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Other songs were written and sung, but Wauchope's song proved to be the most popular and it was adopted by the university in 1912. [1] In recent years, while singing the phrase "Here's a health, Carolina," fans have raised their right hand as though raising a cup to offer a toast. [2] The phrase "Here's a health" is an old term for a toast. [3]
Suggs, a quarterback at South Carolina from 1968-1970, was the one who pushed the athletic department ahead of the 1981 football season to play the song as the Gamecocks ran onto the field. As the ...
A clip of USC’s entrance ahead of a rivalry game versus Clemson showed Cocky strutting around, fans waving towels, flames shooting up during South Carolina’s entrance and a packed stadium ...
The song is an integral part of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team's pregame field entrance. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] It has been used at the start of the 24h of Le Mans since 2010 and more recently at the start of any race of FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series .
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The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by Henry Timrod.This poem was edited by G.R. Goodwin and was set to music by Anne Curtis Burgess. [1] On February 11, 1911, acting on a recommendation by the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Assembly of South Carolina adopted Senator W.L. Mauldin's Concurrent Resolution that "Carolina" "be accented and declared to be ...
The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" is the fight song of the University of South Carolina (USC). It was adapted from the musical number "Step to the Rear" in the Broadway show How Now, Dow Jones with new lyrics written by Gamecocks football coach Paul Dietzel.
The South Carolina Gamecocks take on the Jacksonville State Gamecocks in Week 10 of the college football season. Here's how the former got its name: