Tickets for this year’s DCE European Championships will go on sale on the 1st of May. Besides the standard tickets, DCE now also introduces special Premium Tickets. These tickets come with plenty of added extras. The Premium Tickets will go on sale at the same time as standard tickets. They cost six euros more than […]
With still more than five months to go, nine corps have registered for the German Open competition in Hameln. This will be the only drum corps competition in Germany this year. Drum Corps Germany announced that their ownly (indoor) contest in May had to be cancelled because of the lack of interest by corps. Only […]
The Irish Marching Bands Association (IMBA) and Drum Corps Europe have announced that the two associations will now officially enter a Certified partnership. This partnership will offer many opportunities for Irish bands to travel and compete in events across Europe. It will also offer international bands the opportunity to compete in DCE shows hosted in […]
Kadoudal is presenting a musical and artistic program about fighting for Breton rights at the time of Jord Kadoudal (18th century). The show is called "Brittany Forces". It has 6 movements and lasts 9 minutes. 1- Thunder Lightning Opener : during his childhood, Jord Kadoudal is enjoying the sea and the landscape. He sometimes helps […]
Showband Con Spirito from Joure has purchased 31 new Quantum Marching Brass brass instruments from the German manufacturer Jupiter. The purchase is an investment of 55,000 euros. The Frisian show band is the first corps in the Netherlands to be fully equipped with the Quantum Marching Brass instrument line. The replacement was desperately needed, as […]
Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps from Hilversum – The Netherlands will appear in a new uniform this year. What the outfit will look like remains a secret for now: "The hat will remain, but otherwise?" During last year’s training weekend, after being asked to put all mobile phones and cameras away, the new uniform of […]
Drum Corps Europe has appointed a new Adjudication Manager. As part of the DCE management team Douglas Caldwell will lead DCE’s judging organisation, with immediate effect. Douglas was born in Glasgow in 1961. "My first musical instrument was the piano but stopped playing a few years later as rugby was better fun", Douglas says. At […]
As part of our 100 year anniversary, Kidsgrove Scouts will visit the USA for two weeks before completing the tour at the Drum Corps Associates World Championships in Rochester, New York. The full schedule is now available and can be downloaded from our download area. The tour has been planned to be fully inclusive of […]
After another year in the development of the corps, the Staffordshire Knights have announced their 2010 programme. Using the music of Dvořak, Ginastera, Shostakovich and Mahler, the corps will present a show entitled ‘Life Cycle’. Throughout the production, the Staffordshire Knights will portray the different paths we choose in life, and the difficult decisions we […]
The Stoke show of Winter Guard United Kingdom on 28th February will feature a special performance. The Kidsgrove Scouts senior corps will perform at the Stoke show. The Kidsgrove Scouts will play the 2005 ballad ‘The Falls’, remembering their 95th anniversary year, as well as a sneak preview of their 100th anniversary year production ‘The […]
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