DCUK will restore the A Class in 2012. At the Membership Meeting, the DCUK Board were asked to consider a revised structure to allow corps who are not currently able to compete at the ‘top end’ of the activity a pathway to enable their units to ‘feel’ this challenging and flourishing environment. Following the recent […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom has made their initial announcement regarding contest dates for the 2012 season. For the past three years DCUK have held three shows during the summer plus the British Drum Corps Championships and at the Membership Meeting held in October it was suggested by Corps that another contest in the 2012 calendar […]
Musicians are celebrating after their stolen instruments were discovered. An instrument-filled truck belonging to Nexus Drum and Bugle Corps of Sandy was reported stolen from Bedford on Friday, October 28 and discovered in Cambridgeshire on Monday, October 31. The group’s members were delighted to be reunited with their front line instruments but the truck received […]
Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps from Sandy have succeeded in finding their truck back, which was stolen last week. All instruments were still inside the truck. The truck was found by Cambridgeshire Police on Monday 31st of October after being stolen the previous Thursday from a locked compound in Bedford, containing over £50,000 worth of […]
Musical instruments worth thousands of pounds have been recovered by police. The collection of instruments belonged to the Sandy based Nexus Drum and Bugle Corps. Members of the group loaded the truck on the evening of Thursday, October 27 ready to attend a competition at the weekend. Read the rest of the article here.
“There was a definite autumnal chill in the air as I arrived at DCUK Finals in Mansfield, but at least the rain was holding off and the sun was starting to break through. Unfortunately a hold up on the motorway meant that I missed Cadet Class, but arrived in time to see the exhibition corps, […]
The 2011 DCUK season came to a close in front of an enthusiastic audience on Saturday 17th September at the 32nd British Drum Corps Championships held at Mansfield Town Football Club. The day commenced with all 10 Open Class Corps competing in the Preliminary contest to determine which 8 Corps moved forward to the Open […]
On Sunday 17th July 2011, Cheshire Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps performed in exhibition for the very last time at DCUK Warrington. The corps will move on as The Horizon Corps. “We dedicated today’s final performance to past amd present members, we put on a fantastic performance today and hopefully it made everyone proud who […]
In complete contrast to 2 weeks ago, the weather really was not kind to us at the second DCUK contest of the 2011 season with most Corps having to contend with driving rain at the Poynton Commodores sponsored contest held at Victoria Park in Warrington.
It was perfect weather to kick off the 2011 DCUK season (maybe even a little too warm!) as 12 Corps attended the Centro Drum Corps Contest held at South Kesteven Sports Stadium in Grantham, Lincolnshire sponsored by The Company. There was a warm welcome to two news Corps for 2011, The 6th and Nexus, and […]
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