Alumni Profile: Sandra Williams

SANDRA WILLIAMS PETERS

Years Marched: 1973-75, 77-80
Section: Color Guard

Rode on Bus: Elite and Ghetto Bus both.

Most Memorable Stadium/Show Site: Whitewater Wisconsin Perkins Stadium ("Burning our feet marching on Astro Turf")
Favorite Blooo song: Porgy & Bess, Bridge Over Troubled Waters 

Prized Bluecoat/Drum Corps possession: Picture Plaque of me on piece of wood made at one of the shows on the road

Currently living in: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Current Family: 2 daughters - Jennifer 18, Kimberly 11

After leaving drum corps: Sandra attended Tri-C Community College in Parma, Ohio and University of Akron earning an Associate Degree in Commercial Art. She worked for a lot of fast food places and for 15 years at Goodyear Aerospace which became Loral which became Lockheed Martin in Akron, Ohio as cartographer and Senior Computer Graphics Illustrator. Today Sandra freelances from home and does commercial office cleanings part-time.

How the Bluecoats made a difference: "The Bluecoats gave me discipline as a kid and helped me grow into a well rounded individual. I got to travel to places I would have never thought or even possible ever wanted to visit. I got to meet some great life long friends and have a special bond with them that is hard to explain unless you have been in drum corps. Once a Bluecoat always a Bluecoat!"

- originally published April 15, 2012