(Translation via AltaVista Babelfish) Everyone inquires: "What’s happening with the Glassmen in Europe this summer?". Here is what to know about these American boys and girls coming from Toledo, Ohio, for whom their program will be relatively charged… For the Glassmen (the French literal translation of their name does not favour them so much: "the […]
(Translated via AltaVista’s Babelfish) On April 8th and 9th, 2006, Drum Corps Europe (DCE) is once again organizing a judging workshop. Information about the cost and location of the meeting will be made available in the future. The presenters of the workshop are Tony Mackensie Jones (DCUK) and Adriaan de Kruiff (DCE Chief Judge). Interested […]
This year, the DCE Championships will once again be held in the Sparta Rotterdam stadium. Both Drum Corps Europe and Sparta were happy with the way the event turned out in 2005 and have therefore decided to collaborate again. "We were extremely satisfied with the result last year", says Sparta’s Commercial Manager, Charles van der […]
(Translation provided by AltaVista’s Babelfish) During the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday June 25, our friends La Valiante de Saint Quentin in the department of Aisne will celebrate the one hundredth birthday of their group! For this exceptional occasion, they have prepared such exceptional spectacles as the participation of the top European marching bands […]
The Italian Millennium Marching Band from Verdello will be transformed to a drum & bugle corps. Next October, Millenium will become the very first drum & bugle corps of Italy. This has been confirmed by Assistent Director Cristian Barbarino to Drum Corps Europe. This year, Millennium will still be a marching band. During the performances […]
Southwest Union Drum & Bugle Corps and DIO Drum & Bugle Corps will enter the DCE Championships 2006. Due to internal situations, two corps had to cancel their registration. Southwest Union and DIO were on the waiting list, and they accepted the invitation from DCE to enter the Championships.
(Translation provided by AltaVista’s Babelfish) Altogether 12 different participants for the Drum Corps Germany announced themselves season 2006. Among the participants also in this year again some DCG beginners will be: Participant: Blue Bandits DMC, Hagenburg Blue of dia. moon DBC, Nienhagen Fidele bird meadow DBC, Gevelsberg Flying Drums Marching volume, Hanover Talk star DBC, […]
(Translation provided by Altavista’s Babelfish) The afternoon will feature and individual & ensemble competition followed by an evening indoor contest. On May 13th the prelude to the season takes place. Soloists place themselves and small ensembles in front of the jury in the afternoon, before the entire corps shows their music programs for the first […]
On Sunday 12th February, approximately 60 people congregated at Chesterton High School in Stoke-on-Trent to participate in a clinic hosted by Professor Jeff Moore and the Kidsgrove Scouts. Staff and members of several marching bands and drum corps (including Avengers, Donisthorpe Scouts, Poynton, Senators), as well as percussionists not involved in the marching music community, […]
Undoubtedly one of the highlights of last year’s Finals was the massed Class "A" drum-lines leading on the Olympic Retreat. CONCORD and PHOENIX are, this year, planning to go one better with joint performances by both their percussion AND brass lines.
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