As the horn blared, the ball slid through the hoop to score 3 points, and the entire stadium roared.
There were horns blaring and beach balls bouncing and paper fluttering everywhere.
From the impatient pavement crowds, some dry runs with the noisemakers — a trombone, a squeeze-ball car horn, a Lambeg drum.
Then there are the stadiums that feature lots of rock music, sound effects (like smashing glass for a foul ball), horns and pyrotechnics that go off when a player hits a home run, and all those video boards that order the fans to "Make Some Noise!".
Reloading the traditional guns that Mr. Young and Mr. Badowicz use takes up to 30 seconds, a multistep process that employs a powder horn, oiled cotton patches, lead balls, a gunpowder vial to measure and pour, and a pick to free soot accumulation in the flashpan.
But the Hoyas' Chris Wright stole the ball, the final horn sounded, and Brooks's one-man show was not quite enough as host Georgetown won, 83-81.
"If the other team has the ball as the horn is going off, then it's a possession," said Barb Jacobs, the assistant commissioner of the Big East Conference.
We suspend on the count of 3 -- 1... 2... 3.' " Hearing the horns, the golfers marked their balls and trooped into the locker room.
They went through the whole routine, turning double plays, whipping the ball around the horn, leaping for catches, tagging imaginary runners, etc.
The small stage with the bright yellow brick wall is crammed with props and gadgets: schoolroom chairs, multicolored cords with lights hung from them, costumes, a huge gramophone horn and a tiny disco ball.
