Just to clear up some confusion about Gold from an insider perspective.
White Drillmasters painted brown:
We could have just bought brown drillmasters, but there was apparently one kid in front ensemble with a size 14 shoe (apparently they don't have brown in that size) which "prevented" us from getting them already brown.
Why didn't they just get different shoes/color for front ensemble? Why didn't they just have him wear size 13's? Why why why? I don't know. Could have been planned much better.
Plain old brown shirt and brown overalls:
The original idea was to have just that plain uniform and then when we left on tour, then add leaves and whatnot when we left for tour; like we had had started to GROW ;)
They kept having dates planned to do these alterations, but time and time again would put them off to a later date, to where eventually we had to leave for tour and never got to complete the idea.
Definitely could have been planned better.
As for the show theme. The way it's been explained to me is that it's more conceptual than a storytelling. So think of Bluecoats 2014. An idea as the show title, and then just doing whatever fits within that concept throughout the show. So there's a lot of "growth" in the show both visually and musically. And then of course there's the uniforms and props with trees and plants; kind of arbitrary to what the show is actually about.
Hope that makes our show a bit more understandable. :)
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