I was just wanting some feedback from the Battery faithful. Im thinking of making some banners for the upcoming season for the Regiment/E10 supporters group. I know a couple of people who already said they would help. Lets make E10 the place to be for the matches. The more fun E10 is the more people we will have therefore the more organized and louder we will be. Hopefully we can fill E10 with diehard supporters of the Charleston Battery. We have to start somewhere. It wont happen over night but eventually who knows what it will lead to. We have a great unofficial leader in Mikey already. Two questions for yall. 1) I have some ideas for the banners but what ideas do yall have? 2) I cant do it all by myself so some help is necessary so who on the board would help?
Im all for making E-10 the place to be. Maybe my student section organizational skills could come in handy...lol. Would have to twerk it from highschool and college to pro...but shouldnt be that hard...lol. Biggest thing is keeping the energy up all game...seems like the 2nd half we lose what we have the 1st
A few ideas: First off, how about somebody up front "organizing" everything. Somebody kind of directing what the rest of E10 does, to add to the uniformity of the section. The flag waving is really cool, and adds a nice visual element. Something else we could do is throw some black and gold streamers up whenever the Battery score a goal. Seeing it at places like Toronto, Columbus, etc looks really cool. Here's Fenerbahce doing something like that: http://www.youtube.com/v/8AInR7EZ-zo I could easily grab some streamers from Party City on my way down to the games I go to. If everyone just brought a couple of rolls we'd have enough for a few games. I think we've got the percussion thing down- since E10 is metal the flagpoles make a lot of noise that we don't need drums. It sounds really cool. As far as chants go, my philosophy is what they do in England is cool and all, but the point is to be heard rather than understood. Keep chants simple so that everyone can learn them quickly and everyone can say them loudly. One of my favorites is Columbus's "We Love Ya" http://www.youtube.com/v/-iDmkF5YcvU Could easily replace "Columbus" with "Charleston" or "the Battery."
We tried the streamer thing before and got yelled at by a rent a cop (during last years game against Charlotte in the open cup), they didnt like when i gave the kids confetti to throw during the Seattle game...lol...but maybe if we let them know ahead of time they would...i dunno i think itd be fun as long as we didnt go overboard with it.
Like RevHammerBat said, the streamers are not a good option because of the popo. But seriously, what we need to do is have a gathering somewhere and discuss what we want to do. The Madra Rua could work or maybe one of the Battery preseason matches. Im going to the Madra Rua tomorrow for the Liverpool v Aston Villa match. Kickoff is at 12. I like the idea of confetti. I would like a big banner of our scarf this year along with one that says this. Of course we would have to pimp it up a wee bit. The Regiment established 2000 The Official Supporter's Club of The Charleston Battery Overall, I would like maybe five banners. Also one that says...... Up The Battery
As far as chants go, having recently been to an 1860 Munich match and seen it live, I am a HUGE fan of the "you will never walk alone" chant at the beginning of the match. Never heard it? YouTube it or go listen to Pink Floyd's single Fearless on the Meddle album. You can hear it there. It is impressive as hell and, really, what this sport is all about.
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/lfc_story/classics/1.htm When you walk through a storm Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone I absolutely got chills hearing this in person...
then come sit next to the Boddington's Boy's Choir at the 87th mintue of every home game in W-05, they need help depending on how many times Dennis (the beer man) has been up there.
I wish we could get the entire regiment to sit in E10. As far as chants go, id rather create our own instead of using another clubs premier chant. But what about banners, whos in on creating them and designing them? LETS GO BATTERY BEAT MONTREAL
for me, E10 has ebbed and flowed over the last couple years. Teh first year we had several folks that have moved on that were the song and chant leaders, but our numbers were pretty small. We made pretty good noise. over the years we have seen many new faces and we get pretty good numbers but many dont pick up on the songs. It will all come together though. It takes some time for the new faces to learn the songs and what it all about. but we also need to make sure that it is organic, not forced. I think we had a couple good chants and songs at the last CCC and im sure we will continue to grow and improve. Im all for some more banners. I seem to have been super busy lately and have a ton of things I want to get done in the yard and around the house before it gets too hot. but we should try to get together one Sat or sun afternoon to put together a banner or two. Also I will print up some more flyers to hand out. Even though we get pretty good coverage locally in the press, it is hard to follow a team when you get one or two articles a week. we need to marry the supporters to the team. the flyers with the various forums and inviting new guys to the tailgates work toward that. we have a few songs that we had before, I still ahve the song sheet so I could print a few more of those out. mikey
Im all for the chants...we just have to make sure everyone in E-10 goes along with it too. I'd have no problem starting most if not all of them if i knew i wouldnt be 1 of 5 people doing it...lol. All the ideas on here are great....all we have to do now is put it into action and we'll be good to go.
RevHammerBat and Mikey, what would we need to create the banner of our scarf? I agree with Mikey in that the chants will come in time. However, if we could get more people into E10 the chants would become easier to continue. Ive been trying very hard to get more people into our section so that this is duable. We should be able to do simple chants though. Like one for a opposition yellow, red, etc. E10, lets not argue about EPL no more, lol.
the banner scarf might take some time just do to its size. first thing is we need is material. We can buy a solid yellow or black material (something with some cotton but not too heavy the paint will weigh it down some) Im thinking yellow would be easier to cover with black than the other way around. and I think we would need about 15 yards Second we'll need an computer and projector or an overhead projector. I can work the first from work but would have to be on the weekend or late in the evening. After we get the basic outlines done then it is just painting. Acrylic works well as it doesnt run when wet. here is a video that explains it all [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blNKbyzJpwc"]YouTube - Two Stick Banner[/ame] for a new chant here is one that isnt too hard. We are Charleston, hear us sing. Woo hoo, whoo hoo We are Charleston, hear us sing whhoo hoo, whoo hoo we are Charleston, hear us sing, WE WILL WIN EVERYTHING whoo hoo, whoo hoo. Would you guys be able to meet for a mid-week gathering to do the outline at least?
Mikey, you know Im down for the mid-week gathering. Im pretty positive that RevHammerBat is down also. RHB, back me up on that. I have been recruiting to get hardcore soccer fans to come sit with us in E10 for the matches. Lets build E10 to a loud fun-filled section. Oh Charleston, we love you We love you Charleston, we do Our hearts will always be with you Charleston We love you Charleston, we do Our loyalty will forever remain with you Charleston We love you Charleston, we do Our supporters will always be with you Charleston Oh Charleston, we love you!
I will be there at some point this term, from the Upstate. When still is unclear. You will have full warning though. ;-)
Mikey, when were you thinking the mid-week gathering should be for the outline? Make sure you dont get in trouble with your wife leaving the house. lol jk .
If everything works out, it looks like next week we will officially begin the banner making process. One small step at a time will make E10 full of diehard supporters.