Background Since the European Drum Corps Championships (EDCC) were revived after the COVID-19 pandemic, they have been successfully delivered through the leadership of Hans Kloppert, with dedicated support from Alan Thompson, Joe Fitzpatrick, and a broad network of European marching organisations. The events held in 2022, 2023, and 2024 were made possible by collaboration among […]
Each year performing members from the UK travel across the Atlantic to be part of the Drum Corps International summer competition tour and with the 2025 World Championships events taking place in Marion and Indianapolis, Indiana from 4th until 9th August Drum Corps United Kingdom and Winter Guard United Kingdom wanted to send all our […]
Winter Guard UK (WGUK) has just announced the dates for their 2026 season contests. Venue details will be formally approved, finalised and announced after the WGUK Board Meeting but for now next in the UK winter looks like this… Sunday 18th January – Stoke Sunday 1st February – Liverpool Sunday 8th February – Wivenhoe Sunday […]
In 2025 Drum Corps United Kingdom celebrates 45 years since its formation in 1980. In addition the Winter Guard activity in the UK also started in the same year so it’s a double celebration. All the members of the units that performed as part of the DCUK SoundSport events or the WGUK Winter Guard season […]
Drum Corps United Kingdom is pleased to be able to make the 2025 DCUK & Winter Guard UK Yearbook available to view on line:
With the winter DCUK SoundSport season now at a close, an on-line “debriefing” meeting was recently held for all the 11 participating units from 2025. This meeting was attended in person by 7 units and input by email from another 3 plus the DCUK Board and the DCUK SoundSport Judges Co-Ordinator. The feedback received was […]
This winter there have been 7 United Kingdom SoundSport contests organised by Drum Corps United Kingdom as part of the 2025 Winter Guard United Kingdom season. 11 units have taken part in this inaugural year and we would like to thank each and every one of them for embracing this new genre in the UK […]
In addition to a standard band line (drums, bass, guitar, keys, percussion and vocals) we also have 16 horns to create a great sound. The repertoire includes songs by Bruno Mars, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Gloria Gaynor, Ronnie Williams, The Pointer Sisters, Anouk and Madness. Have you played guitar for a while and do you like to […]
A DrumLine Battle event was held on Saturday 17th September 2023 at Butts Park Arena, Coventry as part of the British Drum Corps Championships and featured: Beeches Performance Ensemble & Revolution – Queensbury Youth Band DrumLine Battle™ is a program of Drum Corps International
We are delighted to announce that the combined friendships of the British Youth Band Association (BYBA) and the Traditional Youth Marching Band Association (TYMBA) will once again be co-hosting a nationwide online Individuals and Ensembles event for 2025. This will follow the same successful 2023 format where participants can submit their entries based on their […]
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