Twice the fun: The UP Pep Squad's drummers are sure to make an appearance at halftime at least twice each season.
They sure can play with their sticks, alright. Season 71 UP head drummer, Jahan Castro said, "We were the first ones to do the 'kengkoy' dance in a routine. The crowd seemed to love it so it was established four years ago that the UP drummers would perform twice in the entire season.
"We do one 'kengkoy' dance which is a routine of drums and beats choreographed in a payabangan of skills way, and we do one drumline routine in which we wear our serious faces," the UP Pep alumnus shared.
Around the world in forty minutes: Some schools' cheers may get lost in translation.
The UAAP cheers from each school offer a wide range of foreign vocabulary. To name a few: DLSU's Latin cheers, such as Rektikano, which means "right to rule", NU and UE's Igma Kadima (or Eeneecademah for Ateneo's Fabilioh) which means "go forward" and FEU's Recca recca summa FEU which means "fire high FEU". The University of Santo Tomas (UST) also has a Spanish cheer which goes, "vamos tigres el campeon."
Photos by Roehl Niño Bautista, Paul Ryan Tan and Dyan Zarzuela.
