UK Fan Network Video Portal Celebrates 10 Years
In September 2013 UK Fan Network, the brain child of WGUK Hall of Famer Lee Court, first came into being and was managed under the Drum Corps International “The Fan Network” streaming portal.
In late 2015 the DCI portal was closed and so at the beginning of 2016 Marching & Performing Arts UK officially launched its own dedicated portal at www.ukfannetwork.org covering the video history of both Drum Corps United Kingdom and Winter Guard United Kingdom. 2026 sees us celebrate its 10th Anniversary.
We now have over 3000 videos available covering 95% of our history back to early 1980’s (if you happen to find any videos from the missing years hidden in a cupboard please let us know) and is a lasting legacy of the 1,000’s of shows and performers that have been part of our activity over the past 45 years.
Let’s take a look at the UK Fan Network Stats for the past year:
Current subscribers – 250
Videos viewed – 24.5K
Hours watched – 1,632
Top 5 viewing countries:
1) United Kingdom
2) Ireland
3) France
4) Netherlands
5) USA
Top 10 performance videos viewed:
Winter Guard United Kingdom
1) Northern Academy – Open Class Finals April 2025
2) Mayflower – World Class Stoke January 2025
3) Mayflower – World Class Finals April 2025
4) Northern Academy – Open Class Stoke January 2025
5) Mayflower – A Class Stoke January 2025
6) Mayflower – A Class Finals April 2025
7) Southern Knights – Junior Class Finals April 2025
8) Commodores – Open Class Finals April 2025
9) Oracle – Open Class Stoke January 2025
10) Northern Academy – A Class Finals April 2025
Drum Corps United Kingdom
1) Beeches – SoundSport Stoke January 2025
2) Beeches – SoundSport Worcester April 2025
3) Revolution – SoundSport Worcester April 2025
4) Beeches – Open Class Finals September 2024
5) Beeches – SoundSport Manchester February 2025
6) Concord AllStars – Junior Class Finals September 2012
7) Revolution – Open Class Finals September 2024
8) East Coast Elite – SoundSport Manchester February 2025
9) Liberty – SoundSport – Burgess Hill March 2025
10) The Company – Open Class Finals September 2016
Since the portal started in January 2016 the stats are:
Videos viewed – 146K
Hours watched – 33,900
Top 15 viewing countries:
1) United Kingdom
2) Netherlands
3) Ireland
4) USA
5) Germany
6) France
7) Spain
8) Italy
9) Canada
10) Belgium
11) Thailand
12) South Africa
13) Greece
14) United Arab Emirates
15) Turkey
These are top performance videos viewed since January 2016 (and are all WGUK Performances):
1) Kidsgrove Scouts – WGUK Open Class Finals 2017
2) Mayflower – WGUK World Class Stoke Jan 2024
3) MMI Winterguard – WGUK Open Class Stoke Jan 2024
4) Northern Academy – WGUK Open Class Stoke January 2023
5) Northern Academy – WGUK Open Class Finals April 2019
6) Northern Academy – WGUK Open Class Finals April 2022
7) Kidsgrove Scouts – WGUK Open Class Finals April 2018
8) Mayflower – WGUK Open Class Finals April 2017
9) Kidsgrove Scouts – WGUK Open Class Finals April 2014
10) Southern Knights – WGUK Open Class Finals April 2023
…and an honourable mention for the top 5 DCUK performance videos:
1) Beeches – DCUK Open Class Finals September 2019
2) Kidsgrove Scouts – DCUK Open Class Finals September 2017
3) Beeches – DCUK Open Class Finals September 2022
4) The Company – DCUK Open Class Finals September 2016
5) Kidsgrove Scouts – DCUK Open Class Finals September 2018
Finally, our top 5 most viewed videos are all Live Steams:
1) 2022 British Winter Guard Championships
2) 2024 British Winter Guard Championships
3) 2024 British Drum Corps Championships Prelims
4) 2022 British Winter Guard Championships Retreat
5) 2022 British Drum Corps Championships Finals
Want to relive your marching days or keep up with the most recent performances? UK Fan Network is the video portal of DCUK & WGUK and offers an extensive archive of UK Drum Corps and Winter Guard performances from as early as 1984 right up to present day and from only £9.99 (approx.. $12.00) you can enjoy a full years access so visit www.ukfannetwork.org and subscribe.
