The Scout Hut Development project was awarded a cheque for £50,000 from the peoples million live on ITV News West. The money will see the replacement of an old, out of date and increasingly unsafe hall that makes up part of the group’s premises. The new hall will enable the group to offer a wider […]
FB Drum & Bugle Corps from The Hague – The Netherlands have presented their new logo. The corps thought it was time for a new logo as the corps changed their name from Federatieband to FB Drum & Bugle Corps earlier this year. The corps from The Hague was looking for a modern replacement of […]
As the first show & music organization in the world, CGN will release the 2009 Championships DVD’s on Blu-ray. Blu-ray offers a much higher image- and sound quality and more performances fit on one disc, so we need less of those. Blu-ray is relatively new. The discs can only be played on a special Blu-ray […]
Campaigns are swinging into action across the region as eight groups in ITV West learned today that they have made it through to compete in The People’s Millions TV contest for Big Lottery Fund money worth £5 million. Five groups in the region will win awards of up to £50,000 each for their community project […]
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 […]
The BYBA Performance Portfolio is pleased to announce our 2009 summer season, which includes a number of minor changes to existing contests, plus sanction of two new contests taking our total to 10! With the support of our contest committees across the country, we believe we have created choice in our calendar, and opportunities for […]
Distant Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce plans for 2009. Next year sees Distant Thunder’s tenth anniversary so it is fitting that some exciting developments are happening. The senior Corps will compete as an open age unit in BYBA Associate Class for the first time and looking to the future, Distant Thunder […]
Pride of Bristol are please to announce that they have entered into a Strategic Partnership with local education centre Filton College. The new group will be called the Pegasus Academy of Performing Arts, honouring the Engine produced in Filton by the Bristol Engine Company, then Rolls Royce when it acquired the firm in 1966. Pegasus’ […]
Local youth marching music ensemble CONCORD have been specially selected to take part in a national pilot scheme that will form the basis of a UK-wide programme. Supported by the prestigious National Lottery funding body “Youth Music”, Concord, one of the country’s oldest and widely-renowned youth music organisations, have agreed to work towards increased involvement […]
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