DO
THE ROUGE GROOVE! To celebrate Bristol City's trip
to the Millenium Stadium this Sunday, HannahMoreZider.co.uk
exclusively bring you a guide to The Rouge Groove.
Inspired
by the favourite hand-movements of right-wing
legend Tony Rougier, this dancefloor sensation has been
sweeping the discotheques of the nation (well , Nailsea),
since God bought the Rouge to Ashton Gate a few months
ago to ignite City's season. We would like to spread the
word to all 35,000 City fans travelling to Cardiff on
Sunday and get the whole crowd grooving like Rouge!
The
Rouge Groove is easy to learn, and can be done to almost
any song! Just do each of the four steps below continuously
to each line of a song, until the song ends then finish
the dance by knelling down to pray. These steps are explained
in more detail below, and are illustrated by the Rougster
himself, and 2 of North Somerset's finest Rougier lookalikes...
STEP 1: FIST SHAKING Shake
clenched fist backwards and forwards.
A
popular Rouge gesture, first seen on his debut at Port
Vale when the Rougmeister ran up to the travelling City
support and did this, while shaking his head and grinning.
Interesting picture of Roug below grooving in a Brighton
kit during his on-loan spying mission there last year.
STEP 2: BADGE PATTING Pat
your the City badge on your shirt a few times.
This
signal from the Rougathon got a great reaction from
the crowd who watched City's 1-0 thrashing of Plymouth
last month. Rouge gee-d up the supporters as the tension
built towards the end of the match with all sorts
of weird signs including this tapping of the Bristol
City badge - indicating his love for the club, despite
only playing one game for them up to this point!
STEP 3: SALUTE HEAVEN Wave
arms towards the sky, and look upwards.
A
rare Rouge Groove maneuver, actually made up by Matt Hill
who cheekily did this behind the back of the Rougarama
as he ran out the tunnel at Luton to chants of "Rooooooooouuuuuuuuuggggggiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeerrrrrr"
from the crowd.
This
is the closest picture we could get of this step
of the dance, but both the Rouges on the left and
right should really be facing upwards to the sky
more, as if they are saying "Lord, just when
will Lee Peacock head-in one my pin-point crosses??"
STEP 4: FACE IN HANDS Put
hands in praying position over face in gesture of
despair, shake head slightly.
Rougey
did this first while walking off the pitch at Luton,
distraught after City lost 3-2, despite equalising
in injury time just a few minutes before Luton's
last-gasp goal. Sadly it wasn't the last time he
was forced to do this move in dejection before the
season was out.
FINISH SONG PRAYING Kneel
down in prayer when the song finishes
Pray
in thankfulness that you are The Rouge, you are
great, and you've just scored for City!
This
is only to be done at the end of the song,
as it's too much hard work to do it more than
once in 3 minutes, especially after a few
ciders
NOW
PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND DO...
THE ROUGE GROOVE
FINISH
SONG WITH A PRAYER...
Make
your own Rouge mask here, and join
in the Groove on Sunday! (Word file)
MORE
ROUGE PICTURES BELOW:
Rouge
commits various sins in a pub (the Ring 'O Bells, Nailsea)
Left:
The 3 wise Rouges, but which is the real Rouge?
Right:
Praise be! The Rouges celebrate something.
Left:
Three Rouges relax after a Groove
Below:
A mysterious stone with "Rougier" written
on
An
exciting day for Tony: Rouge tries some Hannah
More Zider and obviously loves it, then has the honour
of meeting an HMZ Director.
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