Yesterday Bluecoats announced the dates and locations for our four nationwide Audition Experience Camps. Following a magical season in 2018, thousands of Bluecoat-hopefuls have already signed up to learn more about the launch of our 2020 audition season.

Following a magical 2019 drum corps season, the Bluecoats organization has begun preparations for another whirlwind summer of drum corps. Fans can expect a lot of the same - another 10,000+ mile tour across the US, about thirty incredible performances, and a production designed and instructed by the same team we’ve come to love so much.

Today, the Bluecoats organization is announcing that it will not operate Bluecoats Indoor for the 2020 WGI season. We are always steadfastly focused on operating programs that create a "Bluecoats Experience" that we can be proud of, therefore a decision like this one is never taken lightly.

Bluecoats Indoor has been a huge success since its creation in late 2017. The program has created productions beloved by the activity, drawn support from the entire Bluecoats community, and provided a space to explore for young performers from all across the United States and Canada.

10,000 miles, 32 performances, and nearly 300,000 audience members later, the final performance of “The BLUECOATS” left a Lucas Oil crowd of more than 20,000 on their feet.

In a whirlwind of a season that included record breaking crowds, scores, and even a performance as the headliner of the NFL Hall of Fame Game halftime, “The BLUECOATS” swept the nation and the drum corps world as a much-celebrated “concert celebrating the forward-thinking spirit of love, collaboration, innovation, and inclusion that The Beatles embodied.”

Each year Drum Corps International and its participating organizations spend the final weeks of the DCI Summer Tour in an exciting and good-natured “race” to raise the most money in the Drum Corps Giving Challenge.

Every donation to any campaign during this time counts toward a drum corps’ total in the race, and the earnings are tracked at the official Giving Challenge website. Today, Bluecoats launched our portion of the campaign.

In a press release issued this morning, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 2019 halftime act for the NFL Hall of Fame Game, and it’s an act you might recognize! On August 1st, when the Broncos and the Falcons face off in Canton at the annual pre-season NFL game - the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps will entertain the crowd at halftime with their 2019 production The BLUECOATS!

“Each summer we leave Canton and take our show to audiences all over the United States. It’s so exciting that this year we get to bring something as special as this years’ show right to the most exciting event in our hometown!” said Mike Scott, CEO of Bluecoats. The Pro Football Hall of Fame and Bluecoats both share Canton as a hometown, and both organizations cite “excellence” as a core characteristic in their mission and statements.