Hi all,
During the most recent Hui, there was a prolonged discussion on how to improve the Fever Zone for the upcoming season. While the zone is rocking when the Phoenix are winning, we’re sure most of you would admit it’s pretty flat when they aren’t.
We want to change that.
A couple of ideas raised on the night, and have been suggested in the past at various stages, were to introduce a megaphone and drum.
There was a lot of discussion on how best this could be done. There was a consensus that having a capo down the bottom of the zone wouldn’t work for us. But we think we’ve come up with a system that could work.
So as a trial, we’re going to give two things a go.
1) Someone with a drum to help keep rhythm so chants don’t suffer from other sections picking up the chant late
2) Someone in the middle of the zone with a megaphone to help support the traditional, organic chanting. This is different to a traditional capo. They will be there to follow chants, not lead them, when the zone is struggling for noise. We hope that this set up will help with the lulls that can happen and create a noisier zone.
Hopefully with the abundance of Saturday night games and a strongest even squad (TM), this new set up won’t be needed.
It may not work, but we think it’s worth a shot.
We’re still thinking of how best to spread the word as the season draws closer. In particular how to reach zoners who aren’t on the forums or social media, so they aren’t too shocked by these changes.
If you have any thoughts how best to implement this, or suggestions on who would be good candidates to take up these roles, please get in touch. Either by posting here or sending us an email at [email protected].
COYN