Poynton hasn’t got talent…according to music mogul Simon Cowell. The village’s popular drum group failed to impress the notoriously tough judges at the auditions for Britain’s Got Talent. The Poynton Commodores Drum Corps were given the dreaded three red crosses by judges Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan after they took to the stage in […]
How can you get exposure in the newspapers? At the European Drum Corps Symposium, this Saturday in London, there will be a clinic session about public relations. DCE’s PR Manager Dennis Naaktgeboren, who is also a reporter for the largest national newspaper in The Netherlands, will explain the different between a good and a bad […]
The Federatieband is abandoning the idea of being a drum & bugle corps. The corps is once again positioning itself as a ‘corps style marching band’, a style in which FB was conducted up until a few years ago. There will be no shows in the near future. The American style remains. Modern music by […]
Lots of new members; which corps has not dreamed of that? Ten years ago, Ronald Wassink launched a revolutionary idea for his corps Jubal: Music Kids. After all these years, it is still very successful. At the European Drum Corps Symposium, he will share his idea with others. Entire meetings are spent talking about youth […]
The 2010 show is based on the story of the great emperor – Julius Caesar. This new and original masterpiece will allow us to express ourselves with true Italian temperament and vitality. IMPERATOR is an ambitious program and will come alive on the field this year with emotion, experience and rich new ideas. MillenniuM is […]
The Black Knights recently appointed a New Corps Director at an EGM called on 16th January. Paul Richards is the latest person to take on the role of Corps Director. Paul joined the Black Knights Cadets back in 1995 and worked his way up to the Senior Corps in 1997. He has been a key […]
The 2010 season is a very special year for the Kidsgrove Scouts organisation as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. The senior corps will perform throughout the UK and Europe as well as touring the USA to compete in the DCA World Championships. In order to celebrate the anniversary the corps have chosen a show that […]
Nexus is a new drum corps project from Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. Formed as an amalgamation of the county’s two drum & bugle corps organisations – Equinox and Distant Thunder – Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps will be taking to the field in BYBA for the first time in 2010. The new organisation is […]
The Winter Guard United Kingdom season will start today. 27 winter guards will perform at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock – Staffordshire for the first time. WGUK has a very healthy number of participating units: 7 Open Class, 8 A-Class, 6 Junior Class and 6 Cadet Class guards have registered for the first contest. […]
Drum Corps Netherlands now accepts registrations for the 2010 season. The dutch drum corps organisations will run two contests plus the DCN Finals in 2010. Corps can enter the Open Class, A-Class, Percussion Class of Cadet Class. This year will see the 5th anniversary of Drum Corps Netherlands. DCN began in 2006 as a project […]
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