Coupeville cheerleader Kassidy Upchurch waits for her moment in the spotlight. (Jackie Saia photos)
Powerhouses, one and all.
Coupeville High School cheerleaders are among the best in the biz, mixing school spirit with killer work ethic and the ability to holler loud enough to fire up an entire stadium or gymnasium.
As we head towards the final home football game next Thursday, CHS Yearbook Advisor (and noted photo bug) Jackie Saia delivers a collection of snappy pics capturing the Wolves at work.
It was a different time, back in the days when the press box was small, open air, and bee-infested — and a scoreboard operator could get his Wobble on. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Where were you when they turned Wobble off?
It’s been 11 years since the powers that be shut down use of the song, which came with its own dance, as the exit music for Coupeville High School football games.
Scoreboard operator and ice cream purveyor Joel Norris has never been the same since.
Without being able to Wobble, he’s a mere shell of a man.
Instead of living the sweet life in a world of soul-sustaining Rocky Road and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, there are rumors Joel has been experimenting with Rum Raisin and … choke … Black Licorice.
Now, if you weren’t around in October 2012, you likely have no clue of what I’m talking about.
The rapper V.I.C., who launched the song and the subsequent dance craze across America, has largely faded away himself, not having a measurable hit since 2015.
The internet says he’s still out there, bustin’ rhymes until the break of dawn in relative obscurity, and Wobble even had a brief renaissance on TikTok in 2020.
But he’s not headlining any major tours with Beyonce.
Hopefully V.I.C. (short for Victory in Christ – thanks, Internet) held on to all the rights to his greatest hit, and still lives in the comfort he deserves.
Cause Wobble was, and is, a banger.
Even in the slightly cleaned-up version which was used by high schools.
Cause that was what one parent complaint brought crashing down — the PG-ized take on the song, which was what CHS cheerleaders used for their performance.
It’s way past time to bring Wobble back to Coupeville football games, even if current Wolf seniors were … um, seven years old … the last time it ripped from the PA sound system.
I mean, we were still using the old, tiny wooden press box ruled by 10,001 angry bees — some alive, others likely zombies — back in those days.
So, reality tells me Wobble isn’t on the soundtrack for most current Coupeville students.
But hey, these are the same teens who belt out every line of Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver and Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond, not to mention a whole slew of ’80s and ’90s classics.
They can learn the Wobble again.
And V.I.C. might be out there looking for a gig that gives him a trip to a small island in Washington state and be willing to lead the revival in person.
Stranger things have happened.
As we count down the days until Homecoming 2023, now is the time to rise up and declare as one:
Oh, oh, oh, oh All the shawtys in the club (Let me see you just) Back it up, drop it down (Let me see you just) Get low n scrub the grown (Let me see you just) Push it up, push it up (Let me see you just)
Don’t do it just for the kids. Do it for Joel Norris!
Don’t forsake the ice cream man to a Hellscape where … choke … black licorice ice cream is an option.
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