Two new classes have been added to the CGN Individuals & Ensembles. The Bras Ensemble Plus and Percussion Ensemble PLus categories. The plus in both means that the ensemble may be supported by (bass)guitar, piano or synthesizer. In 2005 CGN already added the Plus to the Mixed Ensemble categories. Color Guard Nederland (the Dutch circuit […]
In keeping with their vision to be on the cutting edge of the marching band and indoor drum line venues, Marching Show Concepts has partnered with Color Guard Netherlands as an official sponsor Color Guard Netherlands (CGN) is one of the fastest growing Color Guard and Indoor Percussion competition circuits in the world. CGN is […]
Color Guard Nederland (CGN) will start a new class in the 2009 season. The ‘Junior Class’ gives the younger Color Guard participants a chance to compete with groups of their own age on a higher level. All participants in this class must be 16 years or younger on April 1 of the competitionseason. At the […]
The Color Guard Nederland (CGN) board is rapdily expanding. Vera Brusse was recently added to the taskforce that governs CGN. Vera is a well known person in the Dutch Color Guard world and has been associated with the Dutch Winter Guard movements since it’s humble beginnings in 1980, thru CGN and Avant Courir. When the […]
The European Indoor Arts Alliance (EIAA) has recently revealed their logo. The logo is a design of Jérôme CAPOEN from France. The EIAA website will be released soon and will provide information on the 2009 events. EIAA is a working group made up of Indoor Arts organizations’ representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and […]
The taskforce (board) of Color Guard Nederland has added a new member. Niels Merkx has accepted the position as requested by the taskforce. Niels will be an ad-interim member. He was already associated to CGN last year as project manager Indoor Percussion. For many in the Indoor Percussion world, Niels is well known. He was […]
Apart from the Virtual Individuals & Ensembles, registration for the ‘real’ CGN Individuals & Ensembles has started. On October 18, 2008 this competition will be held in Eemnes, The Netherlands. Color Guard Nederland (CGN) organised this competition for individuals and small ensembles for many years now. On average around 60 acts compete each year, making […]
Today, Color Guard Netherland started a new web service, named Virtual Individuals & Ensembles. The website looks like YouTube and provides visitors the possibility to upload a video file of their own performance. Other visitors are able to rank the performance. It’s that simple. The only competition rules are that the uploader is in the […]
During the contests in Goes (March 1) and Drachten (March 15) Color Guard Nederland (the Indoor Percussion & Winter Guard circuit for the European Mainland) offers percussion ensembles the opportunity to get to know their Indoor Percussion Circuit. The esmebles can watch the contest and after that get into a discussion with jurors and members […]
The European Indoor Arts Alliance (EIAA) was officially formed in the fall of 2007 by Winter Guard United Kingdom, Drum Corps Germany, Unik Star (France), Xpression (France), Blue Lions (France) and Color Guard Nederland. The new organization will be a joint venture between the organizations to promote Indoor Percussion and Color Guard in Europe and […]
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