Episode 2011-06 of the Drum Corps Planet Box Center Podcast is now ready for download! Join Managing News Editor Kevin Gamin as he looks at major 2011 program announcements, a new DCA corps from YEA!, the start of ticket sales for the 2011 DCE Championships, and more! Show notes
With the founding of Beatrix Association two years ago, the board decided that the educational plan should receive more attention. The current goal is to make sure that all children who play an instrument are able to read music, in order to raise the overall musical level and to make the transition from Jong Beatrix […]
The Athlone Ravens Marching Band is set to make history this year by becoming the first junior Irish marching band ever to compete at the Drum Corps European Championships in Holland. The Ravens are two-time All-Ireland champions and the impressive standard of the band?s U2-inspired show in 2010 enabled it to qualify for the European […]
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps has released its US tour schedule for next summer. The corps will participate in nine contests, making the tour into a journey of 5700 kilometers. Between 21st July and 14th August, Jubal will enter nine DCI contests. When the corps flies to Atlanta on the 21st of July, the instruments […]
Brecht Lingier is the third Belgian who will be entering DCI this summer in a top 12 corps. This weekend, he got a place in the bass line of Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps from Maumee – Ohio. Lingier will be the heartbeat of the drum line this summer, playing bottom bass. Brecht Lingier grew […]
Concord Youth Music of Sheffield have announced that they will be hosting the 2011 Northern Preview event in their home city. The show offers the opportunity to view the pre-season performances of some of the UK’s finest drum corps and marching bands in a stress-free, non-competitive environment. The show will be held in the North’s […]
Sand and all the images and sounds it evokes is what Besana Marching Band from Italy will bring on the field with their 2011 show 25N: Kingdom of Sand. BMB explains their show title as follows: “The 25th parallel north, from Morocco to the Middle East, is a world embracing a variety of stories, cultures, […]
In 2010, the Drum Corps Europe website once again attracted more visitors than the previous year. Last year, the website had nearly half a million views. The number of page views for 2010 is around three million, which means more than 8,000 pages per day. The news pages are especially popular, and the Dutch news […]
Want to make a great start to the New Year? Then buy the DVD of the DCE European Championships! Thanks to the professional image and sound recording, you will relive the great performances. The production of the DVDs is complete, so they can be sent immediately after you order them. The DCE DVD recording is […]
Inbhear Mór Marchers from Ireland have announced their 2011 summer production entitled ‘Childsplay’. This year, the 40 piece unit based in Arklow – Ireland, have an original concept show and a new format. With some exciting musical arrangements by Eoin O’Keeffe, ‘Childsplay’ will have the audience taken back to their childhood with imagination, playfulness and […]
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