CONCORD Drum and Bugle Corps is proud to announce a new endorsee partnership with HARDCASE INTERNATIONAL LTD – suppliers of top quality cases for musical instruments.

The arrangement came through David Eyre – alumni member of the CONCORD snare line and now UK Sales Manager of Hardcase International Limited. David said “I got so much out of being a member of CONCORD that I wanted to put something back into the activity and supplying them with a set of Hardcase cases seemed an ideal way to repay them for my experiences”.

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Drum Corps Germany will shorten its rule seminar. Instead of a complete weekend the seminar now takes place on Sunday, February 2nd, 2007 - subject to sufficient registrations.

The number of the participants announced so far does not justify a complete week of meetings. Therefore, the seminar is to take place for one day only. A condition, however is that at least 15 participants are announced before Sunday, February 4th, 2007.

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Welcome to the 2007 Dram... I mean Drum Corps Japan Championships... whoops, someone misspelled "drum" on the championship flags. But that did not stop the seven drum and bugle corps from both east and central Japan from putting on an electrifying show for the masses. Though it was assured the name did not change, Drum Corps Japan introduced a new line of fashion at this year's championships, including the introduction of their new logo. The scoring system also had a makeover as tonight's championships began using the standard hundred-point system used by other drum corps circuits around the world. With that, the Yokohama Inspires with their production "M" earned the Spirit of Arita award and the highest score ever recorded in DCJ's history with a 91.95, taking also high brass, and color guard and high visual captions. The Yokohama Scouts followed in second with their production "Colored Jazzy Volcano" with a score of 91.15, taking also the high percussion caption. Tokyo Phoenix came in third with their production "Melting Pot" with a score of 89.90. Phoenix Regiment rounded out the division one competition with their production "Phoenix" with a score of 84.65.

Drum Corps United Kingdom officially announce that Jason Oates has been appointed as the new DCUK judges administrator. Jason is renowned as a long time supporter of the drum corps activity and brings with him to the role many years of experience as both a judge and an administrator.

During the process of seeking a new judges administrator the DCUK board were impressed with Jason's ideas, implementation strategies and fresh approach to the way he foresees the future of the DCUK judging team.

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