Abrupt Ending To DCN Finals Due To Severe Weather

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Drum Corps Netherlands decided to call off the DCN Finals halfway through the evening due to severe weather conditions. Thunderstorms and a huge downpour put a ??premature end to the Dutch Drum Corps Championship of 2011.

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute issued a weather warning in the course of the evening. Drum Corps Netherlands continued to closely monitor weather developments. For a while, there were hopes that the storm would pass by Dordrecht, but around 9pm it became clear that the severe weather was on course to hit Dordrecht. The contest was temporarily stopped after the Starriders’ performance. During that break, the ceremony of the Junior Class was held.

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Posted by on Sunday, September 11th, 2011. Filed under Current News, Drum Corps Netherlands.