Mark Arnold talks Blue Knights on “The Gateway to the Rockies Podcast”

Ascend Performing Arts CEO Mark Arnold joins Visit Aurora to discuss his nearly 4 decades of service to the Blue Knights, 61 years of Drums Along the Rockies, and what this activity means to the community.

“It makes you whole, as a person, to be belong to something like that.”

When asked about the evolution of his career and the organization – they discuss the journey of drum corps and how the Blue Knights grew into Ascend Performing Arts to strengthen the ties held within the local community since 1958.


Click the audio player above to hear the interview.

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