"For more than seven years, the Norges Musikkorps Forbund (NMF) and the Fredskorpset (FK) have supported the Field Band Foundation. The exchange programme that was realised is of great importance to the further development of various field bands in South Africa." Written by Geert Vanmackelberghe. Translation: Hans Kloppert. "Several children are offered an opportunity to […]
The "37th Kingswood Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps" from Bristol are pleased to announce they have just taken delivery of their Pearl Battery and will compete on the 2007 season under the Pearl banner. This is a significant move forward with the direction of the Corps with the improvement of instrumentation. Corps Director Kevin Gannaway-Pitts […]
Due to flooding of almost biblical proportions in the North of England the Batley Bulldogs Mount Pleasant Stadium is under water and unable to host the Northern Star Contest Rather than cancel the contest, which was looking likely for a while, and with the kind help of Paul Cartwright the contest has moved to Barnsley […]
The 37th are throwing a party at Century’s Club in Kingswood on Friday 6th July 2007 and you are invited. Tickets are on sale at £3.50 per Adult, £2.50 for kids or £10 for a family ticket. Pay on the door or contact Tim Wild for more details at tim [at] 37thmembers [dot] co [dot] […]
Following the Olympic Retreat at Western Beat at Cheltenham on Sunday 10th June the combined brass lines of Concord, Kidsgrove Scouts and The Senators remained on the contest field for an open rehearsal of Perfect Day, the Lou Reed classic that has been chosen as the "anthem" for DCUK 2007. For approximately ½ hour over […]
"Four to six million people in South-Africa live on the edge of society: "At the borderline". These people are housed living in bad conditions in hovels with corrugated iron roofs in the townships. The Field Band Foundation has set its goals for the last ten years for the children of these neighbourhoods to give them […]
The Northern Star Youth Band Championships are taking place this Saturday 16th June at Mount Pleasant Stadium (Batley Bulldogs RLFC) Batley WF17 7NZ. Over 7 hours of top class entertainment featuring 20 of the Uk’s top Bands and Corps in five divisions of competition! Read the rest of the article here.
"The weather looked good as I left home for the first DCUK show of 2007, the organisations 28th consecutive season of competitions. The past winter had seen the DCUK undergo some radical changes, streamlining itself and doing away with much of the bureaucracy and ‘red tape’ that had hindered its growth in recent years, so […]
A huge congratulations go to Tez Smith who will join the Madison Scouts horn staff for the summer of 07. After working extremely hard this year with The Kidsgrove Scouts Tez will fly out to the Madison Scouts on July 4th where he will be working with the corps he marched for in 94 and […]
The centre section of the stand in the Sparta Stadium (800 setas) has been sold out for the DCE European Championships, to beld on September 29th, 2007. In other sections of the main stand there are still plenty of seats available. The DCE Championships 2007 will feature a great line-up with corps from six European […]
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