With the 2009 summer season fast approaching Drum Corps United Kingdom will be closing registrations for their 30th Anniversary Championships on Friday 5th June. Currently there are 12 "Open Class" Corps and 5 Junior Class Corps registered and if any further Corps wish to take part on Saturday 19th September then all they need to […]
Our annual fundraiser was once again a huge success raising over £1200 for the Corps. We awoke on the morning of the fete to the sound of rain but luckily by 7am when we arrived at Vassalls Park where the fete is held you would never have known it. Members, parents, supporters and Scout leaders […]
Musicians from all over Crawley are getting together to celebrate 30 years of marching and music excellence in Crawley. Members of all marching bands and drum corps from the past 30 years are getting together to form one massed corps. “The first rehearsal went so well, we want everyone who has marched or played an […]
On 15th March 2009, seven members of Kidsgrove Scouts’ drum line completed the Stafford Half Marathon to raise funds for the corps. The runners were Stuart Hancock, Steve Hunt, James Moore, Hayden Burns, Richard Boughtflower, Jamie Clare and Paul Lowton. Between them they managed to raise almost £1000.00 to go towards equipment and expenses for […]
The transition from the winter circuit to the summer field has now taken place with the 37th completing their first drill camp in preparation for the summer season. When you look at the corps taking to the field this year, you will notice a much younger look within the membership in all sections. Following a […]
With DCUK now entering into its 30th consecutive season we have been looking at different ways of "spreading the word" and most people will be aware that, as well as the DCUK website, we have recently started the official DCUK Facebook group which now has over 1,300 members. We are now pleased to announce that […]
8th of March 2009 was an historical day in British Drum Corps as one of the original member corps of DCUK and the 1st DCUK Champions, the Dagenham Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps, came back together to form their Alumni Corps as a tribute to our late Corps Director Mr. John Johnson (one of the […]
Lancers Drum Corp Alumni had their first official rehearsal on 4th March at Longbarn county Primary school in Padgate Warrington. Even though it is early days yet, we had new comers from Morcambe, thank you for coming, the percussion section had a good session even though they hadn’t played in a while and the brass […]
In 2007 Drum Corps United Kingdom launched "DCUK Theatre" which was an on-line media player and was used to make video clips of Corps performances available to view on the website. Unfortunately the company that hosted the software to run this feature have changed their charging policy and therefore DCUK Theatre has had to be […]
With a lot of help from member organisations and from bands, The Federation has just published an impressive 20 page full colour magazine. The magazine has features by international percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and Cultural Olympiad Supremo Bill Morris. It is packed with pictures of bands from all areas of the activity. There is news […]
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