In part 4 of the ‘At the Borderline’ series we will get to know more about the South African Field Band from Soweto and we will feature the longtime exchange programme that the Field Band Foundation has with the Norwegian Musikkorps Verbond (NMF) and Pioneer drum & bugle corps from Milwaukee (USA). Part 4 also […]
Legion Star and Southern Aurora are pleased to announce a partnership that will see the two corps come together to perform and compete as one unit for the 2007 sumer season. This partnership has been formed from the friendship and mutual respect that was gained during a successful tour of Europe together, when both units […]
From March 16th through March 26th a delegation of Vlamo (Belgium) toured through South-Africa. In this series – of which we are presenting part 3 today – we learn more about the tasks of the National Coordinator and get to know what motivates some of the sponsors to support the Field Band Foundation. Written by […]
Speaking of the Membership Acceptance, Phoenix Youth Band Chairperson, Mark Govern explains “We are delighted to be associated with the British Youth Bands Association. BYBA’s reputation internationally stands alone and this is a partnership that we look forward to growing in 2008. We would like to express our thanks to Paul Cartwright and Dave Milton […]
The participating corps for the Drum Corps Germany finale on September 15, 2007 in Hamelner Weserberglandstadion are now set. The competition order will not be set by drawing lots, but by the results of the complete season (total score). Read the rest of the article (in German) here.
From March 16th through March 26th 2007, a delegation of Vlamo (Belgium) travelled to South Africa. A series written by Geert Vanmaeckelberghe. Translation: Hans Kloppert. In this episode: the fieldband of Witbank. Monday March 19 at about 1.30 PM we left for Witbank. The sky darkened this afternoon, a thunderstorm could disturb the rehearsal. The […]
Pre-sales for tickets for the Bath, Chelmsford and Leigh are now available and these can either be ordered by post or on-line using a Paypal account. DCUK are pleased to be able to announce that for these three events tickets for Under 12 year olds will be FREE and we hope that as many families […]
Drum Corps Europe has a new sponsor: Show & Marching Music. Just like DCE, this Zwolle-based company is active in other European countries besides the Netherlands. Show & Marching Music is a versatile company, which not only produces customised music, but also has a music publishers and a website for selling percussion books online (www.percussionbooks.nl). […]
If the saying ‘a good beginning is half the work’ is correct, then, because of what a wonderful drum corps evening in The Hague was it shows the promise of the rest of the season. Almost 500 fans saw how 9 corps tried to obtain the best of themselves this early in the season. Read […]
Drum Corps Europe will be placing judges’ comments from DCE and DCN contests online. The judging team’s new digital recording system makes this method of distribution possible. Files containing judges’ comments will be uploaded to a protected part of the DCE website known as the Document Manager. Corps will be given login details to access […]
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