Worked at this event yesterday. Harlem Globetrotters from the USA. It's basically a basketball event plus acting. It's like the basketball version of WWE. But it was nothin like those crappy WWE actin where you can see that it is really fake. This show was really entertaining and impromptu. They brought some members of the audience on to the court and interacted with them.
Then the basketballers would reward them with stuffs like Harlem's jerseys, an autographed basketball and even their own sweaty wristbands. One of their tricks includes literally splashin a bucket of water at the audience. So of course the audience was caught off-guard. Besides that, they danced, played basketball and showed off their moves. Btw, they were "playin" against the Washington Generals.
Even the mascot had some cool moves.
So anyway, when the show ended, I'm suppose to stand along the outline of the court with the rest of the GCOs and hold this rope to prevent people from entering the court. What I didn't know was that the audience were allowed to come down and get their autographs from the players.
So before I knew it, people were rushin down and pushin the ropes to reach out to the basketballers. Since one player was beside me, some fans rushed into my direction. My side wasn't that bad but my friend's side was worse cause she was at the corner.
She was like tryin to hold back the rope against the fans but at one point I couldn't even see her cause the fans were too overwhelming.
Harlem VS GeneralsThe fans used whatever they had to get the basketballers' autographs, stuffs like their ticket stubs, the clothes they're wearin, towels, shoes, bags, caps, basketball, posters, their arms and one boy even asked to sign on his handphone. Some were also scramblin to take their pictures with the players. The autograph session lasted bout 30mins.
