Concord opened proceedings with a regal fanfare by their fanfare team, setting the scene for Poynton Commodore Cadets who gave us a rousing exhibition. The crowd were enthusiastic from the start and the young members must have enjoyed this. Tunes such as "When the Saints" and "Great Escape" got the crowd clapping along throughout, with […]
The webcast of the DCE European Championships last Saturday was a big success. More than 2300 drum corps fans watched the Drum Corps Europe webcast. Due to some connection problems the stream had some problems, mainly in the afternoon. In the evening the connection became better, and more fans tuned in. The highest total of […]
The Senators from Eastleigh and Jong Jubal from Dordrecht are the 2008 champions of Drum Corps Europe. In the Parkstad Limburg Stadium, the audience was treated on fantastic drum corps shows in both the Open and Cadet Class. Second place in the Open Class went to Beatrix, and Jubal came in third. Juliana, 5th in […]
The Norwegian Band Federation (NMF) invited the FBF to tour western Norway and perform at the Stavanger Spilleglede Festival. On our way there we stopped in Amsterdam and travelled down to Zwevegem, in Flanders to work with VLAMO, the Flemish amateur music organisation. They trained our FBF members in show design and choreography. In fact […]
2008 was one of my most beautiful, but also one of my toughest years with Beatrix’. It all started with hassle during the design phase of the program. There was a lot of hassle with arrangers and the percussion parts were extremely late. By June it looked as if this would become a lost season. […]
Drum Corps Europe will make a live webcast of the DCE Championships this Saturday in Kerkrade, with audio and video streaming. Drum corps fans who can’t travel to Kerkrade will still be able to see what’s happening in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium. In previous years a webcam sent a picture to the server every 5 […]
"After going into DCUK finals from an undefeated season, the current European champions Senators, from Eastleigh, Hampshire won a record breaking eighth DCUK title with a clean sweep of caption awards." A report by Jayson Brinkler. "The senators with their show ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’ had been dominate all season and despite defending champion Kidsgrove […]
Three American composers/arrangers will travel with Millennium to the DCE European Championships, this Saturday in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. The composers are Key Poulan, Dan Bryan and Shawn Glyde. Poulan, Bryan and Glyde wrote the music for Millennium and worked with the corps from Verdello earlier this year. The American composers have never been in […]
Drum Corps Europe has announced the judging panels for the DCE European Championships in Kerkrade. The panels consist of judges from five countries. The Open Class Prelims will be judged by Douglas Caldwell (Music Effect), Paul Cartwright (Visual Effect), Bruce Vrancken (Ensemble Music), Paul Morgan (Field Brass), Marco Harder (Field Percussion), Bob Thomas (Ensemble Visual), […]
Drum Corps Europe has announced the order of performances for the Prelims at the DCE European Championships, this Saturday in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. The order of performance for 2008 DCE Prelims is determined by each corps’ highest Open Class score achieved at one of the DCE certified shows during […]
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