The 2011 DCUK season came to a close in front of an enthusiastic audience on Saturday 17th September at the 32nd British Drum Corps Championships held at Mansfield Town Football Club. The day commenced with all 10 Open Class Corps competing in the Preliminary contest to determine which 8 Corps moved forward to the Open […]
Besana Marching Band from Besana – Italy, supported by the whole association, has announces that next season it will become a full featured drum & bugle corps. “The group has the spirit of a drum corps in the attitude, in the music and in the heart”, states Besana. “Determination, hard work and drive to excellence […]
Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps will be going to the United States in 2013 to participate in the Drum Corps International competition. The tour will last two weeks and the current Dutch champions will enter the International Class. It is the first time that the corps from Middleburg – The Netherlands will be travelling to […]
The order of performances during the Premier Class Prelims and Junior Class Finals at the DCE European Championships has been announced! After the DCUK Finals, the line-up has been determined based on the national scores. The Italian corps Mosson will make the first appearance of the day in Kerkrade. Premier Class Prelims 10.00 Mosson 10.18 […]
Drum Corps Europe has decided to rename the Olympic Retreat as the Award Ceremony. According to DCE, the ancient name Olympic Retreat no longer covered the contents of the event at the DCE European Championships Premier Class Finals. Together with the name change, DCE has also decided to remove the massed piece performance. Instead, the […]
Next Sunday Color Guard Netherlands (CGN) will start the registration for the new season. If you are planning to participate at one or more contest in 2012 , then Sunday, September 18 is an important date. At 15:00 that day, the enrollment starts for the CGN Congress on Sunday, October 16 at Eemnes and registration […]
Still haven’t ordered your tickets to the DCE European Championships? Don’t wait too long. The ticket sales finish next week and the tickets are going like hotcakes. The D sections of the Parkstad Limburg Stadium are now sold out. Never before were so many tickets sold in advance. And the enthusiasm of the drum corps […]
On Saturday 10th September 2011, eight bands from across Ireland ascended on Tallaght Municipal Stadium in Dublin for the 2011 IMBA Championships. Following a season of three well attended successful IMBA shows, this years finals was set to be a great event. The show commenced at 5pm with the Junior Class Competition. Ireland’s newest marching […]
Drum Corps Netherlands decided to call off the DCN Finals halfway through the evening due to severe weather conditions. Thunderstorms and a huge downpour put a ??premature end to the Dutch Drum Corps Championship of 2011. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute issued a weather warning in the course of the evening. Drum Corps Netherlands continued […]
On Saturday, the Starriders from Bad Münder became the German drum corps champions. They won the German Open Premier Class at the Weserbergland Stadium in Hameln. The percussion caption, however, was won by Rastede Showband. Since the contest in Huizen – The Netherlands, the Starriders had increased their score by ten points (score 65.00). Showband […]
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