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European Judging Fraternity Closer To Common Ground

Bristol, UK was the venue for an extremely well attended seminar that covered the entire process of the Drum Corps Europe Competition Manual, concentrating on the responsibilities of the judging system, the philosophies of its application, and the physical system itself were presented by a very capable DCE judging administration and training team, lead by […]

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DIO Drum And Bugle Corps Inactive

DIO Drum & Bugle Corps from Dordrecht have decided to go inactive after calling a member meeting. In spite of the valiant efforts in previous years, new and old members have not succeeded in keeping their heads above water. It is a very difficult time for drum corps to keep members. In spite of the […]

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New BYBA Leadership Qualification To Be Piloted At The Festival

After two years of planning and negotiation, a Qualification in ‘Youth Marching Band Leadership’ will be launched at the BYBA Festival of Fun and Music. With the support of its member organisations, the Federation has been working on this for more than two years. It is to be accredited by the long established national Open […]

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Wachholz Joins BYBA Festival Brass Team

Clayton Wachholz is respected the world over for is dedication to music education, specifically in the area of Marching Bands. He has been involved in the drum and bugle corps activity as a performer and teacher for twenty-six years. As a baritone player he marched with the Thunderbolts (1979), Pioneer (1980-1984), and Madison Scouts (1985-1989). […]

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Color Guard Nederland Announces Return Sponsors

CGN received confirmation from three sponsors that they will continue this season as supporters of Color Guard Nederland. Pro-Mark is one of the Worlds leading stick manufacturers and has been a CGN sponsor for a few years now. Van Beers is The Netherlands main supplier of Marching shoes and Color Guard and Twirl materials. They […]

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Meet Show & Marching Musicians In Second Life

The web team of CorpsMusic.com (Korpsmuziek.nl) has built a place to meet people and to “talk” about music, events and direct reviews after an event or performance. They build in “Second Life” and own a building to meet people from Show-, & Marching Bands. Now you can speak to the whole world and meet musicians […]

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2007 DCUK Corps Directors College

DCUK are pleased to confirm the date of the first Drum Corps United Kingdom Corps Directors College for 2007. The groundbreaking meeting will be held on Saturday 3rd March 2007 in Walsall, West Midlands. The main thrust of the meeting will be to update all Corps who have an interest in the initiatives already instigated […]

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First DCE Judges Seminar In The UK

For the first time, Drum Corps Europe will be holding a major judges seminar in the UK. This coming weekend, several British judges will be traveling to Bristol to take part in a seminar organized by DCE. Besides other topics, the DCE Competition Manual will also be dealt with in detail. Some British judges are […]

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Jim Kilpatrick At BYBA Festival Of Fun And Music

6th Hove and Premier Percussion are presenting a free one-off clinic performance featuring world-famous snare drummer Jim Kilpatrick at the 2007 BYBA Festival of Fun and Music. Jim is one of the top marching percussionists in the world having won 16 World Solo Drumming Championships, 18 World Championships and 15 Champion of Champions pipe band […]

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Jeff Queen Announced For InCorps Masters Of Percussion

On April 1, 2007 InCorps presents the second edition of the Masters of Percussion. A day packed with master classes, the European Individuals & Ensembles for Percussion and Europe’s biggest Indoor Percussion Event! We’ve already presented Indoor Percussion Ensemble Rhythm X and Neil Larrivee, Tim Fairbanks and Tim Jackson. Now we are extremely proud to […]

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