DCUK will restore the A Class in 2012. At the Membership Meeting, the DCUK Board were asked to consider a revised structure to allow corps who are not currently able to compete at the ‘top end’ of the activity a pathway to enable their units to ‘feel’ this challenging and flourishing environment. Following the recent […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom has made their initial announcement regarding contest dates for the 2012 season. For the past three years DCUK have held three shows during the summer plus the British Drum Corps Championships and at the Membership Meeting held in October it was suggested by Corps that another contest in the 2012 calendar […]
The 2012 show of The Company Performance Ensemble will tell a story that has been around since the 17th century. Retold and performed in their own way, The Company intends to bring an age old fairytale to the drum corps field. ‘Red Riding Hood’ will allow the corps to explore the tale’s highs and lows […]
Musicians are celebrating after their stolen instruments were discovered. An instrument-filled truck belonging to Nexus Drum and Bugle Corps of Sandy was reported stolen from Bedford on Friday, October 28 and discovered in Cambridgeshire on Monday, October 31. The group’s members were delighted to be reunited with their front line instruments but the truck received […]
A new online drum corps magazine has launched in Germany: Drum Corps Online. The Webmaster of the magazine is Carsten Achilles, who used to be the Webmaster of the popular ‘Drum Corps in Deutschland’. With Drum Corps Online, the drum corps news in Germany appears to be come back to life. Officially, Drum Corps Cafe […]
Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps from Sandy have succeeded in finding their truck back, which was stolen last week. All instruments were still inside the truck. The truck was found by Cambridgeshire Police on Monday 31st of October after being stolen the previous Thursday from a locked compound in Bedford, containing over £50,000 worth of […]
Musical instruments worth thousands of pounds have been recovered by police. The collection of instruments belonged to the Sandy based Nexus Drum and Bugle Corps. Members of the group loaded the truck on the evening of Thursday, October 27 ready to attend a competition at the weekend. Read the rest of the article here.
The Heartliner corps from Ludwigshafen – Germany will be back in the European competition next year. The corps has announced a new show as well as a new uniform. With the new show ‘The British Way’ Heartliner immerses itself in the modern British pop genre. The corps will make its appearance in a whole new […]
Today, registration for the DCE European Championships 2012 has started. Corps will be able to register during November. The participants list will be published mid-December. Like last year, criteria will be used for selection. If, by the end of the month, there are still places available, the registration deadline will be extended until the event […]
The equipment truck of Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps was stolen from a locked yard in Bedford sometime Thursday night. The truck was loaded with all their front line equipment as well as other bits and pieces. “I’m sure it’s long gone by now”, says Gareth from Nexus. “But if we would just ask people […]
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