When I set my sights on announcing roller derby I knew it would be a challenge to learn new skills but the journey is most of the fun. I already talk for a living. Getting on the microphone in public is never an issue. The lure to the mic is learning. I already love the sport of roller derby and who doesn’t love fun sports played well? These women are some of my favorite athletes and I never cease to be amazed at how easily the skates are an extension of the skaters.
Big Daddy Voodoo's Announcer Workshop
Before I announced a single bout I traveled to Johnson City Tennessee to attend an announcer workshop with Big Daddy Voodoo. It was nice to meet other announcers in the region and a big boost to the confidence to pass the mic around with so many fun voices during a regional scrimmage. I keep learning more and more every time I get a chance and have come to enjoy talking to myself in the corner at the league scrimmages.
I enjoy announcing the home bouts of the Chattanooga Roller Girls. They are an apprentice league in WFTDA and I hope to improve and advance right along with them.
Johnson City Announcer Workshop February 2011
Raw talent unleashed!
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