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§ 07 · Voice & tone

Three registers, one voice

Bromont's voice is Quebec hospitality + Olympic heritage + serious eventing journalism. We flex register by context — ceremonial moments lean editorial, live calls stay athletic, social leans warm. Never break across registers.

§ Ceremonial register

Heritage with momentum

For title cards, opening/closing montages, the anniversary lockup, MARS sponsor stings. Warm, confident, heritage-aware. Honor the venue and the volunteers.

An equestrian triathlon, set in the historic Bromont hills.

§ Live call register

Accurate, present

For commentator-supplied lower-thirds and on-screen calls. Athletic, present-tense. Cite rider home town. Lead with the horse-and-rider pair, not just the rider.

Dunham, Québec's Colleen Loach and FE Golden Eye into the water complex.

§ Social register

Bring your appetite

For YouTube descriptions, social posts, sponsor reels with a human face. Playful and hospitality-forward. The site's actual voice — match it.

Bring your horses, your family, your golf clubs, and a healthy appetite.

§ Bilingual rule

English and French live together

Bromont is a Québec event. Every persistent on-screen graphic is built EN/FR side-by-side at design time — never auto-switched. French strings run ~20% longer; lower-third layouts must accommodate "SAUT D'OBSTACLES" alongside "SHOW JUMPING" without truncation. Diacritics preserved everywhere.

§ Anti-patterns

Don't slip into these

No "ELITE FIELD" superlatives. No "LIVE EXCLUSIVE" — we're a free livestream by design. No tech-bro vocabulary. No anglicized place names. No treating MARS as just a logo — honor 90 years of Mars-family horse heritage.