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Monday Memory: When the News Traveled by Snail Mail
Today Bluecoats can notify their members, fans and the entire activity in moments by simply dropping a Social Media post. Between text, social media, e-mail and the website, you are never far from fresh information. But that’s not always been so. Keeping the members, parents and activity notified of Bloo news was a bigger chore “back in the day” and relied upon Director Messages and then later the Blue Review.
2020 Recovery Goal Surpassed!
Wow! We’ve raised $352,304 towards our recovery all thanks to you, the Bluecoats Community! Back in May, following the cancellation of the 2020 drum corps season, we announced a goal of $350,000 to support our recovery. This funding has helped us to fulfill our refund obligations and keep the Bluecoats organization alive and operating.
Bluecoats Welcomes Bryen Warfield and Dan Coleman to Board of Directors
SCOTT SWALDO, TOM SCHECK, DAN KLOHA, VICTORIA RILEY, ESQ., AND BRAD BENNETT JOIN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
We’re very pleased to welcome Bryen Warfield and Dan Coleman to the Bluecoats Board of Directors, both as Directors At Large.
Monday Memory: When Some of Us Rang in the New Year in Dallas
It started out as a typical winter break drum corps camp in late December 1987. There was plenty of excitement on its own because this was the second off-season rehearsal following Bluecoats cracking into the top 12. But for about a dozen members of the corps, this camp would be different. They would leave early and travel over 1,000 miles to do drum corps. In the off-season. On New Year’s Day.
Happy Bloo Year's Eve!
There’s no better way to ring out the year 2020 by looking back at the previous decade and how BLOO it was! We’re proud to debut our fifth installment of our decade history series that takes a look at how Bluecoats evolved over time. Our previous installments on the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were produced for our 40th Anniversary in 2012. When 2020 arrived, we began putting together that fifth episode and it may suprise you. Sure, Bluecoats had a great run of competitive success between 2010 and 2020 with three Bronze, two Silver and one Championship Gold finish, but the organization took huge strides beyond the turf. Enjoy this look back in time, to the 2010s and a very Bloo decade!
An Update On Our Planning for 2021
Today, Drum Corps International announced their intention to hold events in Indianapolis this August. Bluecoats looks forward to participating in this celebration of the marching arts in whatever capacity the public health climate allows. As always, our priority is to create a safe experience that listens to experts and faces the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic. All program operations in 2021 remain dependent on safe public health conditions.
This cancelled season has further proven that the Bluecoats Experience is about more than competitive drum corps. It’s about striving for excellence, making life-long friendships, and creating art together. In 2021 the Bluecoats organization will create programming that we’re proud to call the Bluecoats Experience, and we will do so only in ways that ensure the health, wellness, and safety of all those who participate. We cannot wait for the day the Bluecoats can safely return to the field.
Monday Memory: Happy Birthday Bluecoats!
Adorning some of our merchandise, you see the year 1972 as the origin of the Bluecoats. But would it surprise you that the birth of the Bluecoats is a little complicated? Not if you know the history of the only drum corps on the planet to win a World Championship after the corps had folded and re-organized. And Bluecoats did that twice!
Bluecoats Community Gathers At Symposium I
On the weekend we hosted the first of two Bluecoats School of the Arts Symposiums scheduled for this fall. These two-day virtual learning events are the most ambitious learning events ever programmed by Bluecoats and include a roster of award-winning and world-renowned keynote guests.
Symposium I included keynote guests Jens Lindemann, world-renowned trumpet performer and professor; Robert ‘Sput’ Searight, Grammy-award winning drummer; Jim Moore, Emmy and Tony award-winning choreographer; and Greg Lagola, world-renowned fashion designer and choreographer.