It will come as no surprise to anyone that in terms of the recent flooding, Upton on Severn, the original home of the Severn Vale Marching Band Championships, was one of the worst hit areas, and one point the sports field which is hired for the BYBA contest was under 5 feet of water!! Well, […]
The draw for the DCE Championships Open Class prelims will take place this afternoon at the Sparta Stadium in Rotterdam. The draw will be held from 2.00 pm (local time) onwards in Sparta’s press room at ‘The Castle’, and will be ‘webcasted’ via the internet. A webcam will record the draw and send an image […]
The “Summer Break” (excluding the weather this year) is coming to the end and we approach the second half of the season with a more determined attitude to finish off this year on a positive note. The experiences have been both high and low this season from the impact of flooding, loss of accommodation and […]
Former DCUK Corps, Spirit of Bristol, are holding a Reunion on 19th October 2007 taking place at the Downend Cricket Club in Bristol. All past members are welcome and can contact the organisers by email reunion [at] spiritofbristol [dot] co [dot] uk. More details will be made available also at the website. Read the rest […]
Forms have now been distributed to members Corps for nominations for the DCUK Board for the coming 12 months. Members of the Board will be responsible for guiding DCUK forward in 2008 and beyond and the positions are open to anyone who has the time and a desire to help DCUK – all you need […]
The draw for the DCE Championships prelims will take place coming Saturday 18th August. Lots will be drawn to determine the order within the various groups, six weeks before the spectacular event in Rotterdam. The draw for the Prelims will be held from 2.00 pm (local time, which is 1:00 pm GMT) onwards in Sparta […]
Now that DCI is living it’s finest week of the year, it might be time for everyone in the Marching Music activity to look at where we come from. Wasn’t Drum & Bugle Corps a community activity in the past where the sole purpose was to keep kids off the streets? We should be proud […]
The tour culminated with a fantastic evening in Perranporth on the North coast of Cornwall on Saturday night. Picture the following scene: Golden sands with surf rolling in with the incoming tide. Each wave seeming to be more powerful than the last one. The sun gradually setting, a warm evening breeze. The arena was on […]
The Box Office has now opened for DCUK Championships tickets and attached is an Order Form as well as there being the normal on line facilities available via the DCUK website – http://www.dcuk.org.uk Please note two main changes from previous years: 1) The price prior to the event is slightly cheaper than buying tickets on […]
After ‘The Castle’ and the Erasmus Bridge, another Rotterdam symbol now forms the basis of the DCE Championships. The artist Peter Franken has designed a European Championships logo for Drum Corps Europe that focuses on the well-known cube houses. "After the theme of sport (the historical Sparta Stadium in 2005) and bridges and water (Erasmus […]
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