Fans, Loud And Young, Excited For Bruins Success
BOSTON (CBS) - While the Bruins bandwagon is certainly chock full these days, it's a fair bet that some of those who describe themselves as hard-core supporters may, in fact, be newcomers to Bruintown.
To be fair, Boston's sports teams have really been shining in the last decade, and now's the chance for the B's to cultivate a new generation of fans.
While plenty of adults have "discovered" the team during this post-season, perhaps the most genuine of new fans are the kids who are just now at the age where they're picking the players and teams to which they will be faithful for the rest of their lives.
A trip to the morning Mighty Ducks learn-to-skate program at Hockeytown USA in Saugus makes that case well. A group of young would-be skaters, mostly little boys aged three to six, are clad in the black and gold, learning to skate themselves.
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Most of the kids happily declare the Bruins are their hockey team of choice - some say it's the team they watch with their fathers, while others say they have plans to take over in the net or as key winger once the current players hit retirement.
OPERA SINGER HELPS FANS SCREAM PROPERLY
If you heard the sounds of an opera diva in front of the TD Garden Monday afternoon, you were not mistaken. Bruins fans who happened to wander by the Bobby Orr statue were treated to an impromptu cheering lesson - schooled in the right and wrong ways to scream on the team.
Russian opera singer Elena Zoubareva is classically trained and now living in Boston. Her life's mission: getting American fans to scream louder, and more correctly, so as not to injure their vocal cords.
Tops on her suggestion list: drink plenty of water, maintain a proper posture, and even hum first to warm up your voice.
Zoubareva studied at Berklee College of Music, and even played hockey as a child, with a scar on her forehead to prove it.
"Growing up in Moscow, my father was a nationally-known conductor and also, a huge sports fan, yet he never lost his voice. As an opera singer, I realized this is because opera is essentially a cultivated, proper form of screaming," she explained.
