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Congrats Mandarins on an absolute beast of a season. Fav show of the year for me! And, on an odd note, I'm so happy also that Brandt Crocker finally pronounced the show better! When I went into Stanford, I was pretty much blind on what all the shows were. I seriously thought he said Cinnamon. Then I heard similar pronunciation in Prelims and Semis... like Sinnermun. Then I'd chuckle to myself because he would then pronounce the "Man" in "Mandarins" correctly. I'm sure it's probably just regional accents and stuff but I found it funny. Then in Finals, he said it correctly and it almost sounded like he had to catch himself from saying it incorrectly.

Went to Stanford to see them this year... just WOW. They have come so far from the first time I saw them in 2006 (I think?). Their show just oozes bad@$$ery (or it could just be the fedoras). And I absolutely LOVE the uniforms. They had a few fedora issues but perhaps it was a bit windy on the field and I'm sure they'll perfect it as the season progresses. I just enjoyed this show from top to bottom. Their color scheme just really pops ugh... just so good. Fav show of the night for sure.

CONGRATS ON YOUR SANFORD TROPHY! BD was leading the way through Semis but by the slimmest of margins, you guys took Drums!! By my calculations, Bloo won drums by 0.017!!! Composite: Bloo: 19.617 BD: 19.600 SCV: 19.550

CORRECTION: Here is the caption spread that each corps needs to have from the current leader to surpass them on Finals Night: GE Leader: BD BAC > BD by 0.925 Bloo > BD by 1.675 Visual Proficiency Leader: BD Bloo > BD by 0.175 BAC > BD by 0.625 Crown > BD by 0.925 Color Guard Leader: BAC BD > BAC by 0.425 Crown > BAC by 1.075 Brass Leader: BD Crown > BD by 0.375 BAC > BD by 0.675 Bloo > BD by 0.875 Percussion Leader: BD Bloo > BD by 0.075 SCV > BD by 0.225 BAC > BD by 0.625

The predictions at the bottom chart are unscientific. Basically it's showing, except Percussion, that any corps that's currently trailing caption leader... If they were to get a perfect score for caption and win the caption, the current caption leader would have to score, at most, what's entered (sorry if I am not very articulate) For example, in GE, for BAC to overtake BD, they would have to score a perfect 40 at Finals and BD would have to score a 39.050. Barring any catastrophe, that is unlikely to happen. The only caption that seems to be very competitive is Percussion. All others seem to be "in the bag." Again, completely unscientific and probably ignorant predictions.

Pants seem to taper at the calf and ankle (today's modern style) making feet look larger.

Her name is WAGNER. Mrs. Norris T. Wagner!

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This show is totally giving me some Sonic the Hedgehog vibes. Love it!

Does the shirt tag have a brand name on it? I hate getting shirts that use cheap, low quality material.

Thanks for looking! That would have definitely been a good guess.

I want to say that the print was larger but again, I had a very brief glimpse and this one DEFINITELY fits what I remember, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Let me preface that I wasn't able to take a picture on time so I am purely going on description only. And unfortunately, I saw this from a distance so all I have is a fairly vague description but it was an awesome T-shirt! This guy was wearing a black t-shirt that had a multi-colored tree that looked like it was styled like a subway system map. The lines represented the branches but they were all different colors. Think of these two images combined: The tree had a pretty close shape to the Golden State Warriors' "The Town" logo: But the lines representing the branches were like this: I am only guessing that this is a corps tour shirt but I wasn't able to see words or corps logo. I only caught a quick glimpse.

Mandarins... I just want to say. I LOVE YOU. It feels like it's been so long since I've seen a show live and Mandarins were the first (and only show) to floor me. That ending had me tear up a bit. Reminded me so much of that mello sustain by Vanguard in their championship show. Based on the scores, they are poised to place decently high in Finals. Hands down, best show of the night. I arrived just before intermission. THANK YOU MANDARINS!