First they came for our vuvuzela horns. Then the Fun Police came for the Wobble. (Melissa Zimmerman-Losey photos)
Wobble on, Wolf Nation, wobble on…
Until the break of dawn.
To every thing there is a season, and that season has passed for the wobble.
After closing every home football game with a cheerleader-led hustle to the catchy, Cab Calloway-influenced rap song “Wobble” by Atlanta’s own V.I.C., a routine that would invariably pull in most of the remaining people in the stands, the dance is no more.
Despite the fact the song is a catchy tune, and the dance is one anyone from a little kid to a crusty 80-year old could do, a complaint (over some semi-suggestive lyrics) led CHS cheer coach Sylvia Arnold to replace the routine in last Friday’s final home game.
The Wobble will not go inside for basketball season, disappointing much of Wolf Nation.
Which is too bad, since Arnold and assistant coach Cheridan Boyd-Eck had tailored the dance to keep it family-friendly, foregoing the original music video’s butts-in-your-face approach.
“We chose to keep focused on the fun of the “world wide” dance that was all over Youtube,” Arnold said.
“People have flash mobbed that routine all over the place, and our girls and the crowd loved it!!”
But, one family complained, and, to avoid controversy, the Wobble went the way of the Hammer dance and the cha-cha, replaced by an energetic zumba routine, “Dance! Dance! Dance!” crafted by Boyd-Eck.
“Everyone seemed to like it, even with the pouring rain,” Boyd-Eck said.
And that persistent rain may have helped, as the crowd hit the exits faster than normal.
Though, as he went, one sardonic fellow did stop, look around and bellow “I wanna wobble!!”
His plea went unanswered, so he bopped in place by himself for a few moments, shrugged, then headed off into the downpour.
Wobble on, sir, wobble on.
Coupeville Sports 
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