"The excitement, the atmosphere, the adrenaline, everything was great.
We want to capture that excitement and atmosphere and celebration and colour".
"Quebec City has what most cities don't: extraordinary support from the fans, the excitement, the atmosphere," the former Nordiques star Peter Stastny told the crowd.
"The excitement, the atmosphere, the fans out there were certainly giving me a lot of electricity and pumping me up," Poulter said.
Only sometimes did this seem to make any serious connection with the music, most of which simply set tempo and whipped up excitement and atmosphere.
"This promises to deliver a full house and have the energy, excitement and atmosphere befitting a conference championship," Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott said after the conference's presidents and chancellors voted on realignment and other issues.
I like the excitement and atmosphere that comes with attending a game, even if, once in a while, it means having to stand, or missing a bit of the action, or dealing with an assault on the ears from overly exuberant fans.
We climb a few hills, one in such tough, sticky mud we have to dismount, and ride down some very fun single-track, with gorse bushes, steep drops and deadpan, grass-chewing sheep in our path adding to the excitement and atmosphere.
Joyce Hall, a coordinator of the Games, recalls how that experience added to the great excitement and atmosphere.
Said McIlroy, serious: "A lot of buzz and excitement and atmosphere".
