I did feel a little bad for the teams from North Pole who travelled the long trip all the way down to get absolutely pummeled by our teams. The JV won with a score of 56 to 14. However, our varsity completely ran away with a final score of 66 to 0. Still, I had a great deal of fun yelling out encouragement and cheers.
This does a couple of questions regarding etiquette at football games:
The first is the National Anthem. I am of the opinion that I should always join in singing the National Anthem if I am able to do so--no matter how great of a performance is given by the musician(s) performing it to the crowd. My family, however, was trying to hush me even though I was not singing that loudly (for me, anyway). Seriously, I can really belt it out, and I was nowhere close. Which of us is correct?
The second question deals with the cheers lead by cheerleaders. While certain cheers are nearly impossible for me to follow, my belief is that the cheerleaders are there to ... well ... LEAD us in CHEERS. We are the "cheer followers" and should be repeating the cheers that have clear refrains. Again, my family seems to disagree--as well as some of the people who were sitting around me--as I was often the only one to shout out at the "appropriate" times. Should I be following the lead of our cheerleaders?
I may have been a bit out of line when I was yelling out "bah bah bah" to Sweet Caroline. Connor seemed to think so as he physically covered my mouth at one point. I suppose that he's right--I really should learn the rest of the lyrics.