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DCE News Page Enhanced With ‘DCE Cinema’

A look at the latest drum corps news is now also a look at the latest drum corps videos. The drumcorps.org.uk news page has been enhanced with ‘DCE Cinema’, an overview of the newest drum corps videos from YouTube. DCE Cinema is one of the most popular items on the DCE website. The editors have […]

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2011 DCE Ticket Sales Overtake Last Year

The ticket sales for the DCE European Championships are still going very fast. Three months before the closing date of the presales, more tickets have been sold than last year in the presale period. A total of nearly 1,600 tickets have been sold in just seven weeks after the start of the ticket sales. Last […]

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Innovations At Jubal’s Anniversary Tattoo

The anniversary tattoo organised by Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps on Saturday 2nd July at the FC Dordrecht stadium is not ‘just a tattoo’. The traditional tattoo announcer will not be present during the tattoo, and the performances will be moulded into one big show by image and sound and shown on large screens with […]

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New Corps To Be Launched In Essex

Trinity Music Academy is a Drum & Bugle Corps based in the UK. It officially launches in September 2011, being the first new drum corps in Essex for many years. In fact, Drum & Bugle Corps in Essex are more or less extinct. Once known for having some of THE best Drum & Bugle Corps […]

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New French Drum Corps Is Growing

The young French drum & bugle corps Mozaic already has 35 members. Recently, the corps had its first rehearsal. Besides the 35 members, 50 spectators also came to the rehearsal. The corps als has new instruments. Sponsor Winged Instruments has provided Mozaic with a drum line, horn line and front ensemble instruments. “Winged is the […]

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List Of Brits In DCI And DCA On Facebook

A new Facebook page will keep track of which British drum corps members are performing and have performed in the United States. Over 200 of those who have performed in the US are already documented on the page, for both DCI and DCA. The most popular corps for British members to join are The Cadets […]

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Free Admission To Quiberon Contest

Admission to the DCE certified contest in Quiberon on Saturday 20th August will be free to the audience. Marching Music France is hoping that this will draw a large number of people to the stadium. Large posters will soon be released by Marching Music France to promote the first French certified competition of the European […]

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Jubal And Johan Friso Top First 2011 DCN Contest

Jubal and Johan Friso have taken the lead in the first DCN contest of the year. The DCN season started with a bang in front of a full grandstand in Arnemuiden on Saturday. The 100 year-old Jubal outdid all other title candidates in the well-attended Premier Class. In the Junior Class, Johan Friso beat their […]

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Jubal Takes First 2011 DCN Competition

The very first show of the season of any drumcorps circuit worldwide is always held in The Netherlands. This year at the Arnemuiden soccer stadium on May 28. Jubal from Dordrecht, celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, took first place in Premier Class with an impressive 3.9 point lead over Beatrix and 5 point over […]

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2011 DCE Judges College Report

The 2011 DCE Judges College was held last weekend in London, with about 30 judges and trainees in attendance. A report about the college by DCE Adjudication Manager Douglas Caldwell. The college commenced on Friday 20th May at a hotel in Dartford, UK where we were staying for the weekend. Unfortunately, due to space and […]

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