Oh, is it ever! Talk about a place where you can build suspense! When I cheered there, the cheerleaders and the band would be behind the hedges before the pep rally and the band would be doing drum cadences. Then they'd start the one that signaled that the band was coming and the crowd would go wild! Then the drummers would march down to the grass in front and keep that cadence up while the band ran in. Finally, we'd come racing down to the grass and the band would break into the fight song. by then the crowd was screaming...I hope they still have that ritual!
I went back as an alum cheerleader a few years ago and it was done that way then. It was great because Greeks all over the theater were yelling the names of their brothers and sisters on stage, including ours!
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