The info pages for the DCE Championships 2006 in Rotterdam have been published on the DCE website today. The information includes the line-up, corps repertoires and other corps details. 26 Corps from 5 European countries will participate in this year’s Championships. The event will start at 9.00 AM with the Open Class Prelims, followed by […]
The weekend of the 1st of April featured the last rehearsal weekend for the drum line and the first outdoor rehearsal for the corps! The weekend began on Friday at 8 o’clock in the corps hall where the drum line rehearsed in sections until 21.30. The bass line worked on the opener, Artistry Suite, and […]
This year, the DCE Championships will once again be held in the Sparta Rotterdam stadium. Both Drum Corps Europe and Sparta were happy with the way the event turned out in 2005 and have therefore decided to collaborate again. "We were extremely satisfied with the result last year", says Sparta’s Commercial Manager, Charles van der […]
The Italian Millennium Marching Band from Verdello will be transformed to a drum & bugle corps. Next October, Millenium will become the very first drum & bugle corps of Italy. This has been confirmed by Assistent Director Cristian Barbarino to Drum Corps Europe. This year, Millennium will still be a marching band. During the performances […]
Southwest Union Drum & Bugle Corps and DIO Drum & Bugle Corps will enter the DCE Championships 2006. Due to internal situations, two corps had to cancel their registration. Southwest Union and DIO were on the waiting list, and they accepted the invitation from DCE to enter the Championships.
On Sunday 12th February, approximately 60 people congregated at Chesterton High School in Stoke-on-Trent to participate in a clinic hosted by Professor Jeff Moore and the Kidsgrove Scouts. Staff and members of several marching bands and drum corps (including Avengers, Donisthorpe Scouts, Poynton, Senators), as well as percussionists not involved in the marching music community, […]
Undoubtedly one of the highlights of last year’s Finals was the massed Class "A" drum-lines leading on the Olympic Retreat. CONCORD and PHOENIX are, this year, planning to go one better with joint performances by both their percussion AND brass lines.
Drum Corps United Kingdom has posted the dates for their 2006 DCUK Board Meetings. Also posted are the 2006 Corps Directors’ College and the 2006 Instructor Training Days.
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