All roads lead to the CPG Sports Complex this Saturday, November 24, as the 20th edition of the prestigious Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown brings together for one spectacular day the best drum corps in the region.

Billed as the greatest show in town, this year's showdown features eighteen contingents in a competition contested in three categories: Category A for more seasoned drum corps most of which are outside Bohol; and Category B and C for high school and elementary drum corps, respectively.

Listed in alphabetical order, the contingents in three categories are Category A: CVSCAFT-Tagbilaran City Campus; Don Vicente Rama Memorial High School, Cebu City; Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School; Pilgrim Christian College, Cagayan de Oro City; Saint Augustine Club, Carmen, Cebu; Salus Institute of Technology, Cebu City; Category B: Immaculata High School, Baclayon, Bohol; St. Agustine Institute, Sagbayan, Bohol; Tabuan National High School, Garcia-Hernandez, Bohol; and Category C: Cogon Elem. School, Tagb. City; Duero Central Elem. School; Loon North Central Elem. School; Loon South Central Elem. School and Tagb. City Central Elem. School.

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On Sunday 7th October, over 2,500 gathered at Butts Park Arena, Coventry, England for the UK’s premier National Championships staged by the British Youth Band Association, and boy, what a Championships it promised to be in all Divisions.

30 units performed in competition out of a season starting line of 45 units back in June, those which arrived at ‘Finals’ earned they place after a series of 8 regional shows across June, July and September, with units qualifying after at least 3 shows, and being seeded in divisional league tables. So, the stage was set for a very interesting and exciting day and it some cases it was right down the wire.

Three experts from the Flemish music organisation Vlamo will share their knowledge with sixty band leaders of the Field Band Foundation. From Sunday 9th December to Saturday 15th December 2007, a 'Teach the Teacher' workshop will take place in the surroundings of the BAT Community Centre in Durban - South Africa.

The BAT Centre is one of the four community centres in South Africa which the Flemish community wants to build a relation with. From the Flemish government, Vlamo now gets financial resources to develop initiatives to accelerate the quality of the field bands in this context and with the Field Band Foundation.

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Stafford Lancers are proud to announce that their 2008 production will be the Tony award winning musical "EVITA".

The 2008 show was well received by the members (pictured) and numbers are already up across Brass & Colour Guard sections.

Lancers are actively seeking new members across all areas of the Corps but especially on our award winning Drumline.

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