Following the Olympic Retreat at Western Beat at Cheltenham on Sunday 10th June the combined brass lines of Concord, Kidsgrove Scouts and The Senators remained on the contest field for an open rehearsal of Perfect Day, the Lou Reed classic that has been chosen as the "anthem" for DCUK 2007. For approximately ½ hour over […]
"Four to six million people in South-Africa live on the edge of society: "At the borderline". These people are housed living in bad conditions in hovels with corrugated iron roofs in the townships. The Field Band Foundation has set its goals for the last ten years for the children of these neighbourhoods to give them […]
The Northern Star Youth Band Championships are taking place this Saturday 16th June at Mount Pleasant Stadium (Batley Bulldogs RLFC) Batley WF17 7NZ. Over 7 hours of top class entertainment featuring 20 of the Uk’s top Bands and Corps in five divisions of competition! Read the rest of the article here.
"The weather looked good as I left home for the first DCUK show of 2007, the organisations 28th consecutive season of competitions. The past winter had seen the DCUK undergo some radical changes, streamlining itself and doing away with much of the bureaucracy and ‘red tape’ that had hindered its growth in recent years, so […]
A huge congratulations go to Tez Smith who will join the Madison Scouts horn staff for the summer of 07. After working extremely hard this year with The Kidsgrove Scouts Tez will fly out to the Madison Scouts on July 4th where he will be working with the corps he marched for in 94 and […]
The centre section of the stand in the Sparta Stadium (800 setas) has been sold out for the DCE European Championships, to beld on September 29th, 2007. In other sections of the main stand there are still plenty of seats available. The DCE Championships 2007 will feature a great line-up with corps from six European […]
For the 2007 season the Kidsgrove Scouts Website has been given a new look. It is a fantastic job and many thanks go to Lea Ibbs (new webmaster) who has worked hard on this site. Also a thank you must go to David Hessom for all his hard work over the past few years on […]
Southern Knights are pleased to announce the launch of SK:tv – a new media service available on the internet via their website to showcase who and what they are (and have been!). The service, hosted by Brightcove, currently features video clips of all their Drum Corps and Winterguard Championship winning shows plus some non-competitive performances. […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom has to advise that the venue for the upcoming Avon Alive Show scheduled for this coming Sunday (10th June) has had to relocate to an alternative venue. This move has been forced upon us due to operational reasons with our original stadium in Bath. It is regrettable that we have had […]
Contests held by drum corps organisations in Europe satisfying conditions set by DCE can be regarded as ‘certified’ from now on. In order to comply, the contest must be judged on the basis of the DCE judging manual and the performances of the corps must be assessed by DCE certified judges. Read the rest of […]
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