Check out a first look at the 2022 Bluecoats as they prepare in rural Indiana for a full summer tour of DCI competition.
All Access: Bluecoats Creative Team Discuss the 2022 Show, Scores, Their Creative Process, and More
Jul 14, 2022
We caught up with Bluecoats creative team members Jonathan Vanderkolff, Dean Westman, and Doug Thrower, and chatted about everything from their 2022 production titled 'Riffs and Revelations,' to DCI post-COVID, to their unique creative process at the Bluecoats.
Timestamps
0:00-0:21 - Intros
0:21-1:17 - Where are you in your 2022 spring training process
1:18-2:24 - Characteristics/feelings of the drum corps season
2:25-3:15 - Improving over the weeks
3:16-6:30 - “Experimental nature of spring training”
6:31-7:55 - Process & problem solving the big ideas
7:56-10:46 - Why Bluecoats hold back show information until their first performance
10:47-14:45 - 2022 narrative & story
14:46-15:43 - 2022 music
15:44-20:25 Drum corps design then and now
20:26-22:06 Lessons & reminders
22:07-24:30 - Previous years vs 2022; music, costumes, anxiety, and emotion
24:31-25:24 Finding the right ideas that’ll connect with everyone
25:25-27:30 Element of ownership over what gets put on the field
27:31-29:00 - Communication between the staff
29:01-30:09 Doug’s process
30:10-36:14 Scores & competition this season
36:15-39:20 - Not taking things for granted after COVID
39:21-43:14 - Post-COVID realizations for this season & beyond
43:15-45:32 - Goals for the season
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