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| − | [[The Afterdance]] is a tradition mostly specific to Lancaster in the sense that only Lancaster has a true dance after its dances. However, many sites have developed after-dance traditions. | + | #REDIRECT [[Afterdance]] |
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| − | ==Lancaster==
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| − | The Afterdance takes place, oddly enough, after the dance. "[[American Pie]]" is the last song played at all dances and is always followed by the traditional callbacks take place between RAs ("Go home! Nobody loves you!") and students ("We love you!"). Then, someone will sometimes yell "Afterdance!" or the location of the Afterdance, or nothing at all. All the students wishing to partake in the Afterdance (a significant, if variable, number) proceed to stand in a circle in the area of the Quad in front of [[Lancaster|Thomas Hall]]. Once the group has fully arrived, prominent members of the CTY student community (generally [[Alcove|Alcovians]]) begin to lead the songs.
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| − | ===Both Sessions===
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| − | ====The Circle Song====
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| − | One person begins, "May I please have a circle?" (Session 2) or, "Hey everyone, get in a circle!" (Session 1). everyone else then calls back "What's a circle?"
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| − | If you're in College I, which is a humanities course, a circle is an "'''O.'''" (Ohhh...)
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| − | If you're in College III, which is a math course, a circle is x<sup>2</sup> + y<sup>2</sup> = r<sup>2</sup>, where r<sup>2</sup> is usually, but not always: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, '''42''', etc!
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| − | If you're in College II, which is a science course, a circle is "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" or "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE."
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| − | * Explanation: while saying "eee," you must have one hand over your eyes and the other pointing as you spin around in a circle, thereby demonstrating the Doppler effect. Then you switch direction and hands on the next "eee."
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| − | (Why?) BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT!!
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| − | * Explanation: The angular momentum of the spinning person is, in fact, different depending on the direction.
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| − | ====The Hokey Pokey====
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| − | You put your [insert appendage here] in,<br />
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| − | You put your [appendage] out,<br />
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| − | You put your [appendage] in and you shake it all about, <br />
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| − | You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself about (or "around")<br />
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| − | : "Turn yourself about" clockwise while alternating poking your right and left pointer fingers in the air.
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| − | That's what it's all a-bout!
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| − | : Clap each syllable (six total). Lift your right leg and clap under your knee for the "a-" in about, but clap normally for "-bout."
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| − | OINK OINK!
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| − | : Pump your right fist in the air for each OINK.
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| − | * Appendages, in order: right foot, left foot, right hand, left hand, fob (for the last dance this becomes "lanyard", "no fob", or "not-fob" because students have already turned in their fobs), skull, whole self. Skull and fob are sometimes transposed.
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| − | ====Cows are Freaky====
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| − | Cows are freaky when they look at you<br />
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| − | And they're freaky when they look at me, too<br />
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| − | So if you meet a cow that's high on crack<br />
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| − | Don't be a cowboy and try to ride its back<br />
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| − | 'Cause cows are freaky when they look at you<br />
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| − | And they're freaky when they look at me, too!
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| − | ====Eyelashes====
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| − | Once I met a guy<br />
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| − | [And] He didn't have any eyelashes<br />
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| − | So I went and asked him why<br />
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| − | [And] He said he didn't know<br />
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| − | So I went and asked his mom<br />
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| − | [And] She hadn't noticed anyway<br />
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| − | So I went and asked his dad<br />
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| − | [And] He said he didn't know<br />
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| − | So I went and asked his neighbors<br />
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| − | [And] His neighbors said to [pump fists] "GO AWAY!"<br />
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| − | So I went and asked his dog<br />
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| − | But he wasn't very helpful [optional shrug]<br />
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| − | So I went and asked his friends<br />
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| − | [And] His friends said, "Who the hell are you talking about?"<br />
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| − | So I went and asked his teacher<br />
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| − | She said (it's because) he had too many tonguesszzzzzzzz.
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| − | ====In Heaven There Is No Beer (The Beer Song)====
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| − | Hey Phil! Is there any beer in heaven?
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| − | * Originally, this song began with one person asking another person, "Hey ______! Is there any beer in heaven?" to which everyone would then reply, "Let's find out!" However, after LAN.05.2, the then-nomore Pickle suggested on [http://www.livejournal.com/users/tsukemono5/64646.html LiveJournal] that the name be changed to Phil, in honor of [[Phil Gunn]], a student in 05.2 who died of heart problems shortly after session. Beginning in 06.2, the name was changed to Phil, and the audience reply was omitted. The song is sometimes referred to as "The Phil Song."
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| − | In Heaven, there is no beer!<br />
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| − | NO BEER<br />
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| − | That's why we drink it here!<br />
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| − | RIGHT HERE!<br />
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| − | And when we're gone from here!<br />
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| − | FROM HERE!<br />
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| − | Our friends will drink our beer!<br />
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| − | OUR BEER!
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| − | Tra la la la la la!<br />
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| − | LA LA! [clap on both]<br />
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| − | Tra la la la la la!<br />
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| − | LA LA! [clap on both]<br />
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| − | Tra la la la la la!<br />
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| − | LA LA! [clap on both]<br />
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| − | Tra la la la la la!
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| − | (Leader: FASTER!)
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| − | The song is repeated a total of three times (after the second time, the leader says, "EVEN FASTER!"). Sometimes, the final "la" is held out.
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| − | ====CTY, You Have a Nice Butt (CTY Chant)====
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| − | : CTY, YOU HAVE A NICE BUTT!
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| − | : CTY, WE LOVE YOU!
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| − | : TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES, TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES,
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| − | : CTY, WE LOVE YOU!
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| − | The chant is shouted at the top of your lungs while <s>running</s> <s>jogging</s> skipping back to your dorms. Do not stop until you have reached your dorm, your room if you're really hardcore, or your bed if you're über-hardxcore. When dances are in the [[ASFC]] and students trek slowly over a long distance to get back to their dorms, this chant can go on for a long time indeed, to the chagrin of staff members and throats.
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| − | Before the chant starts a group of RAs and TAs shout "Go home, nobody loves you", to which Instructors reply, "We love you, CTY!" This is essentially the same callback that occurs between staff and students after "American Pie."
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| − | During the impromptu Afterdance that occured after closing ceremonies of 08.1, "TAKE OFF YOUR TOWELS" was substituted for "TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES" so as not to provoke parent wrath. Also, after "GO HOME! NOBODY LOVES YOU!" the RAs were mobbed/hugged intensely by the chanters.
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| − | ===Session 1===
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| − | The order of Afterdance songs for Lancaster Session 1 usually goes:
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| − | * Circle Song
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| − | * In Heaven There Is No Beer
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| − | * Eyelashes
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| − | * Cows
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| − | * That's Amore
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| − | * Tentacley Joy
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| − | * Hokey Pokey
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| − | * CTY Has a Nice Butt
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| − | ====That's Amore====
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| − | This was a song added in 07.1 by the Runvenites because it was traditional for them to sing it after the the dances. It started after the second dance, when Zev Hurwich and Fred Westenberg (also known as Fred Jones, also known as Beadspreadfred) were sitting outside talking about relationships. Suddenly Zev noticed the full moon and burst out singing That's Amore by Dean Martin, and the entire hall joined him. The modified lyrics are as follows:
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| − | (To initiate the song someone screams out "Hey ______! What's Amore?")
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| − | When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie,<br />
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| − | That's Amore (repeated: That's Amore)<br />
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| − | When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine,<br />
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| − | That's Amore (repeated: That's Amore)<br />
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| − | Bells will ring-aling-aling, ting-a-ling-aling, ring-aling-aling and you'll say,<br />
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| − | That's Amore (repeated: That's Amore)<br />
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| − | When the stars make you drool like a pasta fazool,<br />
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| − | That's Amore (repeated: That's Amore)
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| − | "That's Amore" was performed at the first Afterdance of 08.1 and was then discontinued.
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| − | ====Tentacley Joy====
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| − | Another song added to the Afterdance 07.1 by Zev Hurwich, Tentacley Joy was invented by Stephen Rosen during a game of Silent Football, but was popularized by the both students. It is unique in that it is the only Afterdance song that requires two people to lead (because eight tentacles are needed).
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| − | (Waving the ''right'' arm and leg) These are the right tentacles,<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''left'' arm and leg) And these are the left tentacles.<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''left'' arm and leg) These are not the right tentacles,<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''right'' arm and leg) And these are not the left tentacles.
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| − | To recap:<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''right'' arm and leg) These are the right tentacles,<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''left'' arm and leg) And these are the left tentacles.<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''left'' arm and leg) These are not the right tentacles,<br />
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| − | (Waving the ''right'' arm and leg) And these are not the left tentacles.<br />
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| − | (Jumping up and down waving all limbs) Tentacley joy!
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| − | [http://hs.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1002115136849 Video of Zev and Steve demonstrating Tentacley Joy in the Alcove]
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| − | ===Session 2===
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| − | The order of Afterdance songs for Session 2 usually goes:
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| − | * Circle Song
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| − | * Hokey Pokey
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| − | * Cows
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| − | * Eyelashes
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| − | * C is for Cookie
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| − | * In Heaven There is No Beer
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| − | * CTY, You Have a Nice Butt
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| − | ====C is for Cookie====
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| − | This song was added and led by [[User:Jeff Sachs|Jeff Sachs]] after hearing it on Sarah Danly's iPod for the second Afterdance of LAN.06.2.
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| − | "C" is for Cookie;<br />
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| − | That's good enough for me.<br />
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| − | "C" is for Cookie;<br />
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| − | That's good enough for me.<br />
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| − | "C" is for Cookie;<br />
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| − | That's good enough for me.<br />
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| − | (Ohh) Cookie, Cookie, Cookie starts with "C".
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| − | If you take a bite out of a cookie, it looks like a C.<br />
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| − | And if you take a bite out of a doughnut, it also looks like a C.<br />
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| − | But it is not as good.<br />
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| − | And sometimes the MOON looks like a C,<br />
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| − | But you can't eat that!<br />
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| − | "C" is for Cookie;<br />
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| − | That's good enough for me.<br />
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| − | "C" is for Cookie;<br />
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| − | That's good enough for me.<br />
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| − | "C" is for Cookie;<br />
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| − | That's good enough for me.<br />
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| − | (Ohh) Cookie, Cookie, Cookie starts with "C".
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| − | This varies very slightly from the original Cookie Monster song.
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| − | ====Nickel====
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| − | On the last dance of 06.2, a round of "Nickel" was led by Noelle. It did not continue in 07.2. The song goes as follows:
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| − | My name is Michael<br />
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| − | I've got a nickel<br />
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| − | I've got a nickel, shiny and new<br />
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| − | I'm gonna buy me<br />
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| − | All sorts of candy<br />
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| − | Thats what I'm gonna do!
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| − | My girl is Cindy<br />
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| − | When we get married<br />
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| − | We're gonna have a baby or two.<br />
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| − | We're gonna take them<br />
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| − | To see their grandmas<br />
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| − | That's what we're gonna do.
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| − | In at least the last few years, increasing numbers of instructional and residential staff members have attended the Afterdance. Staff who watch the Afterdance at Lancaster often have to improvise new lyrics to some of the songs in order to preserve their closely-guarded '''moral authority'''. For example, some instructional staff members sing this version of the Beer Song:
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| − | In Heaven, there is no milk!<br />
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| − | That's why we just drink Silk<sup>TM</sup>!<br />
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| − | And when we are gone from... hilk?<br />
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| − | Our friends will be drinking all our milk!
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| − | This alternative version started during Second Session of either 2004 or 2005. A new version of the third line might end up replacing the current version, but until then the staff members are focusing their efforts on thinking up a cleaned-up line 3 of the "Cows are Freaky" song.
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| − | [[Adam Roush]] and other staff have also yelled an alternative version of the "CTY, You Have a Nice Butt!" chant:
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| − | CTY YOU HAVE A NICE BRAIN!
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| − | CTY WE RESPECT YOU!
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| − | KEEP ON YOUR CLOTHES, KEEP ON YOUR CLOTHES,
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| − | CTY WE RESPECT YOU!
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| − | So far, no student has been heard shouting this version. This modification of the chant was probably popularized by Adam, but was proposed and chanted by a group of teaching assistants after one of the dances in the ASFC, when the students ended up chanting for a very long time due to the long lines to get over the bridge back to campus (and, in the process, disturbed some elderly people leaving a nearby restaurant). Other variants of the third line, such as "write me a poem" or "take out your books, who cares about looks" have also been proposed.
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| − | ==Carlisle==
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| − | Sing the Star-Spangled Banner while walking back from a dance. [CAR.05, CAR.06.1]
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| − | ==Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)==
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| − | ===Session 1===
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| − | '''"I'll Make a Man Out of You"''', from Mulan
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| − | Everyone links shoulders and stands in a circle or line to sing Mulan's "I'll Make a Man Out of You." The last DJ of the dance should put the song on. During the chorus all the nevermores say, "Be a Man."
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| − | Let's get down to business - to defeat the Huns<br />
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| − | Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?<br />
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| − | You're the saddest bunch I've ever met<br />
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| − | But you can bet before we're through<br />
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| − | Mister, I'll make a man out of you
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| − | Tranquil as a forest<br />
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| − | But on fire within<br />
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| − | Once you find your center<br />
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| − | You are sure to win<br />
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| − | You're a spineless, pale pathetic lot<br />
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| − | And you haven't got a clue<br />
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| − | Somehow I'll make a man out of you
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| − | I'm never gonna catch my breath<br />
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| − | Say goodbye to those who knew me<br />
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| − | Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym<br />
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| − | This guy's got 'em scared to death<br />
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| − | Hope he doesn't see right through me<br />
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| − | Now I really wish that I knew how to swim
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| − | '''Chorus:'''
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| − | Be a man [nevermores only]<br />
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| − | We must be swift as the coursing river<br />
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| − | Be a man [nevermores only]<br />
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| − | With all the force of a great typhoon<br />
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| − | Be a man [nevermores only]<br />
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| − | With all the strength of a raging fire<br />
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| − | Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
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| − | Time is racing toward us till the Huns arrive<br />
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| − | Heed my every order and you might survive<br />
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| − | You're unsuited for the rage of war<br />
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| − | So pack up, go home you're through<br />
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| − | How could I make a man out of you?
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| − | '''Chorus'''
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| − | '''Chorus'''
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| − | ===Session 2===
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| − | In 2006, Lancasterians brought the CTY Chant to Skidmore, but it was not continued in 2007.
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| − | ==Los Angeles (LMU)==
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| − | At the LMU site, when a dance ends, one of the RAs will go up on stage and scream out, "Go home! Nobody loves you! NOBODY!!!" This RA, as per tradition, is usually one of the celebrated Boring brothers, or the legendary Tom Ryan.
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| − | The CTY Chant is also done by some Lancasterians, but is not a native tradition.
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| − | {{The Essential CTY}}
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| − | [[Category:Traditions]]
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