Protecting The Future of Bluecoats

At Bluecoats, we’re committed to making a lasting impact. For over fifty years, we’ve delivered world-class performing arts education programs, first to the young people of Canton, Ohio, and now reaching to students around the globe.

One symbol has remained our calling card for decades – the emblem of the police shield.

Now, that symbol represents a community of donors committed to protecting our future. Your Membership is invested for a lifetime, and you’ll become a VIP with the benefits our most ardent supporters deserve.

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We’re on a mission to create performing arts experiences that inspire, educate, and promote excellence. Your Sustaining Gift directly supports the Bluecoats programs that bring our mission to life.


  • Bluecoats creates performing arts experiences that inspire, educate, and promote excellence as we enrich the lives of young people, and those who encounter their art.


  • A Bluecoats Community enriched by a spectrum of programming, ranging from a student’s first experience with the performing arts to our world-renowned drum corps. Creativity, integrity, and personal development are emphasized in our constant pursuit of excellence.

  • Excellence
    Creativity
    Inclusivity
    Integrity
    Collaboration

VIP Benefits for Sustaining Members

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    Member

    $10/mo • $120/yr
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

  • Vintage badge Bluecoats logo

    Badge

    $25/mo • $300/yr
    - 15% off at the Bluecoats Marketplace
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

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    Chevron

    $50/mo • $600/yr
    - Annual thank you gift
    - 15% off at the Bluecoats Marketplace
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

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    Helmet

    $100/mo • $1200/yr

    - 2 VIP Tickets to Party in the Plaza
    - Annual thank you gift
    - 15% off at the Bluecoats Marketplace
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

  • Vintage Bugle B logo

    Bugle B

    $250/mo • $3000/yr

    - 2 VIP Tickets to Innovations in Brass
    - 2 VIP Tickets to Party in the Plaza
    - Annual thank you gift
    - 15% off at the Bluecoats Marketplace
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

  • Shield logo

    Shield

    $500/mo • $6000/yr

    - 2 VIP Tickets to Innovations in Brass
    - 4 VIP Tickets to Party in the Plaza
    - Annual thank you gift
    - 15% off at the Bluecoats Marketplace
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

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    Champion

    $1000/mo • $12000/yr

    - 4 VIP Tickets to Innovations in Brass
    - 4 VIP Tickets to Party in the Plaza
    - Annual thank you gift
    - 15% off at the Bluecoats Marketplace
    - Acknowledgment in annual program & online
    - VIP badge & membership sticker pack

The Shield is about more than a drum corps. It’s about a mission, launched by the Canton Police Boys’ Club, dedicated to the growth of young people. That mission has held the icon of a police shield as its calling card since even before Bluecoats was founded in 1972.

Today that shield comes to the protection of Bluecoats in the form of a monthly giving community. Donations are made monthly via credit card or ACH band transfer and directly fund the programs that keep the mission alive today. As a member of The Shield, you are a VIP at the heart of our mission. You will have exclusive access to VIP benefits, putting you in direct contact with the programs that you support.

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Protecting The Future of Bluecoats

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    Rooted in a Historic Mission

    It all started with a shield. A group of five men, all associated with the Canton Police Boys Club, started a drum and bugle corps. Shortly it would become “The Bluecoats,” named in honor of the uniform of those Canton police. The logo of the Boys’ Club? A shield of course!

    That shield icon has stuck with us. We see it today as the logo of Bluecoats – an organization rooted in this history, bringing thousands of aspiring musicians the very best in performing arts education. Now The Shield becomes more than a logo. It takes the form of a community: supporters excited about this history and dedicated to securing our future.

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