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i guess you haven’t seen a lot of shows

@@nismo29 Correct! Any shows you would recommend for someone who enjoyed this one?

@@TheMockmj Good recent show similar to this would be Troopers 2024 “Dance with the Devil” 👍

@@nismo29ummm, not really that similar…

@@TheMockmj BAC’s Animal farm is a trip, BlueCoats “tilt” is pretty awesome as well! If you like fun shows, I would check out some of the Velvet knights old shows if you can find decent footage. Sadly they are no longer a corp.

I will be seeing them tomorrow at Stanford. Haven't followed DCI in ages. Saw they placed 6th last year, and am blown away by this performance. Gave me so many chills.

Where, lol

I think the minimum age requirement is 15

@@IdkEnglishT-T alright thank you

@@Euphonium_boi No problem

they SAY 17 is the youngest, but if you're REAAALL good they'll let you in at 16 :) you age out at 21 though

It is Unholy

you and i both dude

He's there 2nd mello

W

Ok?

@@TopDrumCorps he's cool

We got Phantom's bass two as our tech. Easily one of the coolest people I've ever met.

I know! That's my baby and the camera missed so much. This particular show, especially.

I don't think he tops William Bilal

hes a real cool guy, I met him and he's chill lol

It sure was a show! These kids performed the heck out of it 😊

They seem to be getting record breaking attendance for them at audition camps so I don't think its much of an issue, at least this year that is. Maybe it will dilute more once scv has done a year and shown reliability

I was at the NorCal auditions this past weekend. Huge numbers and very competitive. It’s going to be an amazing season for Mandarins 😊

@michaelvincent7115 Not sure if you are trolling or just giving a backhanded comment to diminish the Mandarins success, but SCV not performing in 2023 had zero impact on the Mandarins success. My son marched Mandarins in 2023. So I have firsthand knowledge that there was only 3-4 kids that came from SCV. In fact, quite a few of the 2023 Mandarins kids came from top Open Class corps from the 2022 season. So this notion or false narrative that SCV packed up their trucks and kids as their buildings were burning down, and headed 90 miles east to Sacramento is straight up lies. If you were paying attention, the Mandarins have been on this trajectory since 2018 regardless of what SCV and their incompetent staff was/wasn't doing. Mandarins just had their brass camp this past weekend. If you are expecting them to fall off, you are going to be disappointed come August. According to my son, so far what they have this year, leaves Sinnerman brass book in the dust. Mandarins are here to stay, whether people like it or not.

@@gunner-qf9eh neither. Mandarins/SCV likely compete for the same musicians. No disrespect intended to either corps, but it's competitive so i imagine like sports that more teams in the same pool can affect success. Edit: apologies for the delayed response. I didn't think my comment would interpreted negatively.

​@@gunner-qf9eh also just a side note. SCV had won a championship in recent years so quality of musicianship and performer are clearly high there and calling them incompetent seems unnecessary. And no one suggested that Mandarins weren't doing well, i myself have been excited to see them as i was when Crown broke the top barrier. it was simply a question of how adding another corps back into the mix would affect the talent pool. I respect your pride in your kid, and i imagine they are phenomenal as a performer, but there was no slight in my comment.