Continuing my series on fun game tunes, today’s post focuses specifically on–wait for it–drum cheers, aka the cool stuff the drumline plays in the stands.<\/p>\n
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Cheer 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>What makes Cheer 1 so great is its versatility:\u00a0 it’s an offensive cheer, a defensive cheer, and, in hockey games, what the drumline plays when fans shout “Drop the Puck!” at the refs.\u00a0 All three variations (that I know of) consist of distinctive yet simple arm motions.\u00a0 Cheer 1 is very short and relatively simple, but it gets the job done in terms of hype.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cheer 4\/Raise the Roof.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>What happened to Cheers 2-3?\u00a0 Well, they are not Cheer 4, that’s what.\u00a0 Cheer 4 is also known as Raise the Roof, and it is played after major plays (I think; don’t quote me on this) in games.\u00a0 Cheer 4 is the one where people go “Oooooooh” and pump up their hands (as though they’re raising a roof) to a rhythm from the drumline cadence.\u00a0 It is often combined with something called C1, which starts with the winds and segues into Cheer 4.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cheer 6.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Cheer 6 is essentially the rhythm of “Let’s Go Blue” in 7\/8, which evidently gives it a “disco” feel; indeed, the band shouts the name of whoever is on the ladder (or the name of another staff member) with the moniker “Disco” during the rests of the cheer.\u00a0 (For instance, when the Fearless Leader is on the ladder, we yell, “DISCO FEARLESS LEADER!”)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cheer 8.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I mentioned this in my recap of The Game the Saturday after we beat OSU as a cheer that is played when victory is in our sights.\u00a0 The dance includes the whip, the nae-nae, and doing the thing where you walk backward and forward while rotating your arms in front of you before turning around with a “Yeeeeeee-haw.”\u00a0 This is always a great cheer to play, and nothing beat hearing Cheer 8 called on November 27th–except, of course, the moment we won.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cheer 10.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The rhythm of Cheer 10 resembles a familiar tune whose title is alluded to in the accompanying dance, which mimics taking a shot in basketball.\u00a0 It’s got a lively rhythm and is, in my opinion, not played frequently enough.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Beyonc\u00e9<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The rhythm of this is inspired by\/is a Beyonc\u00e9 song, reminiscent of a Beyonc\u00e9-affiliated show that happened before my tenure.\u00a0 It is in the opening line of the drumline cadence and involves a dance routine that I assume is also inspired by Beyonc\u00e9.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sailor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Yes, this is the name of a piece in the cadence–the ending tag, to be specific.\u00a0 Sailor gets its distinction by having a cymbal crash on the “e”\u00a0 of three every odd measure.\u00a0 It sounds like duh-duh-restDAH, duh-duh, DAH, with the final note being a simple quarter note.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>What drumline cheer repertoire would be complete without the most basic drumline warmup known to mankind?\u00a0 The Michigan Drumline’s repertoire, of course.\u00a0 They do not need to play Eights in the stands because they have all the epic cheers listed above.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you or a loved one has played Eights as a drum cheer, you may be entitled to financial compensation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuing my series on fun game tunes, today’s post focuses specifically on–wait for it–drum cheers, aka the cool stuff the drumline plays in the stands. 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