it so they start chanting "Sieve."  

I agree.  These cheers just seem to work much better when they're slowed down a notch.  And more people having a chance to join in before the whole thing's over = LOUDER.  And in my opinion, much cooler.

[Keith K \'93]

It's also a lot easier for everyone to get in sync when it's done at a measured pace.  Everyone together = LOUDER.

[Section A Banshee]

So we've established that slower would be better.  How do we want to go about accomplishing this?

[Brian Deerr \'04]

Just to make sure we're all on the same page here...what you want from me is:

-Slower drums on counting off of goals in an attempt to keep 'sieve' cheer slower, louder, and more together.

- Something else on Let's Go Red cheer.  I saw opinions for both faster and slower.

And for the record, any large group of people chanting and/or clapping together becomes a runaway train.  If I could hear the people outside of section A over the sound of the drums, I would make every effort to stay right with them.  The general tendency of people to rush, combined with the phasing of sound over such a large space will always lead to problems.  We deal with it all the time in marching band, too, and that's a group of (talented?) musicians...On the plus side, the one thing I can promise is that I can play anything you ask me to.  So if you have any suggestions (and suggesting we get rid of Macho Man doesn't count - I've been trying to kill that cheer for long enough), either post them here or send me an email.

Brian Deerr
Drumline '04

[Ack]

A group of 5 people starting a sllllloooowww Let's Go Red could do it, it should be loud enough to set a "follow us" pace.

[jhib]

Mike Ack wrote:

A group of 5 people starting a sllllloooowww Let's Go Red could do it, it should be loud enough to set a "follow us" pace.

And they would need to be ready to keep the pace, and keep it going after everyone else speeds it up and stops.  I don't know how long it would take for others to catch on...

[Will]

Brian Deerr '04 wrote:

So if you have any suggestions (and suggesting we get rid of Macho Man doesn't count - I've been trying to kill that cheer for long enough)

Personally, I appreciate the effort anyway. :-D

[Brian Deerr \'04]

[Q] jhib wrote:

And they would need to be ready to keep the pace, and keep it going after everyone else speeds it up and stops. I don't know how long it would take for others to catch on... [/Q]

Isn't that what Beeeej was complaining about when he said the drums should follow section B instead of keeping a steady tempo?