The signs bearing swastikas on either side of the stage warned the audience that this was not going to be a typical dance-cheer performance.
A strapping, lean fellow in his 30s, Andsnes looks like an Olympic skier, and his fans lustily cheered his performance, seemingly oblivious to the actual music being performed.
The audience cheered the performance with the lusty ardor of a home-town crowd.
But two months later, Republicans cheered her performance and that of Representative Steve Largent of Oklahoma in giving the Republican response to President Bill Clinton's State of the Union speech.
"The most important thing is that people are sitting in their seats cheering on performances and they will see some amazing performances.
It's distinguished primarily by the electrifying dance routines and the elaborate cheer-squad performances.
Chances are that many of the young listeners who packed the club and cheered the performances knew little, if anything, about the role of Darmstadt in the contemporary music battles of earlier years.
I've cheered the performances of dolphins and porpoises myself at Sea World and the old Marineland.
Forget Julie Andrews's synthetic cheer; Ms. Hawkins's performance offers the real thing.
The small parties can take cheer from their performance, all of them increasing their share of the vote.
Set in different spaces around the building, the promenade performance Cheer Up, This Is Only The Beginning will comprise of scenes and moments, all taking place just before curtain-up, but set at different points in the theatre's history.
