As a result of the loss of performing members and staff, combined with the need to recruit and rebuild the corps, Forgemen from Sheffield will not take the competitive filed in either BYBA or DCUK this year.

"The corps is continuing upon our voyage of change that will result in the long term sustainability of the organisation", Forgemen director Tony Lees said. "It is our intention to perform in exhibition subject to approval at both the Barnsley BYBA and DCUK shows in July and hopefully one other in the second half of the season."

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Due to demand from its members, Distant Thunder have set up a members blog to record marching members experiences during the 2006 season. Hot on the heels of some DCI corps, they are the first UK corps to launch a public blog on their internet website.

Postings will follow after rehearsals, events and competitions giving an inside look at what it takes to be part of the organisation, the transition from division 2 and A-Class to Division 1 and Open Class in BYBA and DCE. It will also recount their feelings and experiences of taking part in DCUK for the first time this summer.

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Drum Corps Europe has activated a new domain name: drumcorpseurope.org. This will be the new starting point from where visitors of the DCE website can proceed to their own language (English, Dutch, German or French).

The old DCE website was hosted on the drumcorps.nl domain. The DCE management decided that a Dutch TLD (.nl) is no longer the appropriate TLD for a European organisation. That's why the new domain drumcorpseurope.org has been activated. The existing domain names of DCE will remain active, and will point visitors directly to their preferred language (like drumcorps.org.uk for English, drumcorps.nl for Dutch and drumcorps.de for German).

Details of the Glassmen's 'Entertrainment Clinic' are now available. The clinic will be held on the day of the East of England Invitational that will be held in Peterborough on July 2nd.

The Entertrainment Clinic will be held between 3.30 and 5.00 PM. Attendees of the clinic will participate on the field with the Glassmen in sectional rehearsals, where the wind players will spend time with the brass, the percussionists with the battery and pit, and the flags, sabres, and rifles with the color guard. Students have the opportunity to 'tech' some sections, and offer opinions and suggestions about what they've seen and heard.

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