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True Bloo: Episode 3
We’re on week four here in Marion, IN, and we only have six days until tour!
Our Newest Performance Partner: Wireless Mic Belts
Today we are announcing the addition of Wireless Mic Belts to our list of Performance Partners. Wireless Mic Belts offers an array of wireless microphone belts and packs that stand as the industry standard for theater, music, and other audio engineering fields. With this endorsement, Bluecoats will use exclusively the mic pack products provided by Wireless Mic Belts for sound reinforcement across all performing arts programming.
Jeff Nelsen of Canadian Brass Visits Spring Training
Jeff Nelsen has been a performer in the Canadian Brass for more than eight years, and has a staggering resume of experience performing in the horn sections of dozens of orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Montreal, and St. Louis Symphonies. In 2011 at Indiana University, Jeff gave a celebrated TEDx Talk about fearless performance and has since given Fearless Performance lectures to fellow TED presenters, teachers, athletes, and business people around the world. Professor Nelsen gave one such talk to the 2019 Bluecoats and students of THE BLUE WAY this weekend at the beautiful Phillippe Auditorium at Indiana Wesleyan University.
True Blue: Episode 2
The Spring Training saga continues. Just like any good act one, here’s the sequel!
True Bloo: Episode 1
It’s time for True Bloo! Check out episode 1, and make sure you subscribe to Bluecoats on YouTube so you’re in on the action first when we release the second episode next week! (We’re also releasing Instagram TV this year.)
Meet the Summer Development Interns
Meet the 2019 development interns! All three of the interns have a love for the marching arts and come from diverse backgrounds. They are excited to work with the organization this summer. Click “Read More” to learn about the bloo19 development interns!
Bluecoats Announce 2019 Hall of Fame, Bloo Ribbon, and Unsung Hero Awards
Iva Johnson, Kevin Stahl, and Charles Stewart to be inducted into Bluecoats 2019 Hall of Fame. Errick Jose Prince and John David Mayo receive the Bloo Ribbon Awards. Jon Millsap and Paul Todd receive the Unsung Hero Awards.
11 May 2019 - NORTH CANTON, OH - Bluecoats has announced the 2019 inductees for the Bluecoats Hall of Fame as well as the 2019 recipients of the Bloo Ribbon and Unsung Hero Awards. The award recipients were selected by the Bluecoats Board of Directors at their most recent meeting in Canton, OH.
Iva Johnson, Kevin Stahl, and Charles Stewart will be inducted into the Bluecoats Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors. The 2019 recipients of the Bloo Ribbon Award are Errick Jose Prince and John David Mayo. J. Rhodes Millsap and Paul Todd receive the Unsung Hero Awards.
Bluecoats and PPI Graphics Announce Partnership
THE CANTON-BASED PRINT, DESIGN & MAIL HOUSE JOINS ROSTER OF BLUECOATS’ COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WILL PRODUCE NEW BLUECOATS ANNUAL PROGRAM
8 May 2019 - CANTON, OH - Bluecoats is excited to announce a new partnership with a fellow member of the Canton community: PPI Graphics. The Canton-based print, design, and mail house will produce all Bluecoats printing and mailing projects including the new Bluecoats Annual Program and direct mail campaigns such as the Bluecoats March-a-thon.
“It means a lot to us to partner with another member of the Canton community,” said Mike Scott, CEO of Bluecoats. “PPI Graphics has a history of philanthropic partnerships, and we’re honored to be counted amongst them.”