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Meet the 2025 Bluecoats Fellows
The Bluecoats Fellowship is an honors program for early-career designers in the marching arts. It serves as an incubator that expands access to the world of marching band, color guard, and drum corps design. The program includes a paid residency at Bluecoats Spring Training & mentorship with the Bluecoats design team.
Today, we’re excited to introduce the fourth class of Bluecoats Fellows!
David Glasgow Elected As Director Emeritus With Lifetime Board Seat
At their annual meeting on Tuesday, the Bluecats Board of Directors unanimously elected the organization’s first full-time Director, David Glasgow, to a lifetime board seat He joins Ted Swaldo as the organization’s only two Directors Emeritus.
Bluecoats Welcomes Patty Dowd Schmitz to Board
Today Bluecoats announced the election of Patty Dowd Schmitz to its board of directors. Patty is the President & CEO of the National First Ladies Library & Museum located in Canton, OH. She is a Bluecoats alumnus and already has a rich history of supporting Bluecoats’ fundraising & history efforts. Notably, she was the producer and project chairperson for 50 Years of Excellence, a beautiful coffee table book chronicling Bluecoats history and released in celebration of our 50th Anniversary in 2022.
Announcing Our 2025 Summer Season
The Bluecoats organization today announced more details of its 2025 summer season, featuring the expansion of The Blue Way Summer Arts Camp and the return of the Bluecoats Summer Music Series. Of course, the defending World Champions will tour the United States making 29 stops for rehearsals, performances, and competitions in stadiums as far west as San Antonio, TX and eastward to Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Locally, the world-renowned drum corps will appear at events of the Bluecoats Summer Music Series including Bluecoats Opening Night Community Celebration, Bluecoats Party in the Plaza, a concert at Gervasi Vineyard, and Innovations In Brass at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium during Enshrinement Week.
Bluecoats and Fairless Local Schools Announce Community Partnership
Today Bluecoats and Fairless Local Schools announced a new partnership that makes Fairless the Official Education Partner of Bluecoats. The partnership establishes Fairless High School as the home of the Bluecoats audition events in Stark County, and sets the stage for new Bluecoats educational events coming in 2025 and beyond. These include an education-focused marching band festival and a concert band festival. Both events will be hosted at the beautiful new Fairless High School.
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