Madeline Bryce / The Daily Nexus

For many Gauchos, Deltopia, UC Santa Barbara’s biggest dayge, is the height of the coupling season. Out in the sunlight, all is laid bare for God and Yang to see, leading to many tender moments throughout the length of the day. None outdid Justin Themilitary this year, who proposed to now fiancee, first-year Comm major Anita Mann with a flash mob on Del Playa. 

“I was wondering why all my friends insisted on taking me to the nail place on Pardall. They literally went all out and got me all the bridal stuff at Sweet Jane too. So sweet. None of us have a car, so we couldn’t go anywhere else really,” said Mann. 

The flash mob started at the height of Deltopia, around 2 P.M., when Mann and her friends were on the 66 block of DP, desperately trying to find a party that would allow them to exit the river of people and shirtless men. Mann reported feeling completely drowned in Axe deodorant, when she heard the opening notes of “Cake by the Ocean” by DNCE. Suddenly, the sweaty bodies around her started to clear, and dance!

“I thought I had died, to be honest. But then, I saw Justin hitting that shit and I knew suddenly that this was all for me!” said Mann. 

The mob consisted of about 50 dancers, and completely stopped traffic on Del Playa for the entire 15-minute performance. Crowds gathered to watch, but most were blocked by the police on horses, whose horses also wanted to watch. The song continued into a mash-up of the Cupid Shuffle, Hotline Bling by Drake, and Rake It Up by Yo Gotti before finally ending in a touching voice memo from Justin. 

“Baby girl, I want to marry you so bad. I want the rest of my life to be just like this with you! Let’s fuck after this forreal,” Themilitary said over the voice memo, while getting down on one knee in front of Mann. 

Crowds erupted in applause when Mann accepted the proposal, and even the drunkest of partygoers sought out the happy couple to congratulate them. The rest of Deltopia was a blur for the pairing, since it mostly consisted of them drunkenly trying to find a place to have sex, given that Mann’s roommate was already back in the dorm having sex with her boyfriend.

For any Gauchos who weren’t so lucky in love on Deltopia, don’t worry! You’ll always have next year’s Deltopia, and every year after that if you just keep coming back. 

Fart Tent is planning a flash mob for you.