Two of Europe’s leading National Drum Corps organisations are pleased to announce that they have agreed to embrace the recently announced Drum Corps Europe Certified Partnership scheme. Drum Corps Netherlands (DCN) and Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) have formally adopted the working framework of certified partnership status with Drum Corps Europe (DCE) and as such […]
Drum Corps Europe has appointed Tony Mackenzie-Jones as the DCE Adjudication Manager. Tony will coordinate all judging matters as part of the DCE management team. Tony’s first active involvement in marching music was marching in a scout band. After serving in the army (being involved in a pipe and brass band) he studied for A […]
Southern Aurora and Legion Star from Brighton and Crawley in Sussex are pleased to announce that they will be performing ‘The Southern Express’ as their 2008 Summer Season production. Based on music from the Polar Express, The 2008 production will take the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions, and mood changes, from the […]
Drum Corps Europe is introducing a new level of strategic partner, known as ‘Certified Partners’. National organisations that use the DCE Competition Manual for all their contests, and also use the DCE judging team may call themselves ‘DCE Certified Partners’. The ‘Certified Partnership’ idea is a result of discussions between DCE and national drum corps […]
Registration for the DCE Championships 2008 has ended. Yesterday was the last opportunity to register directly. Like previous years, DCE has received more registrations than available spots. Thirteen corps have already been placed for the DCE Championships 2008, based on their results during the DCE Championships 2007. On December 9th, the other corps will be […]
DCE are pleased to announce that the Pacemakers Drum and Bugle Corps have accepted an invitation to host the first DCE UK Power Regional, to be held in Londen on 21st June, 2008. The Pacemakers are one of the original founding members of DCUK as well as being long time members of BYBA. They are […]
The DCE Power Regional to take place on Saturday 21st June 2008 will be held in the prestigious Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium in London. This has been announced by Drum Corps Europe. The Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium is the most important stadium in the United Kingdom for (international) athletic events. The stadium is located in […]
The Senators Drum & Bugle Corps have announced a theatre concept for this winter: ‘Raw Rhythm’ – a series of stage performances in November, January and February. The Senators conceived and directed show begins its tour on November 24th with a preview at the new Thornden Hall in Hampshire, 300 meteres from J12 of the […]
Today, the registration period for the DCE European Championships 2008 has begun. Corps will be able to register during the whole of November. The participants list will be published mid-December. Like last year, criteria will be used for selection. If, by the end of the month, there are still places available, the registration deadline will […]
Southern Aurora are very please and excited to announce new additions to their show design and staff team for 2008, all previous members of Auroras staff. Danny Palmer will write the visual; Danny has been involved with Aurora right from the start and was responsible for the 2002 DCUK championship winning show, Stormworks, and the […]
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