This year, the DCE Championships will once again be held in the Sparta Rotterdam stadium. Both Drum Corps Europe and Sparta were happy with the way the event turned out in 2005 and have therefore decided to collaborate again. "We were extremely satisfied with the result last year", says Sparta’s Commercial Manager, Charles van der […]
The Italian Millennium Marching Band from Verdello will be transformed to a drum & bugle corps. Next October, Millenium will become the very first drum & bugle corps of Italy. This has been confirmed by Assistent Director Cristian Barbarino to Drum Corps Europe. This year, Millennium will still be a marching band. During the performances […]
Southwest Union Drum & Bugle Corps and DIO Drum & Bugle Corps will enter the DCE Championships 2006. Due to internal situations, two corps had to cancel their registration. Southwest Union and DIO were on the waiting list, and they accepted the invitation from DCE to enter the Championships.
(Translation provided by AltaVista’s Babelfish) Altogether 12 different participants for the Drum Corps Germany announced themselves season 2006. Among the participants also in this year again some DCG beginners will be: Participant: Blue Bandits DMC, Hagenburg Blue of dia. moon DBC, Nienhagen Fidele bird meadow DBC, Gevelsberg Flying Drums Marching volume, Hanover Talk star DBC, […]
(Translation provided by Altavista’s Babelfish) The afternoon will feature and individual & ensemble competition followed by an evening indoor contest. On May 13th the prelude to the season takes place. Soloists place themselves and small ensembles in front of the jury in the afternoon, before the entire corps shows their music programs for the first […]
On Sunday 12th February, approximately 60 people congregated at Chesterton High School in Stoke-on-Trent to participate in a clinic hosted by Professor Jeff Moore and the Kidsgrove Scouts. Staff and members of several marching bands and drum corps (including Avengers, Donisthorpe Scouts, Poynton, Senators), as well as percussionists not involved in the marching music community, […]
Undoubtedly one of the highlights of last year’s Finals was the massed Class "A" drum-lines leading on the Olympic Retreat. CONCORD and PHOENIX are, this year, planning to go one better with joint performances by both their percussion AND brass lines.
Drum Corps United Kingdom has posted the dates for their 2006 DCUK Board Meetings. Also posted are the 2006 Corps Directors’ College and the 2006 Instructor Training Days.
Color Guard Nederland will broadcast it’s contest in Drachten on March 11 live online, After a succesful and much visited live reporting at the WGI European Regional and the plans to broadcast the CGN Championships for the third year in a row, this seemed a logical decision. The broadcast starts at 1PM Dutch time, 12 […]
Northern Star Group from Leeds has announced the launch of Star Academy. The internationally renowned performing arts organisation is launching Star Academy to give young people performing arts skills that will enable them to become world class performers themselves. Star Academy opens its doors for the very first time on Saturday March 4th at Lowtown […]
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