Bluecoats
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| Location | North Canton, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Division | World Class |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Director | David Glasgow |
| Finals Appearances | Nineteen |
| Highest Placement | Third (2010) |
| Corps Uniform | New for 2007: Shades of blue jacket: French cuffs on neck and sleeves with a black rectangle folded down on center chest area and silver reflective stripes on sleeves and outline of jacket, black pants with a tuxedo stripe, Black helmet with glitter, black patent leather shoes, and black gloves |
The Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class (formerly Division I) drum and bugle corps based in Canton, Ohio, and founded in 1972; The Bluecoats are a member corps of Drum Corps International. The corps name stems from the origins of the organization, based out of the Canton Police Boys' Club, in honor of the police officers associated with that club. Greeted by fans with a distinctive crowd cheer of "Blooooooo", the Bluecoats are currently the top corps from Ohio by placement in finals and were the first Ohio corps to make finals when they did so in 1987.
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For many years the Bluecoats have been welcomed to the field and praised for their performance by long shouts of “Blooooooo,” perhaps the most recognizable act of audience participation in the drum corps activity. The stock statement of “They’re not booing; they’re blooing” is often used to explain it to confused spectators.
The signature "Blooo" began during Finals Week in 1987, when the corps was vying for its first-ever Top 12 appearance at the Drum Corps International World Championships. The corps' signature song of Autumn Leaves was the middle song of the repertoire in 1987 and included an expanded snare line. Featuring the original snare line plus the quad line and several pit ensemble members, the line's drum-to-drum stickwork at the end of the "drum break" led to a frenzied and fortissimo ending of the song that drove the crowd to their feet. The resulting "Blooo" and applause lasted a full 30-seconds before the corps was able to continue its finale. As such, the tradition was born. In 1988 the corps featured a record 20-snare drum-to-drum section in a reprisal of Autumn Leaves.
Like most drum corps, the Bluecoats hold an annual “home show” near their hometown. The Bluecoats’ home show is a part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame festival, a series of events leading up to enshrinement ceremonies; the Hall of Fame is also located in Canton, Ohio.
The corps song of the Bluecoats is Autumn Leaves. The corps first performed the ballad in 1987, also the same year the Bluecoats broke into DCI’s elite top twelve. The song has remained a part of the corps’ repertoire since then, even reappearing as part of their 1988 and 1998 shows. It can often be heard being performed during impromptu parking lot concerts following competitions.
The Bluecoats also have a tradition of giving each member a necklace with pennies on it. The pennies are silver plated at a local manufacturing company and the attached to the blue necklace using a link from the chin strap of a Bluecoats helmet. Each member gets a penny for each year that they are members of the corps. This is a very distinctive mark of a Bluecoat, current members and alumni.
| Year | Repertoire |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Fanfare and Coronation March / Variations On America / Gospel John / Livin' for the City |
| 1976 | Quejada / Drum Fugue / I Believe (from Ice Castles) / Turkey in the Straw / Theme from Gold / Theme from SWAT / Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Year | Repertoire | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Le Coq D'Or / Porgy and Bess Medley / Carmina Burana / Bridge Over Troubled Water / Fanfare (from Quejada) | 65.30 | 35th |
| 1978 | Farandole / Corazón / Sweet Inspiration / Oklahoma Crude / Where He Leads Me / Stony End / Big Noise from Winnetka / New York, New York (from On the Town) | 68.50 | 28th |
| 1980 | Farandole / Left Bank Express / Encore for Jazz / Friends / Exodus | 52.050 | 38th |
| 1981 | Barnum / Aquarius (from Hair) / Encore for Jazz / Porgy and Bess Medley | 59.600 | 31st |
| 1982 | Compendium / Carnival / Aquarius (from Hair) / Root Beer Rag / Pavanne | 56.250 | 33rd |
| 1984 | Run Back to Mama / Night in Rome / Bugle Call Rag / Magnum Opus / For Your Eyes Only | 66.600 | 29th |
| 1985 | Run Back to Mama / Lover Man / Walk Between the Raindrops / Sunrise Lady / Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway / Our Voice | 70.200 | 28th |
| 1986 | Hungarian Dance No. 5 / Doodletown Fifers / Salt Peanuts / Everything Happens to Me | 80.300 | 15th |
| 1987 | Bye Bye Blues / Autumn Leaves / Body and Soul | 85.700 | 11th |
| 1988 | Old Black Magic / Take Five / Autumn Leaves | 86.700 | 11th |
| 1989 | Johnny One Note (from Babes in Arms) / My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) / Sing Sing Sing | 90.300 | 8th |
| 1990 | Caravan / I Got It Bad and that Ain't Good / Don't Get Around Much Anymore / It Don'e Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing | 89.200 | 8th |
| 1991 | Nutville / Palookaville / A Whiter Shade of Pale | 84.400 | 11th |
| Year | Theme | Repertoire | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "A Day in the Life" | Nowhere Man / Eleanor Rigby / The Long and Winding Road / Penny Lane / A Day in the Life of a Pool / The End | 84.600 | 11th |
| 1993 | "Standards in Blue-A Tribute to Dizzy Gillepsie" | All The Things You are (from Till the Clouds Roll By) / 'Round Midnight / A night in Tunisia | 87.200 | 9th |
| 1994 | "Blues" | Things Ain't What They Used to Be / Blues for Alice / In a Sentimental Mood / Sandu / C Jam Blues | 84.300 | 9th |
| 1995 | "Homefront: 1945" | Come Rain or Come Shine / Shippin Out / I'll Be Seeing You / Newsreel / Sing Sing Sing | 89.500 | 7th |
| 1996 | "American Celebrations" | My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) / Big Day in Bristol / Yankee Doodle Dandy / Strike Up The Band (from Strike Up The Band) / Prophet's Margin / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / Auld Lang Syne | 86.300 | 7th |
| 1997 | "Midnight Blue...Jazz After Dark, The Bluecoats' Way" | Harlem Nocturne / Moon / You and the Night and the Music | 85.600 | 11th |
| 1998 | "The Four Seasons of Jazz" | Winter / It Might as Well be Spring / Summertime (From Porgy and Bess) / Autumn Leaves | 87.100 | 10th |
| 1999 | "Music of Chick Corea" | Armando's Rhumba / Duende / Leprechaun's Dream / Celebration Suite | 83.000 | 13th |
| 2000 | "Threshold" | Intro / And on the Sixth Day / The Witch / Air Antique / Finale | 84.400 | 12th |
| 2001 | "Latin Sketches" | Intro / Candelabra Rhumba / Red Cape Tango / Tango-Finale | 90.750 | 8th |
| 2002 | "Urban Dances" | Sunrise / Paradise Utopia (from Concerto for Bass Trombone / Reflection (Overture from Dancer in the Dark) / Pedal to the Medal (from Motor City Triptych) | 91.500 | 7th |
| 2003 | "Capture and Escape" | Time to Take Back the Knights / Adagio for Theresa / Mediterraneo / Libertango / Code Name: Eternity / Original | 90.750 | 7th |
| 2004 | "Mood Swings" | Ride / One Day I'll Fly Away (from Moulin Rouge) / Hunting Wabbits | 92.125 | 6th |
| 2005 | "Caravan" | Caravan / Incantation (from Cirque du Soleil) / Ombra (from Cirque du Soleil) / Hajj | 94.450 | 5th |
| 2006 | "connexus." | Roots of Coincidence / Distorted (from La Nouba) / My Heart and I / The Tihai | 93.175 | 4th |
| 2007 | "Criminal" | Battle Music / Small World / Room Service / Smooth Criminal / Hummingbrrd / Timbuktu / Every Breath You Take | 94.050 | 7th |
| 2008 | "The Knockout" | On the Waterfront / The Boxer / Excerpts from the "Rocky" Soundtrack | 93.175 | 6th |
| 2009 | "IMAGINE" | Imagine / Children's Hour of Dream / Hunting Wabbits 2 / Sky Blue / Haitian Fight Song | 93.150 | 6th |
| 2010 | "Metropolis: The Future is Now" | 160 BPM (from Angels and Demons) / AHA! / Metropolis / Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey | 96.400 | 3rd |
| 2011 | "Brave New World" | Creep (Radiohead) / Deus ex Machina by Michael Daugherty / Harvest: Concerto for Trombone | 92.050 | 7th |
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