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The ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
Today is Giving Tuesday, and we’re launching our 2019 Annual Campaign. We hope that while you’re spending time enjoying the holiday season and finding ways to give back, you’ll think of Bluecoats and consider making a donation to support our mission of providing music and performance programs for youth. We seek to provide youth with an opportunity to develop leadership, personal, character, and social skills by emphasizing the challenge, excitement, and self-discipline presented through travel, competition, and the pursuit of excellence.
Bluecoats 2020 Brass Educational Staff Announced
BLUECOATS WELCOME JONI PEREZ, KEVIN FENSKE, KRIS HAMMOND, AND BENJAMIN PIERCE TO 2020 BRASS EDUCATIONAL STAFF. BRASS LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL RETURN, HEADED BY DEREK GIPSON.
Today Bluecoats is excited to introduce the brass educational staff for the 2020 season. Joining the team is Joni Perez, Head Band Director at The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, TX. She’s been Head Band Director there since 2010 and recently brought the band to a silver medal at the 2019 BOA Grand Nationals. Perez brings plenty of drum corps educational experience along with her to this role, having been on the brass staff at Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, and Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. We’re now thrilled to have her join our 2020 Brass Educational Staff as a brass instructor.
Alumni Council ORGANIZES VOLUNTEER WEEKEND AT CHAMPION EVENT CENTER
Our Alumni Council Chairperson, Bluecoats Historian, and baritone alumnus Jay Wise recounts below his experience at the first-ever Alumni Council Volunteer Weekend at the Champion Event Center.
Bluecoats would like to thank the dozens of alumni, board members, and community members who joined us to volunteer this weekend.
Public Notice: Bluecoats, Inc. Annual Meeting
Bluecoats will hold its Annual Meeting, open to the Voting Membership of the Corporation on November 10th at 11:00 AM ET at the small hall of the Champion Event Center in North Canton, OH. This meeting will be immediately followed by a meeting of the Board of Directors.
Management Roles Available for Bloo20 Season
As the Bloo20 Audition Experience Camps approach, it’s time for Bluecoats to fill key positions on the drum corps Operations Team. Bluecoats is now accepting applications for Tour Manager, two Asst. Tour Manager positions, and the role of Foodservice Manager.
Bluecoats announce 2022 Alumni Corps Design Team
BLUECOATS ANNOUNCE 2022 ALUMNI CORPS DESIGN TEAM. Preparations continue for The 50th Anniversary Bluecoats Alumni Corps! Key to the success of this major project will be the selection and development of a program honoring all former Bluecoats while entertaining the vast Bluecoat fan base as well as the greater DCI audience.
Introducing Our 2022 Strategic Plan
At a meeting last month, the Bluecoats board of directors approved a comprehensive new strategic plan that will lead the organization into our 50th year. The plan, which covers a variety of goals, includes expansions of our Stark County programming, a focus on developing our Bluecoats-operated DCI shows, and the creation of a 10-year improvement plan for the Champion Event Center property. The plan also outlines the framework for the organization’s 2022 50th anniversary celebrations.
“Strategic planning is always an important driver of the mission of an organization like ours,” said CEO Mike Scott. “But as we near our fiftieth year, this strategic plan is a particularly important guide for how our organization will close this first 50-year chapter and begin another.”
The plan’s objectives are divided into four pillars: