The British Youth Band Association has announced that the National Championships will move venue for the 2011 season. While their 2010 Championships in Crewe was a success in terms of continuation due to the extreme weather conditions, it also proved that the smaller stand created a fantastic atmosphere. One other reason for moving in 2011 […]
Michele Moriggi has joined the Drum Corps Europe web team. He will take on the position of editor of the DCE website’s Italian news page (www.drumcorps.it). In 2005, Moriggi was the first Italian to be a member of a DCI corps (The Cavaliers). He then spent three years as an instructor at Millennium Drum & […]
Four French musicians and guard members have joined the UK based Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps for the 2011 season. Melanie Leleu is part of the the color guard section, and Jerome Capoen joined the front ensemble since the beginning of the season. Read the rest of the article here.
Next Friday will be the kick off for the final part of the season. After a well deserved break, we will get on again to make the last two months of this season the best possible. The members enjoyed their six weeks of vacation. Many got to visit the sun, the sea and beach. Others […]
It has been on his mind a couple of years: to join a American drumcorps as a volunteer. This year he finally did it; DCI from the sideline. Suryono Wiersma, 30 years old, from Hilversum, had the long time dream to join a DCI corps. After his experience with Beatrix’ during the DCI tour of […]
We have reached the half-way stage in the Drum Corps Europe 2011 contest season. It was quite a challenge to provide panels at all of these contests, especially due to last minute changes because of sickness and work commitments. An update by DCE Adjudication Manager Douglas Caldwell. The weather has only been sunny at one […]
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps from Dordrecht saw its scores shoot up on Saturday in Atlanta compared to the contest in Gadsden – Alabama two days earlier. The corps increased its score by nearly seven points: from 64.90 to 71.80 points. Jubal enjoyed the air conditioning in the impressive stadium in Atlanta. “The Georgia Dome […]
Jubal has entered two Drum Corps International this week, and participates in the International Class (which has the same judging system as the Open Class). The first scores are in for the Dutch. At the first show Jubal entered on Tuesday (Ocean Springs – Mississippi), the corps scored 68.25. At the next show, yesterday in […]
This weekend, Drum Corps Europe will hold a clinic in Indonesia. The clinic, which will take place in Bandung, Indonesia, is aimed at marching band instructors. The possible future use of the DCE Competition Manual for the national competition will also be discussed. DCE judges Wil Bijl and Marco Harder, who were on the judging […]
There already some Dutchmen and Dutchwomen competing DCI, but this week our colleagues at Jubal from Dordrecht will also go to America for their DCI tour. We know what a magnificent feeling and experience it is and therefore we want to wish all the members, staff members and co-workers of Jubal the best of luck […]
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