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Introducing the Bluecoats Annual Program
The Bluecoats Annual Program is a new publication that brings the Bluecoats story to our community. This 80-page publication is in part a program for our three Drum Corps International shows, in part an annual report of the Bluecoats organization, and in part a magazine celebrating one year’s worth of programming, leadership, and growth at Bluecoats. Click “Read More” to see the program online!
Monday Memory: Innovations IN BRASS through the years
This past weekend the Bluecoats hosted Innovations IN BRASS at the same location where the first show began in 1974. Hoover High School provided a lively stage for a drum corps show. As one of DCI’s longest running sponsored shows, Innovations has had a unique history.
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.)