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Thank you all for watching! We received great feedback from viewers, and we are happy with so many patrons for this webcast, from all over the world. Marco

Dear drum corps fans, On Saturday September 26, Drum Corps Europe will run a live webcast of the DCE European Championships. Watch the European drum corps while they take the field in Kerkrade - The Netherlands. The webcast is a free service by DCE, no login required. Championships schedule: www.drumcorpseurope.org/content.php?article=15 Webcast: www.drumcorpseurope.org (click on the 'webcast' banner) The webcast will start at 9.30 am local time (Central European Time) and will run all day and evening. GMT, Greenwich Main Time: -1 hour EST, Eastern Standard Time: -5 hours CST, Central Standard Time: -7 hours PST, Pacific Standard Time: -8 hours Please note: this is a free webcast, the audio and video quality depend on the available upload connection. The webcast may be interrupted as connections are never 100% reliable. Thanks in advance for your understanding. We hope you'll enjoy the webcast! Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

***Moderators: I hope it's OK if I spam this forum a little bit, but it's for a good cause. If this topic is not allowed, please remove it. Thanks!*** Calling all drum corps fans! Each year, Drum Corps Europe runs a free live webcast of the DCE European Championships. Although the crew members of the webcast are all volunteers, it still requires money to run the 13 hour multicam webcast. We would like to keep the webcast free for our viewers, so we can show as many people as possible what a fantastic activity this is! Therefore we started a crowdfunding campaign on Patreon. Drum corps fans around the globe can help by sponsoring the webcast, starting from only $1. We hope that our drum corps brothers and sisters will help us by pledging a small amount to keep us 'on air'. And we have rewards for you if you pledge! Please visit our Patreon page at http://www.patreon.com/drumcorpseurope Thanks in advance for helping us out! Best regards, Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe http://www.drumcorpseurope.org

Thanks all for watching our webcast! It was great to see so many people outside Europe watching (from 50+ countries). The webcast was free indeed. Some people thought the Video on Demand service would also be free, but unfortunately that's not true. We have to ask a small yearly fee for our VOD service, we just launched our new video platform here: The DCE Video Vault - http://dce.videovault.eu From all performances (33 in total, Prelims and Finals) a free 45 second clip is available. Enjoy! :-) Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

The webcast can still be watched online and can be fast forwarded and rewinded actually. You can find it (there is part 1 and 2) here: http://www.bambuser.com/channel/drumcorpseurope Please note that the first 13 minutes of part 1 has no sound, but the sound returns before the first corps enters the filed. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Thanks all for watching! It was a great day here in Kerkrade. Congratulations to Johan Friso and The Company for winning the 2011 European titles (Junior Class and Premier Class). And congratulations to all corps, you made this day a very memorable one! Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

@Liahona: thanks for mentioning the adjusted times! @lindap: you're welcome. :)

Dear American drum corps friends, I hope we are allowed to 'borrow' a little space in the World Class forum, as it is more crowded here than in the International forum. Moderators: if you find this post inappropriate, please remove it. We at Drum Corps Europe just wanted to let you all know that we will be doing a free webcast of the DCE Championships tomorrow (September 24 at Kerkrade- The Netherlands). Although the internet connection speed at the stadium is not great, we will do everything we can to let you see what is going on in Europe. www.drumcorpseurope.org We hope you'll enjoy the free webcast! Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

Hi all, I just posted a message on the International Forum, but thought it may be worth putting it here as well, as this section is far more popular. Moderators: if you think this post is inappropriate, please remove it. This Saturday, September 25: live webcast of the DCE European Championships! You can watch free of charge. Just go to the DCE website and click on the banner (the banner will appear shortly before the webcast starts). Webcast starts at: 10.00 AM (local time). We start with Premier Class Prelims (18 corps), then Junior Class Finals (4 corps) and after that Premier Class Finals. The webcast will probably last 13 hours. Adjustments for other time zones: GMT, Greenwich Main Time: -1 hour EST, Eastern Standard Time: -5 hours CST, Central Standard Time: -7 hours PST, Pacific Standard Time: -8 hours JST, Japan Standard Time: +9 hours PLEASE NOTE This is a free and ad-free webcast. The audio and video quality is limited and will depend on the available upload connection. The webcast may be interrupted as (Wifi) connections are never 100% reliable. Thanks in advance for your understanding. We hope you'll enjoy the webcast. Kind regards, Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

Hi all, This Saturday, September 25: live webcast of the DCE European Championships! You can watch free of charge. Just go to the DCE website and click on the banner (the banner will appear shortly before the webcast starts). Webcast starts at: 10.00 AM (local time). We start with Premier Class Prelims (18 corps), then Junior Class Finals (4 corps) and after that Premier Class Finals. The webcast will probably last 13 hours. Adjustments for other time zones: GMT, Greenwich Main Time: -1 hour EST, Eastern Standard Time: -5 hours CST, Central Standard Time: -7 hours PST, Pacific Standard Time: -8 hours JST, Japan Standard Time: +9 hours PLEASE NOTE This is a free and ad-free webcast. The audio and video quality is limited and will depend on the available upload connection. The webcast may be interrupted as (Wifi) connections are never 100% reliable. Thanks in advance for your understanding. We hope you'll enjoy the webcast. Kind regards, Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

Thank you all for watching! It was great to see so many people from the States/Canada watching the webcast. Although we realise the webcast had limited quality, we hope you enjoyed it. Marco

Sorry guys, we lost the connection for a while. It has been restored now. Thanks for your patience! Marco Janssen Drum Corps Europe

We added even more sources to DCE My News today! So do you want to have the worldwide drum corps news on your screen instantly? Then add www.drumcorpseurope.org/mynews to your favorites! :) Marco

Drum Corps Europe has added a new section to its website: DCE My News. It is a collection of the latest drum corps headlines from many sources, all brought together on one page. Visitors can decide which headlines they want to see. DCE My News publishes news from eighteen news (and discussion) feeds in several languages. News feeds can be edited, deleted and moved to another spot on the page by all users. And it is also possible to add new feeds. Preferences are stored in a 'cookie', so the browser will remember the preferences. DCE My News can be found at www.drumcorpseurope.org/mynews.

Looks like the connection is fully operational again.