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Get Your "Redcoat Tote" While Supplies Last!

Last chance to own a piece of Berlin High history - down to the final supply of Redcoat Totes, marching band uniforms turned into tote bags

We are down to the final supply of Redcoat Totes. Once this batch is gone, your chance to own a piece of Berlin High history will be gone too.

The Berlin High School Band Parents Association is thrilled to recycle the retired marching band uniforms. These uniforms were worn by hundreds of marching band students for over 30 years in hundreds of performances in Berlin and beyond (Disney, Boston, New Orleans, and many other locations).

In the past, the only viable option for getting rid of old marching band uniforms was to send them to the landfill. Thanks to The Inconvenient Bag, a company based in California, old uniforms are repurposed and given new life. Each Redcoat Tote is a one of a kind tote bag made entirely out of the old marching band jackets and sashes.

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Whether you were in the band, attended Berlin High, or came to call Berlin home more recently, when you purchase a Redcoat Tote you are purchasing a piece of Berlin High School history and making a contribution that will help support the band program.

To purchase a Redcoat Tote send an email to bhsbandparents@yahoo.com for an order form or visit the Band Parents Association’s page on the BHS website at http://www.berlinschools.org/page.cfm?p=951.

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  • Pictures include front and back views of the tote bags, an order form, and the last group of marching band students to wear the now-retired uniforms (the final Berlin Fair performance in the old uniforms)

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