Indoor Percussion Europe (www.indoorpercussioneurope.org) will organise his first Percussion Advisory Board meeting on October 23rd in Dordrecht. Percussion advisors/specialists from Europe will discuss matters for the upcoming European Indoor Percussion Season. During this meeting they will discuss topics like education, organisation, contests and judging. Presentations and discussions are planned to begin at 20.00 pm.
The British Youth Band Association has published the results of the BYBA National Finals on their website. Champions are Poynton Commodores (Associate Division), 37th Kingswood (Division 1), East Coast Elite (Division 2), Spirit of Coventry (Division 3), Cosley Comets (Junior Division) and 37th Kingswood Cadets (Cadet Class). Read the rest of the article here.
The Coseley Comets are holding a Grand Re-Union on Saturday 1st November 2008 at the Coseley School, Henne Drive, Coseley, Bilston, West Midlands. Anyone who was associated with either Bradley BB/GB, The Comets Drum @ Trumpet Corps or The Coseley Comets, either playing member, staff or supporter are more than welcome to share in past […]
2009 will see Drum Corps United Kingdom celebrate its 30th consecutive competitive season. Over the coming weeks DCUK will be announcing details of its plans and initiatives for the 2009 season and the first of these is the return of the original logo which has been modernised very slightly from when first used in 1980 […]
After a delay of many months, the DVDs and CDs of the DCE Championships 2007 are ready to ship next week. Due to illness of the staff member who was responsible for the sound, the post production of the DVDs and CDs was delayed. With the great help of Joe Rodwell (instructor and brass arranger […]
Butts Park Arena and the top 30 Bands from within the British Youth Band Association had to battle continuous challenges with the weather, but there was nothing that was going to detract from one of the most exciting and close fought National Championships to date! A full report with be coming shortly, but our sincere […]
Following January’s ‘whole activity’ conference in Leicester, the Federation has been working on a Youth Music grant application to deliver one of the suggestions made by discussion groups during the day. It has just been announced that The Federation will receive a £29,700 grant to deliver a pilot project to encourage bands and corps to […]
Concord opened proceedings with a regal fanfare by their fanfare team, setting the scene for Poynton Commodore Cadets who gave us a rousing exhibition. The crowd were enthusiastic from the start and the young members must have enjoyed this. Tunes such as "When the Saints" and "Great Escape" got the crowd clapping along throughout, with […]
After Jim Casella, Wayne Downey and Jonathan Schwartz, InCorps proudly presents Phantom Regiment’s Percussion caption head and arranger Paul Rennick as our new Percussion Expert! Paul Rennick is a Lecturer in the Percussion Department of the University of North Texas. Having taught, written, and arranged for many of the most successful percussion ensembles in the […]
The webcast of the DCE European Championships last Saturday was a big success. More than 2300 drum corps fans watched the Drum Corps Europe webcast. Due to some connection problems the stream had some problems, mainly in the afternoon. In the evening the connection became better, and more fans tuned in. The highest total of […]
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