Drum Corps Europe has again filmed a commercial this year to draw attention to the DCE Championships. Starting from today, the advert, which can also be viewed online, will be shown no less than twelve times a day on TV Rijnmond.

The television commercial has the aim of introducing drum corps and the DCE Championships to a wider audience. The commercial lasts for 30 seconds and shows images from earlier DCE Championships. The advert can count on a large audience with TV Rijnmond. Each week, the channel attracts more than 850,000 viewers making it one of the largest regional broadcasting companies in the Netherlands.

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Dynasty will again be sponsoring Drum Corps Europe. After a one-year 'pause', the major producer of brass and percussion instruments has decided to support the DCE Championships.

Dynasty requires hardly any introduction to European drum corps fans. The brand is strongly represented here via the distributor Muremo. It is also impossible to miss Dynasty in the United States. Quite literally so, as all this year's champions in the US (DCI Division I, II and III, DCA Open Class and A Class) play Dynasty instruments.

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Cadets were out in force at the Upton Show last weekend and finished with a 1st place in front of the Upton Youth Band Cadets. It was the first time at a show that they have played the closer, which still requires further work to match the front end of the show, but in summary you can see that this unit enjoys this year’s program. Variety throughout the program allows each section to demonstrate their strengths with of course some cheeky moves. The Cadets join the senior corps to perform at the Midlands show at Hinckley and will appear at this years BYBA finals at Butts Arena.

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For the DCE European Championships in Rotterdam on 29th September, Show & Marching Music has compiled several special offers. The offers will be available at the S&MM stand.

A discount of more than 15% will apply to books and DVDs from Dennis DeLucia, Jeff Queen and Bill Bachman. If you want to use this discount offer, just visit the website of Show & Marching Music, download the flyer from the website, write your address on the back and bring it to the S&MM stand in Rotterdam.

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