As from today, it will be virtually impossible for people in Kerkrade and the surrounding area to ‘escape’ from the DCE European Championships. Huge DCE posters (A0 size) will be displayed on 120 billboards at 60 different locations in the city. With the (Dutch) posters, Drum Corps Europe hopes to attract local people from Kerkrade […]
Drum Corps Europe now has its own Twitter account. Leading up to the DCE European Championships we will be ‘twittering’ the latest news bits on a regular basis. Users are able to share their daily activities in messages of maximum 140 characters via the immensely popular Twitter. As a ‘follower’ of the tweets you can […]
Another block of seats for the DCE Championships in Kerkrade – The Netherlands (26th September) will be sold out shortly. No tickets yet? Order them now in the DCE webshop! The DCE European Championships will feature the national champions of the UK (Senators), the Netherlands (Jubal), Germany (Starriders) and Italy (Millennium). Tickets in section C […]
As of today you can sign up for the DCE SMS Service during the DCE European Championships on 26th September in Kerkrade. As soon as the scores of both the Prelims and Finals are announced, they will be texted to mobile phones via SMS for only 90¢. The SMS package can be useful if you […]
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 […]
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