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DCUK SoundSport – Class of 2026

Drum Corps United Kingdom is pleased to announce the details of the 16 performing groups that have signed up to the forthcoming DCUK 2026 SoundSport season 1st Burntwood GB/2nd Burntwood BB (Burntwood, Staffs) 51st/35th BB/GB Northfield Brigades (Birmingham) Beeches Performing Arts (Birmingham) Concord AllStars (Sheffield) DrumSpirit (Dadizele, Belgium) East Coast Elite (Lincolnshire) Lanesfield BB/GB Band (Wolverhampton) Liberty (Northampton) Phantom Knights (Atherstone, Warwickshire) Raiders (Woking, Surrey) […]

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DCUK Championships 2005

Take a trip down Memory Lane to the 2005 British Drum Corps Championships held at Mansfield Town FC and features clips from: CADET CLASS 4th Place – Commodore Cadets 3rd Place – Avenger Cadets 2rd Place – Black Knights Cadets 1st Place – 37th Kingswood Cadets

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Flying The British Flag at DCI 2025

Each year performing members from the UK travel across the Atlantic to be part of the Drum Corps International summer competition tour and with the 2025 World Championships events taking place in Marion and Indianapolis, Indiana from 4th until 9th August Drum Corps United Kingdom and Winter Guard United Kingdom wanted to send all our […]

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DCUK SoundSport event dates 2026

Winter Guard UK (WGUK) has just announced the dates for their 2026 season contests. Venue details will be formally approved, finalised and announced after the WGUK Board Meeting but for now next in the UK winter looks like this… Sunday 18th January – Stoke Sunday 1st February – Liverpool Sunday 8th February – Wivenhoe Sunday […]

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Drum Corps United Kingdom celebrating 45 years

In 2025 Drum Corps United Kingdom celebrates 45 years since its formation in 1980.  In addition the Winter Guard activity in the UK also started in the same year so it’s a double celebration. All the members of the units that performed as part of the DCUK SoundSport events or the WGUK Winter Guard season […]

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DCUK Yearbook 2025 available on line

Drum Corps United Kingdom is pleased to be able to make the 2025 DCUK & Winter Guard UK Yearbook available to view on line:

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Thank You UK SoundSport 25 ~ UK SoundSport 26 – Here We Come!

With the winter DCUK SoundSport season now at a close, an on-line “debriefing” meeting was recently held for all the 11 participating units from 2025. This meeting was attended in person by 7 units and input by email from another 3 plus the DCUK Board and the DCUK SoundSport Judges Co-Ordinator. The feedback received was […]

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SoundSport Success In UK

This winter there have been 7 United Kingdom SoundSport contests organised by Drum Corps United Kingdom as part of the 2025 Winter Guard United Kingdom season. 11 units have taken part in this inaugural year and we would like to thank each and every one of them for embracing this new genre in the UK […]

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DCUK DrumLine Battle – 16th September 2023. Beeches v Revolution

A DrumLine Battle event was held on Saturday 17th September 2023 at Butts Park Arena, Coventry as part of the British Drum Corps Championships and featured: Beeches Performance Ensemble & Revolution – Queensbury Youth Band DrumLine Battle™ is a program of Drum Corps International

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DCUK SoundSport Judges Co-ordinator Announced

For the past few years the DCUK (and European) Drum Corps Judges have been managed by Ivan Balchin and earlier this year Ivan advised that he wished to step back from this role. On behalf of all involved with DCUK and the Corps, we would like to give huge thanks to Ivan for all the […]

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