Drum Corps Europe has published a new version of its DCE Competition Manual. In the new version 6.3 mostly minor changes have been added. The only practical change is the new size of the staging area. Drum Corps International increased the depth of the staging area from 3 to 4.5 meters a few years ago. […]
Members of a Coventry band formed in July have returned from their first competition with an impressive haul of nine medals. Musicians from The Spirit of Coventry Drum and Bugle Corps struck gold at the British Youth Band Association contest in Leicester. Solo successes included Lizzie Killick, who clinched gold in the brass under-25 section, […]
The Concord Ceremonial Fanfare Team has just closed their 2007 season with one of their biggest "gigs" to date. They recently played for the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Business awards ceremony before 1200 guests from the city’s business and commerce community. Held in the massive Ponds Forge leisure facility, the event is an annual celebration […]
Drum Corps Europe is pleased to announce the participating corps of the DCE Championships 2008. Please mark Saturday 27th September in your diaries, as it promises to be yet another sizzling European Championship! All the top corps of the last DCE Championships will be taking part. The entire top ten of the Open Class and […]
Following the successful tour of 2007, invitation now goes out to ALL interested Bands/Corps to contact event Director and BYBA President Bob Girvan on navrig [at] hotmail [dot] com to book your place in the 2008 road show. It is hoped to hold an initial meeting in January 2008 to discuss further, followed by a […]
Current and prospective leaders representing the whole activity are coming together on Saturday January 26th in Leicester to join in a Conference titled ‘Marching Towards the Olympics’ Organised by the Federation, the agenda already boasts keynote speeches from Youth Music’s No.2 DAVID SULKIN, and MICHAEL McKEEVER the Head teacher of Trinity School in Nottingham. The […]
‘Young Musicians Guide to Rock’ is the name of the 2008 production that Black Knights Senior Corps are proud to announce. A show that will be ‘in ya face’ from the very start incorporating some of the very best rock music there is. The show will be another original exciting BK production. The Black Knights […]
Two of Europe’s leading National Drum Corps organisations are pleased to announce that they have agreed to embrace the recently announced Drum Corps Europe Certified Partnership scheme. Drum Corps Netherlands (DCN) and Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) have formally adopted the working framework of certified partnership status with Drum Corps Europe (DCE) and as such […]
Drum Corps Europe has appointed Tony Mackenzie-Jones as the DCE Adjudication Manager. Tony will coordinate all judging matters as part of the DCE management team. Tony’s first active involvement in marching music was marching in a scout band. After serving in the army (being involved in a pipe and brass band) he studied for A […]
Southern Aurora and Legion Star from Brighton and Crawley in Sussex are pleased to announce that they will be performing ‘The Southern Express’ as their 2008 Summer Season production. Based on music from the Polar Express, The 2008 production will take the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions, and mood changes, from the […]
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