Tickets for the British Drum Corps Championships 2008 are now on sale. Prices, reduced from 2007, are £9.00 (adults), £4.50 (under 14 years and OAPs) and free (under 5 years). The event will be held in the Marston’s Arena, the stadium of the Northwich Victoria Football Club and the Manchester United Reserves on Sunday, September […]
The audio for the DVD of the 2007 DCE Championships is being edited at this moment. After months of delay, Drum Corps Europe hopes to release the DVDs with high quality sound soon. The staff member who is responsible for the sound editing still has health problems, but Eoin O’Keeffe brought Drum Corps Europe in […]
Due to recent uncertainty with the advertised venue for the 2008 British Drum Corps Championships on Saturday 20th September the DCUK Board have made the decision to move the event to a new stadium. Whilst there are a number of venues that could have used the Board did not want to compromise the quality of […]
Following the success of the Samsung Viral video, which has now had over half a million worldwide hits on YouTube, the Black Knights from Gravesend in Kent are to appear in a new TV commercial for Pizza Hut. Management from Black Knights today sealed the deal to provide a Drum Corps for the commercial, which […]
Black Knights from Gravesend in Kent, are to appear in two episodes of a new comedy sketch show, “Beehive” to be shown on E4 later in the year.) The show, to consist of five episodes, will star stand-up comedian Sarah Kendall, Alice Lowe (Garth Margenhi’s Darkplace), Barunka O’Shaughnessy (Respectable) and Clare Thompson from the sketch […]
Drum Corps Europe has asked designer Cristian Barbarino to design special ‘Championships banners’ for the upcoming DCE European Championships in Kerkrade – The Netherlands on 27th September. DCE informed all participating corps about the banners, and hopefully the banners will appear on many corps websites. Although many drum corps fans visit the DCE website regularly, […]
Color Guard Nederland (CGN) will start a new class in the 2009 season. The ‘Junior Class’ gives the younger Color Guard participants a chance to compete with groups of their own age on a higher level. All participants in this class must be 16 years or younger on April 1 of the competitionseason. At the […]
Drum Corps Japan, Japan’s sole drum & bugle corps organization, has posted its schedule for the 2008-2009 competitive season. Opening the season will be its Drum Corps Preview show at Kawasaki Kyujo (www.kawasaki-kyujyo.co.jp) in Kanagawa Prefecture, featuring six drum & bugle corps from around the Kanto (eastern) region in exhibition. On November 2, competition kicks […]
Black Knights have been approached to appear in a commercial for Samsung mobile phones. Members of the Black Knights will spend Thursday of this week filming the commercial at studios in Wimbledon. Rus Rogers from the Black Knights development team commented, “We received the call and managed to secure the gig after the producer and […]
Besana Marching band will enter the Open Class of the DCE European Championships on September 27th in Kerkrade – The Netherlands. They will replace the Blue Lions from Mons en Baroeul who had to withdraw. It is the first time ever that Besana will enter the DCE competition, which means that Drum Corps Europe may […]
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