The Sacramento Mandarins started work on their 2005 program, "Romance," during a recent January camp. The brass line, which will be the largest in the corps' history, read through the show intro, "Adagio," from "Spartacus."

A recent Mandarins rehearsal
The complete program is as follows: ·"Adagio," from "Spartacus," by Aram Khachaturian
·"Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," by Sergei Rachmaninov
·"Vibraphonissimo," by Gary Burton and Astor Piazolla
·"Nuevo Tango," by Gary Burton and Astor Piazolla
·"Symphonic Dances: the Third Movement," by Sergei Rachmaninov Read more.