The 43rd Annual Marching Band Baton Twirling Association Kanto Contest took place on November 2, 8 and 9 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Eleven groups from Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Nagano, Tochigi and Niigata competed for five seats in the national contest, to be held in January. Each unit received a rating of […]
You cannot go wrong when "drum corps" and "free" are combined in the same media. Round 2 of All Japan Infant Marching Association’s Shining Beat opened the doors to Kansai’s "older" ensembles at Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle) Hall on Monday, November 3rd, free to the public. Sponsored by an array of big name companies within the […]
Shining Beat, All Japan Infant Marching Association’s 20th annual marching carnival took place at the historic Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle) Hall on Monday, November 3rd. 14 nursery schools (that’s right, we are talking about preschoolers here) from Osaka and Hyogo prefectures brought in drum corps to this unique event. Corps instrumentation included drums, bells and synthesizers. […]
Alturas Supermarket brings together once again the best and the finest drum corps in Visayas and Mindanao for one spectacular day in the 21st Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown, scheduled at the CPG Sports Complex this coming November 23, featuring sexy star/comedienne Giselle Sanchez. The main highlight in the 23rd Anniversary Celebration of Alturas […]
Indoor Percussion Europe and Drum Corps Europe are proud to announce that they will enter a partnership. The DCE judging panel will judge at IPE events, starting next year. "Indoor Percussion Europe is the counterpart of Drum Corps Europe", says DCE chairman Marcel Matthijsse. "IPE has the same European goals with indoor percussion as Drum […]
The 30th Annual Kansai Marching Band Contest took place at Maishima Arena in Osaka on October 19th. In the independent class, eight marching units, including six drum and brass/bugle corps were on hand, competing for two seats in the All-Japan National Contest, to be held at the Saitama Super Aena this coming January. Today was […]
Indoor Percussion Europe (www.indoorpercussioneurope.org) will organise his first Percussion Advisory Board meeting on October 23rd in Dordrecht. Percussion advisors/specialists from Europe will discuss matters for the upcoming European Indoor Percussion Season. During this meeting they will discuss topics like education, organisation, contests and judging. Presentations and discussions are planned to begin at 20.00 pm.
After Jim Casella, Wayne Downey and Jonathan Schwartz, InCorps proudly presents Phantom Regiment’s Percussion caption head and arranger Paul Rennick as our new Percussion Expert! Paul Rennick is a Lecturer in the Percussion Department of the University of North Texas. Having taught, written, and arranged for many of the most successful percussion ensembles in the […]
BYBA is working with MPAUK and the British Federation of Youth Marching Band Organizations on a ‘whole activity’ showcase event for June 28th 2009 in Colchester, Essex, UK, based around performances by top DCI Corps Blue Devils, and including UK and Dutch bands and Corps of all styles. Confirmation will not be possible until September […]
MillenniuM takes for the fifth time in a row the Italian Championship, with a wonderful performance at Brianteo Stadium. In the previous night the corps took second place in the "WAMSB International Championship", where corps and bands from all over the world competed. With a score of 90.4 points that keeps the corps among the […]
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