DRFC Short Cheer

Title: Short Cheer

General Information about Item:

  • Verbal Folklore
    • Chant
  • English
  • USA

Informant Data:

Contextual Data:

  • The Dartmouth Rugby Football Club (DRFC) is a sports team on campus and as a result has many team building chants and rituals.

Item:

  • At the end of every practice or lifting session the Dartmouth Men’s Rugby Team does a short team cheer to foster team spirit and mark the end of another session of hard work. At the end of practice the team all comes together in a huddle where the coaches go over their thoughts about the session and various associated logistics going forward. The coaches then leave the huddle and the captain and co-captains have their say. Once everything has been said everyone makes a fist and puts them all together in the center of the huddle. The captains then leads the team in the “Short Cheer.”

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Transcript of Associated File:

Captain: “Short cheer on three… one, two, three!”

Rest of the team: “Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Team!”

Informant’s Comments:

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Collector’s Comments:

  • This is a very clear example of customary and verbal folklore that has been passed down over time from player to player. The ritual is

Collector’s Name:

Benjamin Hannam

Tags/Keywords:

  • Chant
  • Cheer
  • Team
  • Rugby