Drum Corps Europe is pleased to announce the participating corps of the DCE Championships 2008. Please mark Saturday 27th September in your diaries, as it promises to be yet another sizzling European Championship! All the top corps of the last DCE Championships will be taking part. The entire top ten of the Open Class and […]
Following the successful tour of 2007, invitation now goes out to ALL interested Bands/Corps to contact event Director and BYBA President Bob Girvan on navrig [at] hotmail [dot] com to book your place in the 2008 road show. It is hoped to hold an initial meeting in January 2008 to discuss further, followed by a […]
The 2008 Drum Major will be Cristian Barbarino. A great trumpet player and section leader for MillenniuM, Cristian will be conducting the Corps’ performances starting this winter. MillenniuM Drum & Bugle Corps wants to say thank you to Daria Raimondi, Drum Major for MillenniuM during five wonderful seasons (2002-2007) who has recently been accepted at […]
Current and prospective leaders representing the whole activity are coming together on Saturday January 26th in Leicester to join in a Conference titled ‘Marching Towards the Olympics’ Organised by the Federation, the agenda already boasts keynote speeches from Youth Music’s No.2 DAVID SULKIN, and MICHAEL McKEEVER the Head teacher of Trinity School in Nottingham. The […]
‘Young Musicians Guide to Rock’ is the name of the 2008 production that Black Knights Senior Corps are proud to announce. A show that will be ‘in ya face’ from the very start incorporating some of the very best rock music there is. The show will be another original exciting BK production. The Black Knights […]
Two of Europe’s leading National Drum Corps organisations are pleased to announce that they have agreed to embrace the recently announced Drum Corps Europe Certified Partnership scheme. Drum Corps Netherlands (DCN) and Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) have formally adopted the working framework of certified partnership status with Drum Corps Europe (DCE) and as such […]
Drum Corps Europe has appointed Tony Mackenzie-Jones as the DCE Adjudication Manager. Tony will coordinate all judging matters as part of the DCE management team. Tony’s first active involvement in marching music was marching in a scout band. After serving in the army (being involved in a pipe and brass band) he studied for A […]
Southern Aurora and Legion Star from Brighton and Crawley in Sussex are pleased to announce that they will be performing ‘The Southern Express’ as their 2008 Summer Season production. Based on music from the Polar Express, The 2008 production will take the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions, and mood changes, from the […]
Drum Corps Europe is introducing a new level of strategic partner, known as ‘Certified Partners’. National organisations that use the DCE Competition Manual for all their contests, and also use the DCE judging team may call themselves ‘DCE Certified Partners’. The ‘Certified Partnership’ idea is a result of discussions between DCE and national drum corps […]
Registration for the DCE Championships 2008 has ended. Yesterday was the last opportunity to register directly. Like previous years, DCE has received more registrations than available spots. Thirteen corps have already been placed for the DCE Championships 2008, based on their results during the DCE Championships 2007. On December 9th, the other corps will be […]
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