The borough of Rotterdam Noord has granted permission to Drum Corps Europe to use the Roel Langerakpark as a rehearsal location for the DCE Championships. The park, which is within walking distance of the Sparta Stadium, was used frequently by corps last year for rehearsals and warming up. As there are only a limited number […]
Southern Aurora and Legion Star have confirmed that the partnership agreed in 2007 will continue throughout 2008. Having come through the teething problems of a mid season union and the organisational time issues this has created, it is felt that another year is required to allow the project to reach its full potential and to […]
Following the success of the 2006 World’s Fastest Drummer event held at the 2006 British Drum Corps Championships, DCUK in association with Drummerbuzz are extremely pleased to announce that the event will be returning on Sunday 16th September at the 2007 British Championships being held at Burton On Trent FC. No pre-booking is required and […]
Concord are putting together a collection of memorabilia in preparation for Concord’s 25th anniversary celebrations in 2009. Does anyone know of any video (had they been invented then ?), film or photo’s of Shades of Blue (367 Squadron ATC) at the Royal Albert Hall youth band festival in 1981 ? Does anyone have a programme […]
BYBA Brass Explosion Championships are pleased to announce the launch of the Brass Explosion website at brassexplosion.lancers.co.uk to support the running of the event and to give as much information as possible to all those that are planning on coming along on the day. Included in the website is the full running order for the […]
As of today you can sign up for the free SMS Service during the DCE European Championships on 29th September. As soon as the scores of both the prelims and finals are announced, they will be texted to mobile phones via SMS at no charge. The SMS package can be useful if you want to […]
After a 2 year absence, Mayflower is very excited to announce the return on Michael Shapiro to the Open guards design staff. Michael is renowned for his complex and groundbreaking equipment books and worked with Mayflower from 1999-2005 – leading them to numerous UK and European championship titles as well as an 11th Place finish […]
August camp took place during the bank holiday Sunday and Monday. From the start of camp 3 fields were set up and all sections concentrated on fitting the additional members into the programme. It is a tall order and the pressure on them is more then can be expected especially after a tough tour in […]
Just like last year, participants of the DCE European Championships will be given the chance to set Rotterdam rocking on the eve of the Championships. With support from Rotterdam Festivals, DCE is again organizing ‘Drum Corps Rocks the Town’ for the evening of Friday September 28th in the city centre. The event will take place […]
CGN introduces the Standstill Class in 2008. This new Indoor Percussion Class is meant for groups that don’t have a marching program and don’t limit their instrumentation to Concert only. In the past many groups in Indoor Percussion could not qualify for the demands of the Concert Class. They utilized a full-set of tuned percussion […]
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