Since August, 2007, the Northern Star Group has been taking a good look at itself from management through to performance, and is “on the brink of a bright new future”, says Group Chairman, Lee Brogan, “…this has been a long winter, but I can’t believe the strong position NSG is in, which is already paying […]
Revolution Show Corps and 4th Uckfield (Holy Cross) Scout Band have become the 18th and 19th units respectively to register for the DCE Power Regional on June 21st in London’s Crystal Palace Stadium. This leaves just 3 places remaining before the maximum number of 22 participating corps is reached. With both Revolution and 4th Uckfield […]
Apart from the Virtual Individuals & Ensembles, registration for the ‘real’ CGN Individuals & Ensembles has started. On October 18, 2008 this competition will be held in Eemnes, The Netherlands. Color Guard Nederland (CGN) organised this competition for individuals and small ensembles for many years now. On average around 60 acts compete each year, making […]
Easter fell very early this year, and the weather forecast wasn’t very good, but Beatrix’ managed to make a big success of their 2008 camp. Thursday night, 20.30, the members got on the bus at the corps’ home in Hilversum to leave for Roggel, Limburg. After they arrived they had some time to get their […]
Stafford Lancers took delivery of their new look Corps truck at their annual Music & Dance Camp. The truck is an integral part of every day life at Lancers as it is responsible for taking all our bigger instruments to and from all rehearsals and events. Read the rest of the article here.
Today, Color Guard Netherland started a new web service, named Virtual Individuals & Ensembles. The website looks like YouTube and provides visitors the possibility to upload a video file of their own performance. Other visitors are able to rank the performance. It’s that simple. The only competition rules are that the uploader is in the […]
The Black Knights Cadets, from Gravesend in Kent are to appear on BBC’s popular Saturday morning show “Basil’s Swap Shop”. Three members of the Black Knights Cadets will be appearing on this Saturday mornings show (22nd March) which is due to air on BBC TWO between 9am and 10am and will be playing live to […]
Atherstone Youth Marching Band have registered for the DCE Power Regional at Crystal Palace in June. This brings the number of competing corps up to 17, with 11 in Open Class, 4 in A Class and 2 in Cadet Class. DCE Chairman Marcel Matthijsse welcomed the announcement and said "I saw Atherstone at the BYBA […]
Reigning European Drum Corps Champions, The Senators, are once again donning their showbiz garb for an appearance on the final program of the hit television show “Dancing on Ice” this coming Sunday 16th March 2008. Six of the Corps Drummers will be performing on the show and will be supporting the legendary ice dance duo […]
The DCE Championships will not be held in Rotterdam this year. After three succesful championship events, DCE and Sparta were not able to come to an agreement for an additional year. DCE hopes to announce a new venue shortly. Talks with other stadiums are in a final stage. "We would have loved to see the […]
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