The Senators from Eastleigh and Jong Jubal from Dordrecht are the 2008 champions of Drum Corps Europe. In the Parkstad Limburg Stadium, the audience was treated on fantastic drum corps shows in both the Open and Cadet Class. Second place in the Open Class went to Beatrix, and Jubal came in third. Juliana, 5th in […]
2008 was one of my most beautiful, but also one of my toughest years with Beatrix’. It all started with hassle during the design phase of the program. There was a lot of hassle with arrangers and the percussion parts were extremely late. By June it looked as if this would become a lost season. […]
Drum Corps Europe will make a live webcast of the DCE Championships this Saturday in Kerkrade, with audio and video streaming. Drum corps fans who can’t travel to Kerkrade will still be able to see what’s happening in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium. In previous years a webcam sent a picture to the server every 5 […]
Three American composers/arrangers will travel with Millennium to the DCE European Championships, this Saturday in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. The composers are Key Poulan, Dan Bryan and Shawn Glyde. Poulan, Bryan and Glyde wrote the music for Millennium and worked with the corps from Verdello earlier this year. The American composers have never been in […]
Drum Corps Europe has announced the judging panels for the DCE European Championships in Kerkrade. The panels consist of judges from five countries. The Open Class Prelims will be judged by Douglas Caldwell (Music Effect), Paul Cartwright (Visual Effect), Bruce Vrancken (Ensemble Music), Paul Morgan (Field Brass), Marco Harder (Field Percussion), Bob Thomas (Ensemble Visual), […]
Drum Corps Europe has announced the order of performances for the Prelims at the DCE European Championships, this Saturday in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. The order of performance for 2008 DCE Prelims is determined by each corps’ highest Open Class score achieved at one of the DCE certified shows during […]
The Front Ensemble Award will be continued as a permanent award at the DCE European Championships. In 2006 the award was initiated by Cor and Ina Boer Rookhuiszen. Drum Corps Europe has decided to ‘adopt’ the award by adding it to the list of caption awards. Barry, the son of Cor and Ina Boer Rookhuiszen, […]
Southern Aurora/Legion Star will not be present at the DCE Championships 2008 in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. The corps has announced that they have to pull out of this year’s competion. The DCE Open Class still has an impressive line up this year, with 16 corps from The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and […]
Another block of seats for the DCE Championships in Kerkrade – The Netherlands (27th September) will be sold out shortly. No tickets yet? Order them now in the DCE webshop! The DCE European Championships will feature the national champions of the UK (Kidsgrove Scouts), the Netherlands (Jubal), Germany (Wölper Löwen), Belgium (Calypso) and Italy (Millennium), […]
Drum Corps Europe is proud to present the new logo for the DCE Championships in Kerkrade. The logo has been designed by graphic artist Peter Franken. The logo has a new style, compared to previous years. Elements of the city Rotterdam were part of the logo design in 2005 (the towers of the ‘Castle’ stadium), […]
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