Are you having a BLOO BANDtober? 💙🎺
Charles Stewart & Kaleb Trent at Kentucky Band Event
October is the ultimate marathon: Friday night lights, competition Saturdays, and trying to get high schoolers to wear the right color socks. If you traded tour bus windows for chilly turf nights- running rehearsals, judging shows, or being a proud-band-parent— thank you. Thank you for pouring your time and passion into the next generation. After all, that freshman who can barely march and play at the same time right now just might wear pennies someday.
Bloo alums flooding the band world: Iconic.
Teaching with another baby blue buddy right now? Running into other Bluecoat friends or fans at a show? Send us the pics or tag @bluecoatsalumni on Instagram 📸✨"
Last Call on an Alumni Performance Opportunity!
Bluecoats alumni have been invited to perform at the Hanover Lancers Alumni show, called Profiles in Music, that takes place April 17, 2027 in Hanover, PA. We are seeking interest from YOU to perform in an alumni corps experience opportunity! This event takes place about 2 hours from Washington DC and 5 hours from Canton and will host a bunch of alumni drum corps from the east coast plus other similar groups. It is a sold-out classic east coast drum corps audience! Learn more and sign up on the interest list for here, as a decision must be made in the next few weeks!
🎉 Thank You Alumni! 🙌
Thanks to your incredible generosity, we provided nearly $30,000 in scholarship support to our 2026 World Champion Bluecoat participants. YOU make life-changing opportunities possible. From the kids, your Alumni Council, and the Bluecoats Organization, THANK YOU!
Want to continue providing life altering experiences? Consider Joining the Shield, where 50% of your sustaining support is invested in our endowment, keeping your original gift intact forever.
SECRETS Behind the Button Mashers 🎹
Ever wonder how the Bluecoats build their signature front ensemble textures?
Music Producer and Electronics Designer Matt Jordan takes us inside the acoustic sound palette of "Gravity & Grace." Discover how unusual instruments, raw physical sampling (like fingernail scrapes and bike pumps), and clever MainStage processing created some of the show’s most distinctive moments. Watch the full video here!
Alumni Social Platforms are GROWING!
At first Alumni was just on Facebook, but as the times and options changed we opened up an Instagram page. The time to grow again has come and we've started a Bluecoats Alumni Discord server! What does that mean for our Social Media footprint? If you have no idea what Discord is or can be, don’t fret, we will still continue to post on Facebook and Insta (currently we are doing Iconic season Photo polls from the archives). Plus we will continue to post on informative content.
With the addition of the Discord server, we are not altering what we do on the other platforms, but offering a new format knowing it reaches a different Alumni audience. It offers an alternative to Facebook but still gives us a closed community option that Instagram does not offer.
Bluecoats Recruit the Best Bluecoats! 💙
No one knows how to spot what it takes to join the Bloo family better than a Bluecoat. Make sure your talented performers have the information and confidence to take that next step!
🥁 In-person & virtual audition registration is OPEN.
🎺 2027 Techniques & Materials Packet Available NOW
Launch the next generation at bluecoats.com/join
Ready for the Sidelines & Spooky Season? 🎃
Head over to the Bluecoats Online Store to grab everything you need to rep the hometeam this fall- spooky b(l)oo shirts 👻, costumes, and a cozy fleece.
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