{"id":23900,"date":"2022-06-07T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ronnyleber.wpvorlage.de\/?p=23900"},"modified":"2022-06-07T11:02:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T11:02:00","slug":"wave-of-lights-goes-through-the-stadium","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ronnyleber.wpvorlage.de\/en\/news\/wave-of-lights-goes-through-the-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave of lights goes through the stadium “thanks” to blackout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday I had probably one of my most memorable stadium experiences ever since I work for the \u00d6FB as stadium announce<\/a>r and DJ. The Nations League match between Austria <\/strong>and Denmark <\/strong>in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium was scheduled and I was in charge of the music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suddenly the lights were out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The scheduled kickoff was 8:45pm and until half an hour before everything was still going according to plan. While the evening sun was just falling over the Viennese stadium, the floodlights suddenly went out<\/strong>. At this point it was not a problem yet and at the same time it was clear: we can’t start like this. Until 8:35 everything remained on track. Then came the first message “the start could be delayed a few minutes”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No light and it gets thinner and thinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While we normally build up the entertainment to coincide with the start of the game, it was suddenly a matter of taking the wind out of the sails for stadium host Andy Marek and me. Without knowing how long it would take and whether we would even be able to play that evening, it was now a matter of informing and “entertaining” the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Sweet Caroline to the wave of lights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Feverishly, Andy and I thought about how we could keep the audience happy during the time. As a prime example of communication, Andy took the audience along with him here and also communicated his own emotions again and again. In between, there was always interaction, such as singing together <\/strong>with the audience. Music also played a big role. Due to my years of experience in ice hockey as a presenter and DJ, I had a few songs in mind that worked quite well and so we used DJ \u00d6tzi with Sweet Caroline to <\/em>elicit the one or other “Oh oh oh” from the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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