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Hornline playing a crapload of notes into this finale. Nice push back into Old 100th. Take it home Mellos.

Great oppositional staging with the guard and the rest of the corps at the end of True Colors.

They use that stage really well. And the tarps in the corner provide a good frame. Hornline busts out the original True Colors.

Not quite sold on the filtering of the vocalist on, but the arrangement is nice. Stilt walker! True Colors in minor....

Old 100! Let's take some of Cadets, some of Phantom. Key, props to your brass book

That platform is rotating! Another good example of if you wanted a Phantom show in black.

Those trombones are used to good musical and visual effect. I have internalized anxiety from this part. It's so dissonant. I love it.

More dancers in red/black with headpieces. Hornline and percussion still on sideline. #### that musical hit took me by surprise.

Horns leaning back onto each other during the narration and synth feature. Solo dancer on the podium.

Horns leaning back onto each other during the narration and synth feature. Solo dancer on the podium.

Mandarins, their first world class finals. Go get some!

Big flag feature with yellow honeycomb flags, Phantom wedge-iment, sound drop on a toss, and final sprint to the front sideline to fill the orange space. Another bit plagal cadence and done

Another horn trio while the guard is all over the monkey bar homes.

Some balance issues going into that hit. Low brass is lost to the trumpets and percussion.

I just don't see Phantom moving up tonight unless Mandarins lay an egg. I could almost see Xmen sneaking up one spot

There was a hero trumpet in that final chord.

My best guess is that they look a bit like child-drawn "homes"

Trumpet solo, as ensemble passes between the props into a new world. Becomes a brass trio as the hornline materializes on the left side of the field into Adagio from New World. Some intonation issues between the trio and the ensemble.

Keyboards playing a bunch of runs with synth walking notes upward. Add in hornline to another hit. Ensemble pushes left with props.

Play a lot of notes from mellos, sops, baris and pose a few times. 12 tenors on the tarp.

Solo into the big hit from Magorium. More body visual during drum mini-feature into big feature.

From Hostrauser: If Phantom finishes 10th, it's their lowest placement in 35 years. 11th would be lowest in 45.

Phantom interrupted the WGI instructional video ad. Thanks, Brandt!

It's the one show I get to comment on live.

A lot of drill, not much extra body movement. Maybe why they aren't higher than 12th place. Good musical content, singer had good pitch, but probably could have had more expression. So, if you wanted older Phantom in black, you got that from Crossmen this year.