Panthers Pride Rally

[teeray]

I had fun.  Needed more alcohol.  It was noon and the DJ was constantly berating us.

Throwing out the "I CANT HEAR YOU!"  Once or twice is great.  After the 20th time in an hour I am just like "Fug you why dont you listen better" lol

But it was fun and turnout was fantastic!!

[CatScratchFever]

Anyone know when the team is leaving on Sunday and is anyone planning on seeing them off at the stadium???

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, teeray said:

I had fun.  Needed more alcohol.  It was noon and the DJ was constantly berating us.

Throwing out the "I CANT HEAR YOU!"  Once or twice is great.  After the 20th time in an hour I am just like "Fug you why dont you listen better" lol

But it was fun and turnout was fantastic!!

Yeah, that guy needed to shut his trap.

I hate when guys pull that stuff.

[Skydivingcows]

22 minutes ago, Nemesis said:

We got there at noon and it was lame like you described until the last 15 minutes.

Yeah you missed out on the real excitement. We walked by the doghouse and we're the ones they were talking about around 12:15, cheering a bit there before we headed to the stadium and dreamed that we were going to pickup our tickets.  We talked to a few fortunate people and then made our cam cameo for espn that may make it on air.  Took a few pics in front of the stadium that I've always wanted to do without fans in the way.  

 

On the way back we made pics with the Mills statue and visited the team store which was insanely packed.  They had to have every register open and still had 50 people in line.  I was able to see first hand the items I had been wanting and picked some of them up. 

We then ran into some more lucky lotto picks and had a blast talking to them. Referred a few to roaring riot and the huddle to help them find oit where the panther fans are hanging out in SF. 

All in all we had a blast but mainly due to just hanging out with excited  panther fans.  The pep rally wasn't really exciting but TBH the player portion, and seeing Rivera's smile as he was driven off was just icing on the cake for me today. 

[cookinwithgas]

Wow our Mayor is terribly lame - "We got Spirit yes we do!"

 

Are you kidding me?

Wife loved Tre Boston.

 

[SCP]

3 minutes ago, cookinwithgas said:

Wow our Mayor is terribly lame - "We got Spirit yes we do!"

 

Are you kidding me?

Wife loved Tre Boston.

 

Please tell me that you are making up the "we got spirit" thing.  Please.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, SCP said:

Please tell me that you are making up the "we got spirit" thing.  Please.

Nope.

Guessing Ms. Mayor might have spent some time as a cheerleader growing up.

[cookinwithgas]

5 minutes ago, SCP said:

Please tell me that you are making up the "we got spirit" thing.  Please.

Oh no. I would not do that. It was insanely awkward. She had us do the "We got spirit how 'bout YOU!" part, IIRC. My brain was kind of shutting down a bit at that point.

[Prowling Cat]

I don't feel bad about missing this now... Hopefully they can do better next time.

[cookinwithgas]

It was weird when they had the Purrcussion guys out there they turned off the mics so they went from this great sounding dance music to barely hearing the live drums.

[Kramerica]

57 minutes ago, cookinwithgas said:

Oh no. I would not do that. It was insanely awkward. She had us do the "We got spirit how 'bout YOU!" part, IIRC. My brain was kind of shutting down a bit at that point.

I muted the television when I realized what she was doing. It was too painfully awkward. Un-muted when coach showed up.

[CarolinaSunday]

58 minutes ago, cookinwithgas said:

Oh no. I would not do that. It was insanely awkward. She had us do the "We got spirit how 'bout YOU!" part, IIRC. My brain was kind of shutting down a bit at that point.

Well, she tried. I'd say less than half of the crowd participated. It felt like it went on forever, but that was probably the secondhand embarrassment. 

[CatMan72]

They're estimating 25k to 30k people showed up, great turnout. I was there and it was a good experience except for the Jennifer Roberts "rah rah" stuff... wanted to make sure I showed my support. 

[GRWatcher]

The rally was produced by Charlotte Center City Partners & sponsored by Bank of America. The Panthers organization had nothing to do with it except providing some of the entertainment. Hence, politicians.