Artur Hennig from Gevelsberg will be joining the Drum Corps Europe staff team. Artur is already a familiar face in the field of German drum corps. He was one of the founders of Drum Corps Germany and is connected to the ‘Drum Corps in Deutschland’ portal. At Drum Corps Europe, Artur will be responsible for […]
Premier Percussion is proud to support the 2007 Drum Corps Europe Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on Saturday 29th September in connection with Music and Marching Centre, Oldenburg, Germany. A range of Premier products will be on display for marching musicians to experience with Premier and MMC specialists on hand to answer questions. Premier has […]
Like last year, the order of the performances during the DCE Open Class Prelims will be determined by a draw, partly based on the contestants’ results last year. DCE will look firstly at the results obtained at the DCE Championships 2006. Corps who did not participate last year, have been added to the list on […]
At the weekend in Dordrecht, Holland, senior representatives of the Major Marching Band and Drum Corps Organizations met for the second time to thrash out some further steps to help give their members experiences that will bring them closer together. Hosted and Chaired by DCE Chairman Marcel Matthijsse, representation and views were presented and debated […]
Marching Show Concepts, a collective of successful music arrangers and drill designers, has decided to sponsor Drum Corps Europe in 2007. MSC has been a leader in show design for over 20 years. Drawing from a rich history of involvement in marching band field show creation, Marching Show Concepts continues to demonstrate support and belief […]
The centre section of the stand in the Sparta Stadium (800 setas) has been sold out for the DCE European Championships, to beld on September 29th, 2007. In other sections of the main stand there are still plenty of seats available. The DCE Championships 2007 will feature a great line-up with corps from six European […]
Contests held by drum corps organisations in Europe satisfying conditions set by DCE can be regarded as ‘certified’ from now on. In order to comply, the contest must be judged on the basis of the DCE judging manual and the performances of the corps must be assessed by DCE certified judges. Read the rest of […]
Legion Star and Southern Aurora are pleased to announce a partnership that will see the two corps come together to perform and compete as one unit for the 2007 sumer season. This partnership has been formed from the friendship and mutual respect that was gained during a successful tour of Europe together, when both units […]
Drum Corps Europe has a new sponsor: Show & Marching Music. Just like DCE, this Zwolle-based company is active in other European countries besides the Netherlands. Show & Marching Music is a versatile company, which not only produces customised music, but also has a music publishers and a website for selling percussion books online (www.percussionbooks.nl). […]
Drum Corps Europe will be placing judges’ comments from DCE and DCN contests online. The judging team’s new digital recording system makes this method of distribution possible. Files containing judges’ comments will be uploaded to a protected part of the DCE website known as the Document Manager. Corps will be given login details to access […]
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