Drum Corps United Kingdom/British Youth Band Association and the British Federation of Youth Marching Band Organisations have been contacted by Blue Devils of Concord, California, USA to advise that unfortunately they will not be able to travel to Europe in 2009. Over the past few months much work had taken place to try and enable […]
Following nominations being received and a postal election process being completed, Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to announce details of their Board for 2009. The four Board members from 2008 had all been nominated to remain in office for a further term and therefore Joe Fitzpatrick, Chris Jones, Jason Oates and Rob Swindells will […]
Black Knights Drum and Bugle Corps have this week appointed a new Corps Director. Rus Rogers will be taking over the role following the departure of Ken Mansfield. Ken made the difficult decision to stand down as corps director following changes in his personal circumstances, which would have made it very difficult to commit his […]
Representatives from all Drum Corps are welcome to attend whether they are interested in taking part in any of the DCUK events in 2009 or simply to find out more the Drum Corps activity in the UK. DCUK have received enquiries from over 20 different Corps regarding the 2009 season, most of these enquiries have […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to be able announce their contest dates for their 30th Anniversary season. All three of the contests have received "bids" from show sponsors to run the events (in fact two of the dates have had more than one bid) but to ensure that any other potential interested parties have […]
Following on from a very successful 2008 season, Spirit of Coventry are looking for Staff/Instructors in various key areas to facilitate the new season. These are: Corps CoordinatorGuard Caption HeadFront Line Caption HeadPercussion StaffBrass Caption Head Read the rest of the article here.
Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to announce their arrival on Facebook. The official DCUK Facebook group has been set up to bring together the UK Drum Corps community, to share news of current DCUK events and, as we enter our 30th season, to share cherished memories of days gone by. There are programmes, yearbooks, […]
Plans are well underway that will see The Green Lancers from Warrington, Cheshire return to Drum Corps United Kingdom in 2009; it’s 30th Anniversary Year. So why, after all these years, have they chosen now? “2008 is the 25th Anniversary of the Green Lancers championship winning year” explains Gary Wells, the brain-child behind the project, […]
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond their control Southern Aurora have parted company with Legion Star. Darren Spill Corps Director of Legion Star withdrew his corps from competition during the summer leaving Southern Aurora no choice but to follow suit. David Pope, Corps Director of Southern Aurora said that they fully understood Darren’s actions and sympathized […]
The 2009 British Drum Corps Championships is scheduled to take place on Saturday 19th September at Marston’s Arena in Northwich, Cheshire and this year if the British Drum Corps Championships is the only DCUK event a Corps can commit to then they are welcome to enter and take a full competitive part in the day. […]
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