In this 65th anniversary year of both Beatrix’ and Pearl, Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps was provided with a complete new set of field percussion instruments. Pearl Europe and Beatrix’ Drum & Bugle Corps have signed a new contract. In this contract our long term partnership has been sustained for many more years.
In complete contrast to 2 weeks ago, the weather really was not kind to us at the second DCUK contest of the 2011 season with most Corps having to contend with driving rain at the Poynton Commodores sponsored contest held at Victoria Park in Warrington.
The Devils from Witzenhausen – Germany will not perform a show this year. After internal deliberation, the German corps saw no alternative but to take a year-long ‘time out’ from show performances, partly because of high costs. The Devils will be celebrating their 20th anniversary and preparations are in full swing. However, the costs of […]
Further to the recent update about Parlour Sessions, DCE Adjudication Manager Douglad Caldwell has details on the sessions for the remaining contests in 2011. Due to the length of a few contests, there are no sessions scheduled for DCN Championships, DCUK Championships and DCE Championships. As part of the Judges pre-briefing event to a contest, […]
Last Saturday, after a short rehearsal day, Beatrix’ got ready for the anniversary celebration of our colleagues Jubal from Dordrecht. The rehearsal went well and the whole show was marched through from the beginning until the end to build endurance during the more difficult parts. The rehearsal ended with a run-through, after which the members […]
Drum Corps Europe has been twittering drum corps news in English and in Dutch for some time now. Now this news is also available in German, French and Italian, so that European drum corps fans can easily follow the news in their own language. Read the rest of the article here.
It was perfect weather to kick off the 2011 DCUK season (maybe even a little too warm!) as 12 Corps attended the Centro Drum Corps Contest held at South Kesteven Sports Stadium in Grantham, Lincolnshire sponsored by The Company. There was a warm welcome to two news Corps for 2011, The 6th and Nexus, and […]
The 2011 season of the Drum Corps United Kingdom competition starts today. Twelve corps will enter the pitch of the South Kesteven Sports Stadium of Grantham Town FC in Grantham – Lincolnshire. Participating corps are Kidgrove Scouts Juniors, Black Knights Cadets, Concord Allstars (Junior Class), The 6th, Nexus, Phantom Knights, Black Knights, The Company, Poynton […]
After their successful DCA tour in 2010, the Kidsgrove Scouts have published the provisional plans for the 2012 tour. The 2012 DCA World Championship finals will take place at the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis – Maryland. Annapolis is only 35 miles away from the Capital of the USA, Washington DC. The provisional plan […]
Drum Corps Europe has acquired the domain name drumcorps.eu. The domain was originally registered by a domain hijacker, but this company has given it up the domain name. The domain names with the .eu extension were launched in 2006, and at the time Drum Corps Europe tried to get the domain name drumcorps.eu. Unfortunately, the […]
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