(Translated via AltaVista Babel Fish) French fans of drum corps and marching bands will have only the embarrassment of choosing for the last weekend of June. Indeed, two major events are organized in the north-Picardy area in Saint Quentin and Lille. Read the rest of the article (in French) here.
Drum Corps Europe has revealed the date for the DCE Championships in 2007. Next year, the European Championships will be held on Saturday, September 29th. Every year, the DCE Championships are held on the last Saturday of September. This year is an exception, because the DCUK Championships are to be held in the weekend of […]
The Field Band Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center just completed an exchange programme generously sponsored by the US Department of State Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. The exchange programme focused on exchange of music, culture and using music as a medium for raising awareness around HIV prevention and education. The Septet from JALC […]
Dordrecht, The Netherlands Drum Corps Netherlands May 27, 2006 Open Class 1 • 63.60 • Jubal 2 • 56.75 • Juliana 3 • 51.65 • Northern Star (6.2 penalties) 4 • 48.50 • Federatieband 5 • 46.10 • Jong-Holland 6 • 38.15 • Tambourijnen (0.7 penalties) A-Class 1 • 50.30 • Willem Eggert 2 • […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom have been approached to help in an independent survey entitled "Safeguarding the Future of Drum Corps in Great Britain". The survey is being undertaken by Ian Scaife and DCUK are pleased to be able assist in the distribution of this paper which is not just aimed at personnel directly involved with […]
Drum Corps Europe is proud to announce a partnership with Up-Front Footwear, Inc., maker of Dinkles marching shoes. Located in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, DINKLES Marching Shoes have been worn by leading bands, drum & bugle corps, and color guards throughout the world. For 20 years, Up-Front Footwear has been producing what is considered to be the […]
The schedule for the 2006 season has been amended, from seven shows to five plus Finals. The first show of the season, due to be held at Grantham on June 4th, has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to circumstances beyond DCUK’s control the Grantham venue is no longer available. Due to the short notice and the […]
The DCE Competition Manual has been upgraded from version 6.0 to version 6.1. The new manual is available as a PDF file and can be dowloaded free of charge from this website. In the new manual, a few typing errors that might cause confusion have been fixed (in the ‘contest rules’ section on page 4). […]
I regret to announce that Southern Aurora have withdrawn from competition for the foreseeable future. After a series of set backs in the past two months, it has become clear that the show we had written cannot be performed by the members we have. Whilst we could have pushed the members to a level of […]
Witzenhausen, Germany Drum Corps Germany May 13, 2006 Drum Corps Klasse Wölper Löwen (38,25 Punkte) Starriders (36,43) Fidele Vogelsanger (35,03) Flying Drums (30,20) Blue Diamonds (28,05) Blue Bandits (25,85) Red Stars (23,70) Black Panthers (21,10) Marching Band Klasse The Devils (29,80) Read the rest of the article here.
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