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, […]
Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps will host its annual open rehearsal on Saturday, October 18th from 1pm until 5pm. Everyone is welcome to attend! Come and play along with the European Runner-up 2008, DCN 2008 Champion and DCI International Class Champion! The only way to fully experience drum corps is not by watching it, but […]
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. […]
The British Youth Band Association has published the results of the BYBA National Finals on their website. Champions are Poynton Commodores (Associate Division), 37th Kingswood (Division 1), East Coast Elite (Division 2), Spirit of Coventry (Division 3), Cosley Comets (Junior Division) and 37th Kingswood Cadets (Cadet Class). Read the rest of the article here.
The Coseley Comets are holding a Grand Re-Union on Saturday 1st November 2008 at the Coseley School, Henne Drive, Coseley, Bilston, West Midlands. Anyone who was associated with either Bradley BB/GB, The Comets Drum @ Trumpet Corps or The Coseley Comets, either playing member, staff or supporter are more than welcome to share in past […]
2009 will see Drum Corps United Kingdom celebrate its 30th consecutive competitive season. Over the coming weeks DCUK will be announcing details of its plans and initiatives for the 2009 season and the first of these is the return of the original logo which has been modernised very slightly from when first used in 1980 […]
After a delay of many months, the DVDs and CDs of the DCE Championships 2007 are ready to ship next week. Due to illness of the staff member who was responsible for the sound, the post production of the DVDs and CDs was delayed. With the great help of Joe Rodwell (instructor and brass arranger […]
Butts Park Arena and the top 30 Bands from within the British Youth Band Association had to battle continuous challenges with the weather, but there was nothing that was going to detract from one of the most exciting and close fought National Championships to date! A full report with be coming shortly, but our sincere […]
Following January’s ‘whole activity’ conference in Leicester, the Federation has been working on a Youth Music grant application to deliver one of the suggestions made by discussion groups during the day. It has just been announced that The Federation will receive a £29,700 grant to deliver a pilot project to encourage bands and corps to […]
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