hamiltonfan Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Since there will be various supporters throughout BMO Field, it is a necessity we have communication. Each support sections should be responsible to designate one or two members with a walky-talky to start UNITING the chants. This will really get the entire crowd involved. And how great will that it sound singing from all ends of the stadium. So who’s setting up?? Voyageurs: 104- 128/129- U-Sector: 113- Red Patch Boys 111/112- North End Elite 127- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Also, I no at TFC games the entire support section is in it. so if anyone is sitting in other sections, bring a walky-talky and get on the same channel that we end up deciding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrek Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 RPB are in 112 & 111 not in 114. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianTraveller Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 quote:Originally posted by hamiltonfan Since there will be various supporters throughout BMO Field, it is a necessity we have communication. Each support sections should be responsible to designate one or two members with a walky-talky to start UNITING the chants. This will really get the entire crowd involved. And how great will that it sound singing from all ends of the stadium. So who’s setting up?? Great idea, but anything that requires a voice and the ability to hear is (hopefully) going to be compromised by the crowd noise. A $20 FRS radio all the more so. Communication at events like this is often handled by sign cards. For football (American) you're looking at 3'x4' cards with no more than three or four objects on the card. Any card larger is going to be very difficult to handle in a seating arrangement (although that won't be a problem in the supporters' sections); any smaller lettering can't be seen without high-powered binoculars. Typically you'd number/letter the chants. If you can keep it to eight items, then you have a reasonable chance to educate the fans to watch the cards. (Since it's only one game, consider this unlikely.) Contrast is important - what colours stand out against a sea of red, with green in front? (Blue background, white number?) Within each section, a bullhorn/megaphone can be used to communicate the upcoming chant, although again consider this difficult to pull off given the noise. But I doubt you'll have any problem if even a dozen people lead a well-known song - the rest of the section will quickly fall in line once they recognize what's occurring. Typically you need a "spotter" who can keep an eye on their counterpart in the other section(s). A small set of binoculars never hurt, although a 3' number at 60 yds. isn't too hard to see. Key is to have the card and the spotter in Row 1 - any volunteers? Last suggestion - know when to look. Set a specific time on the clock to look for a card - maybe the beginning of each minute? If you can do this, though, you can just as easily coordinate which chants to use at which time of the match. It's a cheaper alternative, although a little less spontaneous. Tough to know which minute Canada will score their 4th goal of the match! Hopefully all of this is unnecessary - the V's may be able to hear the chant and pick up the call. But it's not easy when few know the song, let alone getting everyone on-song. A card deck (three decks, actually) might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 it might be hard to pick up sign cards in one game tho. I no many a few groups already have a mega-phone and many must have walky-talkys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Who brought the Megaphone to the MTL St. VAG game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Daniel. It died after several minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianTraveller Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 quote:Originally posted by hamiltonfan it might be hard to pick up sign cards in one game tho. I no many a few groups already have a mega-phone and many must have walky-talkys. You only need 4 people to know what to do, and optionally four more as spotters. Eight chants, numbered and written on a song sheet, given to four people. Use 4 sheets of construction paper per deck - poster board I suppose - unless you expect rain. A little white glue with number cut-outs made from printer paper. I suspect there's an eight-year-old future Voyageur who would love to put the signs together. Try radios - make sure you use an earpiece - and let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Sorry to state the obvious but has anyone ever heard of cell phones? If it is too loud to hear a text message would work. A megaphone in each section would help though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miche Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 yes! this is what I'm talking about! Why don't you guys just text message? Or does it take too long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Guys, guys, guys. We won't be coordinated. That's that. Let's try to be coordinated WITHIN our sections and make as much noise. If we have some simple Canada clap clap chants, the rest will pick it up. Anything more complex is a no-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Daniel knows what he's talking about. It's hard enough to get RPB and U-Sector on the same page, and we're at the stadium week in and week out. Just focus on our own sections, the rest will pick up on what they like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 And let's sing the **** out of that anthem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That's a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 with texts its sometime takes a few mins to send. chant could be over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizz1402635577 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I will defer to the knowledge and experience of the experts who say that coordinating chants isn't practical... but at the same time, wouldn't a Massive between 104 and 127 be very, very cool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califax Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 worth looking into having a bullhorn for this? might be able to get a hold of one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I think enough of us know some of the staples - either national team or TFC-related - that we can hopefully jump on some songs/chants. I think some of the real basic ones we can all get on board on and hopefully with the four corners solid we can get the people in the middle into it? cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Guys was there a capo at the St. VAG game? I saw the supporters vid on youtube and thought I heard someone start up on a megaphone. I have a couple megaphones that work well. If it's difficult or expensive to get megaphones in Canada let me know. I can bring some back from Asia to add to the Voyageur war chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I had brought the UM02 megaphone to the MTL game but it died shortly after kickoff. It won't be available for the Toronto game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac55 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Are air horns allowed in BMO Field? If not, I better get learning my chants as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac55 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 quote:Originally posted by tmac55 Are air horns allowed in BMO Field? If not, I better get learning my chants as well I will answer my own question and say no to air horns as per the BMO field website of prohibited items... o well Chanting it is!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Screw air horns. If you don't put in effort to support (this means moving, standing, using your lungs and voice), how can you expect the players to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSamurai Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Usually after the anthems at TFC matches and early into the game it's "Come on you reds". But besides that a capo will be needed. Cross stadium massive anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurentian Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Cross Stadium Massive would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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