The drum line of Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg will be letting loose in the night of the 24th to the 25th of February, and will attempt to keep playing the drums all night long in order to raise money for the club. Following the regular Friday night rehearsal on the 24th of [...]
After the success of earlier tours and with experience from the USA, Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps is currently working hard on the organization if the association’s first official European Tour. Very soon after the unfortunate news on September 30th 2011, when it was announced that the corps’ planned USA Tour in 2012 would not [...]
Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps is still looking for musicians. The Brass section still has various spots to fill in for the 2012 season. Do you still want to be part of the “Under Construction” program? This is you ultimate chance to build this product with us. Read the rest of the article here.
Last weekend Gifford Howarth instructed the front ensemble. A lot of the current members also participated in this clinic last year, but for our new members it was even more exciting! The beatrix.org editors spoke with Sharon Sens, new with Beatrix’ in 2012 and also new in the world of the front ensemble. Read the [...]
Gifford Howarth, Vic Firth, Evans and Zildjian artist, is back in the Netherlands. In the weekend of December 16 – 17 he will be at the Beatrix Corps Hall to deliver Beatrix’ Front Ensemble some extra knowledge and skills. When the Beatrix Association was founded, the board decided to give some extra attention to the [...]
Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg – The Netherlands has announced its new show. “Metamorphosis: From Anger to Love” is about the most basic human emotions: love and hatred. Juliana’s design team has been working on developing the new show for several months. In recent years, the team has developed a design process that [...]
A drumcorps program is never finished. The program unfolds itself even before the first sheets of music are handed out. On a cold winter day the first sheets of music are placed upon the music-stands. From that moment on you will see and hear the program grow and everyone who is involved with the corps [...]
We all know where and how a Beatrix season ends: in the finals stadium with a standing ovation from the crowd. But a Beatrix program starts within the minds of a group of people called the BPT (Beatrix Program Team). An enormous pile of ideas is discussed and researched, thoughts are discarded or mutilated, lessons [...]
This past year, Beatrix ‘ has prepared itself for the 2012 USA Tour. We took the Drum Corps International Tour 2011 as a guide on which we composed a concept 2012 Tour that meets the requirements and wishes that we have; challenging competitions in the Open Class, good variety with World Class participants, enough time [...]
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 [...]
