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Chandler Passes Signature Call Onto New PA Announcer
10/15/2010 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. – Three words, thirteen letters, each perfectly enunciated, each spoken with the same even tone, all equally important.
Here Comes Duke.
For the past 20 years, those three words have brought the Duke Blue Devils onto the basketball court, and for the next twenty they will as well.
The only difference will be who says those three words into the Cameron Indoor Stadium PA system.
Art Chandler, the “Voice of Cameron” for the past 40 years, will no longer say the phrase that he made popular 20 some years ago, but his legacy and enthusiasm for the Blue Devils will continue through those three words.
“I think Art's legacy is one that is probably steeped or woven with class, with a polished nature. His legacy is being a steward to not only the men's program but to the building,” Trip Durham, who will be taking the torch from Chandler Friday night when the 2010-11 basketball season tips off Friday evening with Countdown to Craziness, said. “I think he was a good caretaker, and I hope that he will continue to take care of that building as a fan. He will come around and he will still have that sense of belonging because he sure deserves it.”
It was former Duke center Alaa Abdelnaby that came up with the phrase that has resonated through Cameron for the past 20 years.
The star center came up to Art before a game telling the long-time ophthalmologist and medical professor that he needed a signature saying to bring the Blue Devils onto the floor.
“I asked him what would you suggest, and he said, 'Oh I don't know, why not Here Comes Duke?'”
From that point on it was the call that let Cameron Crazies know that the Blue Devils were on their way onto the court.
As Art puts it, “It just worked.”
“It wasn't dramatic at all. It was very simple.”
It will be tough for Chandler, who has been sitting courtside since 1970 as the public address announcer for Cameron, to not announce the team's arrival to the floor, but for Chandler, who has been a volunteer to the athletic department for his forty years, has the utmost confidence in Durham to carry on his legacy.
“He [Trip Durham] is a pro,” Art said. “He started doing PA back when he was a sophomore in high school. He has done PA football here and of course he is doing women's volleyball. He is good. If he gets a little bit more emotional than I did, I don't see anything wrong with that.”
Durham has already spoken to Art this week, seeking advice on how to accurately articulate his signature call.
“I asked him to coach me up a little on it,” Durham said. “I asked him to say it the way that he has done it for so many years. I will use that as a basis to try to figure out how I should present those 13 letters, 'Here Comes Duke'. It will be interesting for me to find my groove and to continue the work that Dr. Chandler has done over the years.”
Durham, who has been calling games since he was a sophomore in high school, also has experience within college athletics departments as the Associate Athletic Director of Elon University. He also served as the Executive Producer and play-by-play announcer of Elon University's commercial radio broadcasts for football and men's basketball.
Durham has been the voice of Duke football for the past two seasons and has recently begun calling Volleyball games for the Blue Devils as well. Durham also got a brief taste of the atmosphere of a men's basketball game when the veteran announcer called a Duke basketball game during last season's NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.
“I know what I always expect out of my public address announcer so I get a pretty good feeling of the expectation of what Blue Devil fans and the Blue Devils staff have of a public address announcer, and that folds into some of the advice that Art gave, be a compliment to the building, don't try to be something more than the atmosphere or the student athletes want you to be, to me that makes perfect sense,” Durham said.
“He was very supportive, not to put words in his mouth, but I got the sense that he was very happy with the selection by the Duke University staff in asking me or inviting me to do it this year,” Durham added. “It sounds like he is in a really good place with it.”
Art will be in attendance Friday evening as Durham brings the team onto the floor for the start of the new season, supporting the Blue Devils that he loves and the new public address announcer for Cameron.
For Art, enunciating those 13 letters was never a job.
“It was a little bit, I suppose, like an orchestra leader, or band leader waving his wand for things to get started,” Art said. “That was sort of me with 'Here Comes Duke.'”
Here Comes Duke.
For the past 20 years, those three words have brought the Duke Blue Devils onto the basketball court, and for the next twenty they will as well.
The only difference will be who says those three words into the Cameron Indoor Stadium PA system.
Art Chandler, the “Voice of Cameron” for the past 40 years, will no longer say the phrase that he made popular 20 some years ago, but his legacy and enthusiasm for the Blue Devils will continue through those three words.
“I think Art's legacy is one that is probably steeped or woven with class, with a polished nature. His legacy is being a steward to not only the men's program but to the building,” Trip Durham, who will be taking the torch from Chandler Friday night when the 2010-11 basketball season tips off Friday evening with Countdown to Craziness, said. “I think he was a good caretaker, and I hope that he will continue to take care of that building as a fan. He will come around and he will still have that sense of belonging because he sure deserves it.”
It was former Duke center Alaa Abdelnaby that came up with the phrase that has resonated through Cameron for the past 20 years.
The star center came up to Art before a game telling the long-time ophthalmologist and medical professor that he needed a signature saying to bring the Blue Devils onto the floor.
“I asked him what would you suggest, and he said, 'Oh I don't know, why not Here Comes Duke?'”
From that point on it was the call that let Cameron Crazies know that the Blue Devils were on their way onto the court.
As Art puts it, “It just worked.”
“It wasn't dramatic at all. It was very simple.”
It will be tough for Chandler, who has been sitting courtside since 1970 as the public address announcer for Cameron, to not announce the team's arrival to the floor, but for Chandler, who has been a volunteer to the athletic department for his forty years, has the utmost confidence in Durham to carry on his legacy.
“He [Trip Durham] is a pro,” Art said. “He started doing PA back when he was a sophomore in high school. He has done PA football here and of course he is doing women's volleyball. He is good. If he gets a little bit more emotional than I did, I don't see anything wrong with that.”
Durham has already spoken to Art this week, seeking advice on how to accurately articulate his signature call.
“I asked him to coach me up a little on it,” Durham said. “I asked him to say it the way that he has done it for so many years. I will use that as a basis to try to figure out how I should present those 13 letters, 'Here Comes Duke'. It will be interesting for me to find my groove and to continue the work that Dr. Chandler has done over the years.”
Durham, who has been calling games since he was a sophomore in high school, also has experience within college athletics departments as the Associate Athletic Director of Elon University. He also served as the Executive Producer and play-by-play announcer of Elon University's commercial radio broadcasts for football and men's basketball.
Durham has been the voice of Duke football for the past two seasons and has recently begun calling Volleyball games for the Blue Devils as well. Durham also got a brief taste of the atmosphere of a men's basketball game when the veteran announcer called a Duke basketball game during last season's NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament.
“I know what I always expect out of my public address announcer so I get a pretty good feeling of the expectation of what Blue Devil fans and the Blue Devils staff have of a public address announcer, and that folds into some of the advice that Art gave, be a compliment to the building, don't try to be something more than the atmosphere or the student athletes want you to be, to me that makes perfect sense,” Durham said.
“He was very supportive, not to put words in his mouth, but I got the sense that he was very happy with the selection by the Duke University staff in asking me or inviting me to do it this year,” Durham added. “It sounds like he is in a really good place with it.”
Art will be in attendance Friday evening as Durham brings the team onto the floor for the start of the new season, supporting the Blue Devils that he loves and the new public address announcer for Cameron.
For Art, enunciating those 13 letters was never a job.
“It was a little bit, I suppose, like an orchestra leader, or band leader waving his wand for things to get started,” Art said. “That was sort of me with 'Here Comes Duke.'”
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