Introduction: The Dartmouth lightweight rowing team is an exclusive and cohesive group that has their sport as a common factor. They spend a significant amount of their time together, sharing weight-cutting practices and strategies, workout sessions, meals, friends, and fraternities. Over time and many generations of class years, the team has developed a unique culture (i.e., customary, verbal, and material folklore) manifested in rituals, legends, jokes, and more. Rowers form a tight-knit group through sharing common struggles, remembering and celebrating unique past performances/performers, and recognizing personal growth within the team. These features promote team bonding within and between generations of rowers.
Presentation: Rowing Folklore Presentation
Items:
- Ritual – Post-Practice Chant
- Ritual – Weight-cutting
- Weight Cutting Tip Sheet
- Ritual – Greek Yogurt and Cinnamon
- Ritual – Testing the Emergency Light
- Ritual – Breaking it Down
- Ritual – Freshmen Fun Night
- Ritual – Sprints Night
- Ritual – Down the Line Fist Bump
- Joke – Fun V
- Joke – Weighing Saying
- Joke – Off-season Weight
- Alumni Legends – Ian Accomando
- Alumni Legends – Josh Konieczny
- Alumni Legends – Stabbing and PR
- Bequest – Pocock belt
- Bequest – No Weigh Day shirt
- Bequest – Row2K shirt
- Bequest – Captain Henley Jacket
- Bequest – Hard-o Uni
- Bequest – Captain’s Oar
- Bequest – Commodore Oar
- Myth – Lone Pine
Collectors:
- 💡Sam Gochman
- Brian Chekal
- David Oh
- Yeonjae Park
Tags/Keywords: D150, lightweight rowing, Dartmouth, customary, material, verbal, bequests, rituals, jokes, legends, myths