As the Sun dawned on Sunday 6th September it looked as if this could be the first DCUK show day in the British Isles this season with a reasonable chance of avoiding any rain. With the Arklow and Warrington shows both falling victim to torrential down pours I set off towards England’s South Coast looking […]
Jubal are the new Dutch Open Class champions. The corps stripped the reigning champions Beatrix of their throne and claimed almost all captions with only High Auxiliary going to Hilversum. Jong Jubal were also successful and became Cadet Class champions whilst newcomer Con Spirito triumphed in the A-Class. Seventeen shows were seen under a clear […]
37th Kingswood 2009 presents…A Classical Renaissance Join 37th Kingswood on an audio and visual journey through classical music’s three most creative, influential and popular era’s – Classicism, Romanticism and Modern. ‘A Classical Renaissance’ takes audiences back to the classic era of Beethoven with his blockbusting Fifth Symphony, portrays the expressive individualism typical of the romantic […]
The winners of South Africa’s most prestigious business-arts awards were announced at an event held in Newtown. A highlight on the night came with the announcement of the Chairman’s Premier Award which went to the Field Band Foundation and its sponsors. The Field Band Foundation is supported by a raft of business partners. This business-arts […]
Soon it will be possible to follow the latest drum corps news on your iPhone. Drum Corps Europe has developed an ‘app’ with the news in English, Dutch, German, French and Italian. The use of Mobile internet is ever increasing and the iPhone is the commonly most used mobile device to surf the web. Drum […]
The Dutch top show band Marum has announced that the band will change into a drum & bugle corps in the next few years. Marum has plans to compete in the DCE European Championships in 2010. Showband Marum was very successful at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade this summer, beating the Dutch drum corps […]
The DCE website will soon be extended to include a news page in the Italian language. By adding an Italian page, DCE will now be supporting five languages for its news, namely English, Dutch, German, French and Italian. With two Italian corps in the competition, Millennium and Banda Besana, Drum Corps Europe felt it was […]
Due to personal reasons Paul will be retiring from DCE judging at the conclusion of the 2009 season. In a statement to the BYBA communications chair, after making his plans known to the DCE education team, Paul explained the extremely busy calendar this year has made it difficult to dedicate more time to his Family, […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to advise that the Gold Seating section for the 30th British Drum Corps Championships at Mansfield Town FC is now sold out. There are currently plenty of Silver section tickets available and so to book your tickets, either via Paypal or by post, visit the DCUK Championships Ticket Ordering […]
Concord from Sheffield will be celebrating their 25th anniversary of the formation of Concord Drum & Bugle Corps on 17th October 2009. Tickets are available through the website. The evening at the Davy’s Sporting Club will feature a performance by The Concord Experience and Concord Allstars, an exhibition of photographs, videos and memorabilia. It’s an […]
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