How do you spell rowdy? . . . J-A-Z-Z

Let's be honest...when does being a Jazz fan ever actually pay back?


Until last week, I had only ever been rewarded with, well, nothing for my Jazz loyalties. But that all changed on Tuesday, March 9. I decided to go on a date to watch one of the Jazz road games on the big screen at Jordan Commons. I had heard that they were choosing two more members of the Jazz Rowdies, but it wasn't a focus for me, especially since i was on a date, and even more because I had already gone all out the first time they held tryouts, only to come up short. For those who don't know anything about the Jazz Rowdies, let me explain. About a month ago, the Jazz held auditions for the craziest, most intense Jazz fans to win free tickets for the rest of the season. They showed another of the Jazz road games at the Gateway theatre, and encouraged fans to dress up and be as "rowdy" as possible. Somehow my full jazz apparel, face paint, giant green sombrero and running antics were not enough for the audition. But out of the 400 or so fans in attendance, 75 were chosen for the Rowdy section tickets.

But I guess my time had come this past Tuesday. Since they were only choosing 2 more Rowdies, I didn't really think I had much of a chance this time. Not after the outcome of the previous attempt at least. But lucky for me, my date decided to be a champion, because I never would have won without the help of another person. As the game went on, we got louder and louder. It helped that the Jazz were playing fantastic against the Chicago Bulls. When they started to announce the two winners at the end of the game, I didn't think we really had any chance of winning. But then they called out what we were wearing, and I was totally blown away. We were the 2 newest Jazz Rowdies! And along with it, we got tickets to the rest of the home games for this season.

So who says it doesn't pay off to be a dedicated, die-hard Jazz fan? I have tickets at will call waiting for me that beg to differ with anyone who disagrees. So go ahead, look for me at the next Jazz home game. I'll be in the Rowdy section.