You are very observant
To help identify a few of the people first.
In the first post (#709) In the first picture you see Jesus Brito (our club pres.) is in the foreground, Michael Kimberling (RGC Kokaku owner last months San Antonio show) in the water on the left, and club member Darryl Welch also in the water in the background.
In pic # 6 of the same post you see Gene (yes, Dan and Gene are real people who make a habit of only raising GC Koi
GC at OKC and San Antonio A & B) carrying one to the holding tanks.
In the next two pix you see Chuck Downs holding up two fish for pix.
In post 710 I'm trudging up the hill with another one (hint, the good looking one is in the bag, I'm the not so lovely
)
Your observations on the Goromo/goshiki were exactly the same as mine and I was also thinking of JR's timely post while we were looking them over. It is a great example of the genepool overlap. A very large fish. We didn't tub for a measurement but it was every bit of 90 cm.
The showa you mentioned as coming on or fading out were both Bradygoi. I didn't see them before they went in so I can't tell you which way they are going. I hope you notice the outstanding Sumi on the other Showa and the Sanke. Several were very nicely laquered.
All in all they were an outstanding group and I think everyone was pretty pleased with the results.
In September we put some of Jesus Koi in his new mudpond (maybe he'll post some pictures
) and when the time comes it will be interesting to see how they fare.