The Bluehawks from Clonmel remain at the top of the Irish Marching Bands Association competition. Sunday, the corps scored 60.3 points in the Premier Class. The Tallaght Youth Band came second at the IMBA contest in Clonmel, which was the start of the second part of the European competition season. But the battle for silver […]
Yesterday, the Kidsgrove Scouts entered the Drum Corps Associates contest in Bridgeport. The corps ended in 4th place, less than three points below the Bushwackers. The Hurricanes topped the show. The members of the Kidsgrove Scouts had a great experience. “What an amazing day! We finished fourth with a score of 83.325 and the crowd […]
The summer holidays are almost over and the first contest of the second part of the competition season is underway. The European Music Games will continue on Sunday with a contest in the Irish town of Clonmel. The first eight contests are behind us and there are still seven to go, including national and European […]
It took some getting used to, but after a successful rehearsal weekend Beatrix is ready for the final period of the 2010 season. With a number of grand performances Beatrix? has kicked off the most exciting period of the drumcorps season. A dull sky, a light breeze, the field covered in dew and the sound […]
Tomorrow morning, Tuesday 24th August, the Kidsgrove Scouts set off on their trip across the Atlantic to compete in the Drum Corps Associates World Championships in Rochester, New York. The Scouts are hoping to be able to keep all informed of their progress via both Facebook www.facebook.com/kidsgrovescouts and their YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/kidsgrovescouts. You can […]
The members of Kidsgrove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps will be blogging about their adventures in the United States. The club leaves in a few weeks to participate in the Drum Corps Associates competition. The supporters back home will receive several updates via the Kidsgrove Scouts website. The club will depart for New York on […]
The Box Office for the 31st British Drum Corps Championships being held on Saturday 18th September has now been open for just over two weeks and DCUK are pleased to report that 50% of the Gold Section tickets have already sold. Pre-ordering of tickets is available until 16th September with prices as follows: £15.00 – […]
The DCE iPhone app seems to be very popular. The app for Apple’s popular smart phone, providing drum corps news in five languages, has been downloaded over 600 times since its release in January of this year. In September 2009, the beta version of the DCE iPhone app went live. Because the app still contained […]
The Box Office for the 31st British Drum Corps Championships, being held on Saturday 18th September at Mansfield Town FC, is now open. Ticket prices range from £15.00 to free. The ticket prices as follows: £15.00 (Gold Seating Area), £12.00 (Silver Seating Area), £11.00 (restricted view in Gold/Silver Seating Area), £10.00 (Bronze Seating Area) and […]
Clay Wachholz will be joining the Kidsgrove Scouts brass team whilst the corps is on tour in the USA. "The Kidsgrove Scouts are extremely honoured and excited", corps director Rob Swindells says. Clay brings a diverse and successful career as a music educator and currently serves as the director of bands at Cedarburg High School […]
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