The Beatrix Association is proud to announce that Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps has formed a strategic partnership with one of the world’s most renowned uniform manufacturers: Stanbury Uniforms. StanburyFor more than 90 years, no brand has cultivated a deeper heritage for creating superior uniform innovation than Stanbury. That same passion still drives the brand […]
Last week, Showband Marum began to use their new percussion instruments. The instrumentation was supplied by Vancore Percussion Instruments from Joure – The Netherlands. The showband has purchased five snares, two tenors, five bass drums and two marimbas. The colour of the instruments (anthracite carbon) matches Showband Marum’s uniform colours. During the presentation, the participants […]
From 1st May tickets for the DCE European Championships can be ordered for the biggest European drum corps event! The DCE European Championships will take place on Saturday 25 September and will once again be held at the beautiful Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade. 22 top corps from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France […]
Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps from Hilversum – The Netherlands will appear in a new uniform this year. The corps has entered into a strategic partnership with Stanbury Uniforms for this purpose. The fact that the colour of the uniforms has remained blue is of course no surprise, but apart from that their look has […]
The annual Judges College took place in Bromley, England (home of the Pacemakers Drum & Bugle Corps) last weekend and "was the best college to date", commented Douglas Caldwell, DCE’s Adjudication Manager. Over 20 judges attended the event including a few trainees. The agenda for the two days was very full as the new manual […]
The Italian Marching Band Besana, Italian participants of the European DCE Championships, has published its new show program. The title of the show is ‘Destination Moon’. Through ‘Destination Moon’, Besana hopes to create a unique atmosphere withoriginal music. They have once again been about to attract an international staff team. Musical Director Simeone Riva has […]
The German Open will become a DCE Certified Show. The organisers of the event and Drum Corps Europe have come to an agreement on this. The event will be held in the Weserbergland Stadium in Hameln. The event organisers (Starriders and ‘Musikverband Schaumburg/Weser’) strongly believe that, with the DCE judging team and the DCE Competition […]
Tickets for this year’s DCE European Championships will go on sale on the 1st of May. Besides the standard tickets, DCE now also introduces special Premium Tickets. These tickets come with plenty of added extras. The Premium Tickets will go on sale at the same time as standard tickets. They cost six euros more than […]
With still more than five months to go, nine corps have registered for the German Open competition in Hameln. This will be the only drum corps competition in Germany this year. Drum Corps Germany announced that their ownly (indoor) contest in May had to be cancelled because of the lack of interest by corps. Only […]
The Irish Marching Bands Association (IMBA) and Drum Corps Europe have announced that the two associations will now officially enter a Certified partnership. This partnership will offer many opportunities for Irish bands to travel and compete in events across Europe. It will also offer international bands the opportunity to compete in DCE shows hosted in […]
NEW on the DCP Forums