The 2011 season is stil in full swing, but behind the screens we are working hard on the preparations for 2012. Have you got what it takes to march Beatrix’ next year? Our open rehearsal will be held om Saturday, October 8th. In the morning, Jong Beatrix will have an open rehearsal from 9:00 until […]
Marching Music France organised the first DCE certified French competition on 20th August. Three groups have entered the European Music Games show that was held in Quiberon. The contest became a success. The participating groups were Academy’X in the Percussion Class (score 29.00), Show Music Band in the Show Band Class (score 32.00) and Kadoudal […]
A Parlour Session will be held before the DCN Finals in Dordrecht on Saturday 10th September. DCE judge Edwin Beens will prepare and facilitate the session. The session will commence 75 minutes before the first competing corps as usual. The theme of the session will be ‘Expressive Skills and their Range’. All instructors are welcome […]
Finals month is starting again. That means plenty of drum corps news! Don’t want to miss a thing? Follow Drum Corps Europe on Twitter! The Prelims scores of the DCE European Championships will also be announced on Twitter. As always, September is the drum corps month in Europe. The national Championships are starting soon and […]
Last Saturday, Beatrix’ traveled to Dordrecht for the second time this season. This day was all about a new concept: ‘Grote Prijs Stad Dordrecht’ (Grand Prize of the City of Dordrecht). In the afternoon, after all the members got their lunch from the organization, all the contestants were present at the street parade that was […]
After a long wait, finally they were there. The new Pearl field drums were officially unveiled last Friday. Pearl Europe and Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps have made a new long term agreement at the beginning of this year’s summer. The instruments were delivered a few weeks ago, but the corps was on summer recess […]
Philipp Schüssler from Gevelsberg is the first German who can call himself a DCI champion. This year, he was part of the mellophone line of The Cadets, who became the 2011 World Class Champions in Indianapolis two weeks ago. Since 2006, Schüssler has marched with a DCI top corps in the States every year. In […]
Gradually, there are more and more Europeans who have been members of a corps which went on to become the DCI world champion. There are precious few, however, who have been members of a winning drum line. The Belgian Thomas Claesen did just that this year. As a member of the Cavaliers drumline, he won […]
The British Youth Band Association has announced that the National Championships will move venue for the 2011 season. While their 2010 Championships in Crewe was a success in terms of continuation due to the extreme weather conditions, it also proved that the smaller stand created a fantastic atmosphere. One other reason for moving in 2011 […]
Michele Moriggi has joined the Drum Corps Europe web team. He will take on the position of editor of the DCE website’s Italian news page (www.drumcorps.it). In 2005, Moriggi was the first Italian to be a member of a DCI corps (The Cavaliers). He then spent three years as an instructor at Millennium Drum & […]
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