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At the recent DCUK Directors College details were announced of the show venues for the 2008 season. There will be 5 sanctioned shows which is an increase of two from 2007, one of which will be the DCE Power Regional on 21st June where the scores awarded at this show will... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...8&Itemid=30

Another Dutch corps has agreed to take part in the DCE Power Regional at the Crystal Palace Stadium in London, next June. Federatieband have announced that they will enter the Open Class. 14 corps have now registered for the European drum corps event. Federatieband has been a successful competitor in the... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...2&Itemid=30

InCorps has recently been awarded a contract extension and identified by Evans Drumheads as an important component to music education in Europe. Successfully demonstrating their importance as a platform for education in this region of the world, InCorps has built a reputation of quality involvement in the marching community through... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...8&Itemid=30

Delivery of the DVDs and CDs of the DCE Championships 2007 is suffering from an, as yet, unknown delay. Unfortunately, DCE is facing significant setbacks in the production process. The video editing was completed in December, but there has been a serious delay with the sound files. Due to the continuous... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...9&Itemid=30

Inbhear Mór Marchers from Arklow, Co.Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland have taken a major step forward, thanks to none other than European Champions Senators. Following their exhibition at DCE finals Inbhear Mór realised that they needed to build up their pit section, an aspect of the activity which is not... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...3&Itemid=30

6th Hove Scouts have registered for the first DCE Power Regional in June. This brings the number of competing corps up to 13 corps with more Dutch and English groups likely to confirm their participation soon. DCE Chairman Marcel Matthijsse welcomed the announcement and said I was particularly pleased to... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...6&Itemid=30

28th-30th December 2007 saw 30 top marching bands from across Indonesia come together for the thirteenth annual Grand Prix Marching Band Competition in Jakarta, Indonesia. The drum corps and marching band activity in Indonesia has come a long way from humble beginnings over the past 15 years, and continues to grow... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...7&Itemid=30

With the New Year now well and truly here preparations for the first DCE UK Power Regional have now begun in earnest. Besides 8 British corps, 3 corps from The Netherlands and one corps from France have confirmed their participation in the show. For the Blue Lions from Wattrelos - France,... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...2&Itemid=30

2008 will see a significant increase in the number of national organisations running DCE Certified shows. With DCN and DCUK now on board as Certified Partners, it means that all of their shows, including their national finals, will be Certified. Other national organisations are also considering making some or all... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...6&Itemid=30

InCorps keeps on growing and growing! We are pleased to announce that Robin Bogert is joining our InCorps Team as show designer and visual-marching clinician and instructor. Robin has been involved with drum and bugle corps for many years. He played in Jong Jubal and Jubal Drum Bugle Corps... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...8&Itemid=30

Drum Corps Europe has published a new version of its DCE Competition Manual. In the new version 6.3 mostly minor changes have been added. The only practical change is the new size of the staging area. Drum Corps International increased the depth of the staging area from 3 to 4.5 meters... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...6&Itemid=30

Members of a Coventry band formed in July have returned from their first competition with an impressive haul of nine medals. Musicians from The Spirit of Coventry Drum and Bugle Corps struck gold at the British Youth Band Association contest in Leicester. Solo successes included Lizzie Killick, who clinched gold in the... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...2&Itemid=30

The Concord Ceremonial Fanfare Team has just closed their 2007 season with one of their biggest gigs to date. They recently played for the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Business awards ceremony before 1200 guests from the city's business and commerce community. Held in the massive Ponds Forge leisure... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...6&Itemid=30

Following the successful tour of 2007, invitation now goes out to ALL interested Bands/Corps to contact event Director and BYBA President Bob Girvan on navrig@hotmail.com (mailto:navrig@hotmail.com) to book your place in the 2008 road show. It is hoped to hold an initial meeting in January 2008 to discuss further, followed by... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...0&Itemid=30

Drum Corps Europe is pleased to announce the participating corps of the DCE Championships 2008. Please mark Saturday 27th September in your diaries, as it promises to be yet another sizzling European Championship! All the top corps of the last DCE Championships will be taking part. The entire top ten of... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...9&Itemid=30

The 2008 Drum Major will be Cristian Barbarino. A great trumpet player and section leader for MillenniuM, Cristian will be conducting the Corps' performances starting this winter. MillenniuM Drum Bugle Corps wants to say thank you to Daria Raimondi, Drum Major for MillenniuM during five wonderful seasons (2002-2007) who... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...6&Itemid=30

Current and prospective leaders representing the whole activity are coming together on Saturday January 26th in Leicester to join in a Conference titled 'Marching Towards the Olympics' Organised by the Federation, the agenda already boasts keynote speeches from Youth Music's No.2 DAVID SULKIN, and MICHAEL McKEEVER the Head teacher of Trinity... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...0&Itemid=30

'Young Musicians Guide to Rock' is the name of the 2008 production that Black Knights Senior Corps are proud to announce. A show that will be 'in ya face' from the very start incorporating some of the very best rock music there is. The show will be another original exciting... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...4&Itemid=30

Two of Europe's leading National Drum Corps organisations are pleased to announce that they have agreed to embrace the recently announced Drum Corps Europe Certified Partnership scheme. Drum Corps Netherlands (DCN) and Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) have formally adopted the working framework of certified partnership status with Drum Corps Europe... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...3&Itemid=30

Drum Corps Europe has appointed Tony Mackenzie-Jones as the DCE Adjudication Manager. Tony will coordinate all judging matters as part of the DCE management team. Tony's first active involvement in marching music was marching in a scout band. After serving in the army (being involved in a pipe and brass... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...0&Itemid=30

Southern Aurora and Legion Star from Brighton and Crawley in Sussex are pleased to announce that they will be performing 'The Southern Express' as their 2008 Summer Season production. Based on music from the Polar Express, The 2008 production will take the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions,... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...8&Itemid=30

Drum Corps Europe is introducing a new level of strategic partner, known as 'Certified Partners'. National organisations that use the DCE Competition Manual for all their contests, and also use the DCE judging team may call themselves 'DCE Certified Partners'. The 'Certified Partnership' idea is a result of discussions between DCE... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...1&Itemid=30

Registration for the DCE Championships 2008 has ended. Yesterday was the last opportunity to register directly. Like previous years, DCE has received more registrations than available spots. Thirteen corps have already been placed for the DCE Championships 2008, based on their results during the DCE Championships 2007. On December 9th, the... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...0&Itemid=30

For the second time this year, on Saturday December 8th Beatrix opens its doors for an open house. Reason for this is that there’s still room for growth in all sections of the corps, and we want to invite everyone who might be interested in filling up a spot, to... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...5&Itemid=30

DCUK is pleased to announce that their next Directors College event will take on Saturday 19th January and you can register to attend on line on the DCUK site by visiting http://www.dcuk.org.uk/about/dcuk_directors_college.html (http://www.dcuk.org.uk/about/dcuk_directors_college.html). This event is open to ANY Corps regardless of whether they are currently in membership of DCUK -... ... Read the rest of the article here - http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/index.php?o...9&Itemid=30