Throughout Chris Mann's appearances on The Voice, we have celebrated his success. We had several Mannfests, we made Mann Menus (my favorite menu item name was Christopher Michaelob beer, though LeMann ade and "Chris"py fries were also fun), we had Mann fans. We watched every episode to cheer him on. We celebrated with his parents.
The last few weeks, everywhere we went we talked about Chris. At Dillons, people would find Mike to wish Chris well. I told the servers at Starbucks and McDonald's, the checkers at Dillons, the retailer at All Paws Pet Store all to vote. The hair salon, the nail salon. At church we were drawn together as we cheered for Chris, talking about him every Sunday morning during the announcements and the fellowship hour. Becky was on the radio; even I was on the radio, all of us talking about Chris.
Although we were disappointed in the final standings, we shouldn't have been. Chris represented Wichita in a classy fashion. He stayed positive. He showed that he not only has a fabulous voice, he has great stage presence. He handled himself beautifully with the media. He is Chris Mann. And we are Wichita, home of and proud of Chris Mann.
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