More than 60 tutors from Field Bands from all over South Africa will participate to the annual FBF workshop, this time held in Plettenberg Bay. Vlamo sends out again 4 Flemish teacher that will give, in collaboration with a Norwegian (Norwegian Music Federation) and South African (FBF) team an intensive training on new FBF tutors. […]
The new programme of the Dagenham Crusaders will be based around ‘Back to the Future’. It will however not be related to the film or its music score. The idea is that the Dagenham Crusaders will be starting the programme from back in the day, bringing it right through to 2010 and to up-to-date drum […]
FB Drum & Bugle Corps from The Hague has decided not to participate in the 2010 competition. The board has made this decision due to a lack of members. "A large decline in members has ensured that it is not feasible to learn an entire programme for the 2010 show", states FB. Exactly what 2010 […]
You can now sign up for the European Drum Corps Symposium which will take place in London on 30th January. The symposium is organised by Drum Corps Europe, in cooperation with Drum Corps United Kingdom and Drum Corps Netherlands. As requested by a number of corps, a symposium was organised in January of this year […]
Our 2010 production is entitled “Expect the Unexpected” and will feature a musical package designed specifically for THE COMPANY which will showcase the talent of all the members. We are extremely excited about the possibilities open to us with such an intriguing show concept and we hope to entertain both the audience and adjudicators alike […]
The enrollment period for the DCE European Championships 2010 is almost over. Drum corps can register for the European Championships until Monday. For years now, November has been the month in which corps can register themselves for the DCE Championships of the upcoming year. The reason for starting so early is to determine as quickly […]
THE COMPANY Performance Ensemble is a brand new marching arts organisation based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Its aim is to provide high quality instruction and performance opportunities to all its members, we are excited by the strength of the Staff and Design being assembled, in addition we have a strong Management team who will make […]
Having converted their brass line to Dynasty “B” flat Bugles in December 2007, The Pacemakers have just taken delivery of a complete set of customised marching percussion. This completes the transition of all their marching percussion to Dynasty. Executive Director, Ray Westbrook, said: “We had to wait a little longer for the customised shell finish, […]
This past Sunday 22nd November saw the launch of the Black Knights Brass Theatre project, and what better place than to launch than at the auditions for a nationally televised talent show? The members of the group which consists of 11 brass and 1 percussionist, travelled to the Business Design Centre in Islington for the […]
The days building up to Japan’s largest drum corps only festival saw the threat of rain. Fortunately, the 17th annual Drum Corps Japan All-Japan Championships was full of warm sunshine. Corps from all over Japan began gathering at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo as early as 9:00am to assist in field preparations and stretch outs. […]
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