Pride of Bristol are please to announce that they have entered into a Strategic Partnership with local education centre Filton College. The new group will be called the Pegasus Academy of Performing Arts, honouring the Engine produced in Filton by the Bristol Engine Company, then Rolls Royce when it acquired the firm in 1966. Pegasus’ […]
Local youth marching music ensemble CONCORD have been specially selected to take part in a national pilot scheme that will form the basis of a UK-wide programme. Supported by the prestigious National Lottery funding body “Youth Music”, Concord, one of the country’s oldest and widely-renowned youth music organisations, have agreed to work towards increased involvement […]
On October 9th 2008 a new band had its first rehearsal and Liberty Drum Corps, based in Duston, Northampton, finally moved from planning to happening. For the last 6 months the steering group had been working on the “behind the scenes” operations to make sure the band started with good foundations. Funding had been applied […]
The 2008 Tokyo Open occurred on Sunday, November 2, at Ohta Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. 1. The Yokohama Scouts 33.82. Yokohama Inspires 33.33. Pride of SOKA 32.34. Tokyo Phoenix 30.85. Sonic Lancers 28.46. Cherry Blossoms 28.1
You cannot go wrong when "drum corps" and "free" are combined in the same media. Round 2 of All Japan Infant Marching Association’s Shining Beat opened the doors to Kansai’s "older" ensembles at Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle) Hall on Monday, November 3rd, free to the public. Sponsored by an array of big name companies within the […]
Shining Beat, All Japan Infant Marching Association’s 20th annual marching carnival took place at the historic Osaka-jo (Osaka Castle) Hall on Monday, November 3rd. 14 nursery schools (that’s right, we are talking about preschoolers here) from Osaka and Hyogo prefectures brought in drum corps to this unique event. Corps instrumentation included drums, bells and synthesizers. […]
Alturas Supermarket brings together once again the best and the finest drum corps in Visayas and Mindanao for one spectacular day in the 21st Alturas Drum & Bugle Corps Showdown, scheduled at the CPG Sports Complex this coming November 23, featuring sexy star/comedienne Giselle Sanchez. The main highlight in the 23rd Anniversary Celebration of Alturas […]
This Saturday, the registration for the DCE European Championships 2009 will begin. Corps will be able to register during the whole of November. The participants list will be published mid-December. Like in previous years, criteria will be used for selection (the criteria will be published when the registration starts). 2007 DCE Open Class finalists and […]
Following on from a very successful 2008 season, Spirit of Coventry are looking for Staff/Instructors in various key areas to facilitate the new season. These are: Corps CoordinatorGuard Caption HeadFront Line Caption HeadPercussion StaffBrass Caption Head Read the rest of the article here.
Indoor Percussion Europe and Drum Corps Europe are proud to announce that they will enter a partnership. The DCE judging panel will judge at IPE events, starting next year. "Indoor Percussion Europe is the counterpart of Drum Corps Europe", says DCE chairman Marcel Matthijsse. "IPE has the same European goals with indoor percussion as Drum […]
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