Bluecoats and Fusion Winter Guard Establish Strategic Partnership
Earlier this year, Fusion Winter Guard announced its new design team, including Bluecoats Artistic Director / Visual Designer Jon Vanderkolff, Bluecoats Costume Designer / Choreographer Gregory Lagola, and Bluecoats Colorguard Caption Supervisor / Designer / Choreographer Jim Moore. Bluecoats team members Carol Abohatab and Samia Mooney will also join the Fusion World team as choreographers.
Bluecoats and Fusion Winter Guard have aligned in a partnership that will offer more community outreach and youth programming beyond these two world-class organizations. This will include future joint clinic events, educational programming, resource sharing, and more.
“Fusion Winter Guard is an outstanding organization with a mission that truly fosters the growth and experience of young people. I can’t think of a better partner and look forward to this friendship evolving into new and exciting opportunities for both and our collective community,” said Mike Scott, CEO of Bluecoats.
Fusion Winter Guard and the Bluecoats will also have shared booth space at the 2023 WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, where you can not only grab merchandise from both Fusion World and the Bluecoats, but also support the Fusion Summer Scholarship Fund with a portion of your purchase! The newly formed fund will offset summer tuition to march the Bluecoats.
“Bluecoats’ focus on arts education has been the cornerstone of its effective development of young artists, musicians and performers around the country. This exciting partnership allows Fusion to enhance its classroom far beyond the performance floor and extends our passion for lifelong learning alongside our Bluecoats family,” said Rob Watson, Executive Director of Fusion Winter Guard.
Auditions for both Fusion World and the Bluecoats are now open for the 2023 seasons. Fusion World is hosting two audition weekends in September and the Bluecoats kickoff their 2023 auditions in
November. To learn more, visit: fusionwg.org/audition and bluecoats.com/join.
About Fusion Winter Guard - Fusion Winter Guard is a 30-year youth organization dedicated to enriching lives of our membership and our community through performance. Fusion is a World Class division winter guard ensemble based in
New Jersey and is ranked among the top 10 ensembles in the world by Winter Guard International. For more information, visit fusionwg.org
