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Kevin Armbruster Inducted to Bluecoats Hall of Fame
We’re pleased to announce our newest inductee to the Bluecoats Hall of Fame: Kevin Armbruster. Kevin was selected by the Bluecoats Board of Directors.
Bluecoats Joins the DCI Celebration Tour
This summer, the Bluecoats will be taking the field again on the Drum Corps International Celebration Tour! There are events planned all over the country and you’ll see us at local events in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana as we make our way to Indianapolis for the Drum Corps International World Showcase.
The Bluecoats Return: Announcing The 2021 Season
CANTON, OH - Following yesterday’s announcement of the 2021 DCI Celebration Tour, the Bluecoats organization is excited to announce more details for the return of the Bluecoats in-person programming and performances for 2021.
The Bluecoats 2021 Drum Majors
We’re excited to announce our drum majors for the 2021 Bluecoats! Nick Kneupper and David Davenport will lead our drum corps this season, beginning this weekend with our first pre-season Camp in the Cloud!
We Have Bloo21 Spots Open!
We’ve started offering contracts for the 2021 Bluecoats and, for a limited time only, we still have spots open in all sections! Contracts will be offered on a rolling basis, meaning we’re evaluating videos as we get them. Once all the spots are filled, we’ll stop evaluating videos, so it’s best to get your video in as soon as possible!
Bloo21: We’re Back!
2021, here we come! After a long year of disappointment and uncertainty, we’re finally optimistic about bringing The Bluecoats back to the field this summer. With health and safety at the forefront of our planning, Bluecoats have a structure in place to allow us to safely create, rehearse and perform on a limited basis this summer!
Monday Memory: When You Carried the Pit on your Shoulders
Back in the early days of Bluecoats the drum corps front ensemble looked very different than it does today. Actually, there was NO front ensemble. During the early 1970s everything on the field had to be carried and nothing was “grounded” anywhere. Tympani? Carried it. Marimba? Carried it. Chimes? Yep, carried it! By the end of the decade corps were allowed to “ground” a few items, but they still had to be carried on and off the field. By the mid 1980s the rules changed and a boundary off the field was allowed for “pit” equipment but on-field performers weren’t allowed, at first, to enter and leave this area between the 30s and off the front sideline.