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Field Band Foundation Performs For Norwegian King And Queen

The FBF was requested to perform for the Norwegian King and Queen on their recent state visit to South Africa. This was indeed a great honour and after meeting our Chairman Herman Mashaba they watched the national Field band perform together with some young dancers from the Alexandra Field band. It was a unique opportunity […]

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DCE Launches Official iPhone DCE News App

Drum Corps Europe has launched its official DCE iPhone app. The application for the popular Apple phone is now available in the App Store. The app provides the latest news from the DCE site in five languages. DCE had already launched a beta version in September last year, but this still had some bugs. These […]

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Field Band Foundation Plettenberg Bay Tutors Workshop Report

We have just completed the final workshop of the year with 60 tutors being trained by our Norwegian Exchange teachers from the Norwegian Band Federation (http://www.musikkorps.no) and 4 field percussion and show design experts from Vlamo (http://www.vlamo.be) The members had a fantastic time and worked very hard and learned a lot. We were very honoured […]

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DCE Gives Green Light For Amplification

Amplified percussion has now been accepted by DCE and its Certified Partners. After the past ‘test year’, neither organisation can see any issue with giving the green light. 2009 was the first year in which DCE, DCN and DCUK decided to give participants the opportunity to use pit amplification. It was made clear at the […]

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DCE Announces 2010 European Championships Line-Up

Drum Corps Europe has announced the participants for the 2010 DCE European Championships. Besides the top ten from the last Championships, some new top corps will also enter the European competition. There is so much interest in the DCE European Championships that DCE has had to place various corps on a waiting list. This year’s […]

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Many Applications For 2010 DCE Championships

Drum Corps Europe has received many applications from corps wishing to participate in the DCE European Championships in 2010. Interest in participating is higher than previous years. Once again, DCE needs to use a waiting list, due to there being more applications than places available. The maximum number of corps which can take part is […]

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Trinity Announces 2010 Program, Staff

Trinity are proud to announce their 2010 production All or Nothing. Complete success or failure with no intermediate result……. What would you choose in an all or nothing situation? Trinity are also pleased to announce their 2010 Staff Team Music Writer – Melanie TaylorVisual and Colourguard writer – Jason WallacePercussion Writer – Andrew MarkworthVisual Caption […]

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DCUK Announces 2010 Schedule

Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to announce that for the 2010 Season we will be adding one extra UK date to our contest schedule. The dates are: Sunday 4th July – StokeSunday 18th July – WarringtonSunday 5th September – EastleighSaturday 18th September – British Championships Read the rest of the article here.

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New Website For French Drum Corps Kadoudal

Kadoudal Drum & Bugle Corps has unveiled a French website as well as an English version. The corps was founded one year ago and the board and staff of Kadoudal have great ambitions. Kadoudal Drum & Bugle Corps is located in Brittany in the peninsula of Quiberon – France. Kadoudal has 33 members: 20 brass, […]

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Drum Corps United Kingdom 2010 Contest Dates Confirmed

Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to confirm that for the 2010 Season we will be adding one extra UK date to our contest schedule. The dates are: Sunday 4th July – Stoke On TrentSunday 18th July – WarringtonSunday 5th September – EastleighSaturday 18th September – British Championships

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