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On Tue, 10 Jan 1995, Greg Berge wrote:
> The major factor in crowd response, I am more and more convinced, is whether
> there is a band. 90% of fans are only going to cheer when there is a big play:
> a goal, a big hit, an exceptional save. The band helps keep the casual,
> facetime fans vocal even during periods of slow action.
I'd add a couple of qualifications to the band issue:
1. If it's a good band (i.e., assortment of tunes, ability to carry same,
etc.) -- there's nothing worse than a band that decides to start playing
just as the PA announcer is trying to announce penalties and goals.
2. I think a well-orchestrated student section can be just as (if not more
than) effective as a band. Visiting teams "hate" crowd noise more than
music, and the student section seems to have the ability to get the old
fogies (fogeys?) fired up between goals.
FWIW.
Debbie
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