It’s the clothing item to be seen in at this year’s drum corps contests across Europe, including today at the DCUK contest in Stoke on Trent! The 2010 European Music Games Black T-Shirt has all the DCE Certified Contests across the UK, Holland, Ireland, Germany and Italy. The T-shorts have a 3 colour design listed […]
Jubal has also topped the second Drum Corps Netherlands contest in Huizen. Juliana and Beatrix follow at 0.75 and 1.4 points respectively. The contest took place in the sunny Wolfkamer sports park where DCN had a stand built on the artificial pitch because the S.V. (sports centre) Huizen is building a new grandstand on the […]
Since Easter camp in April, Beatrix’ has worked hard on the 2010 program "Wicked". Many adaptations have been made and the first performances have been given. The Colorguard started practicing new movements after their successful winterguard season. In very little time they filled in big parts of the show and the whole became much more […]
Plans are well underway to bring back to the Marching Band/Drum Corps arena the Band that was admired by so many; The Thurrock Marching Brass. Aimed at bringing something back for the youth of Thurrock, the effort will see many new youngsters that have never been involved in Marching Bands/Drum Corps before start to enjoy […]
Yesterday, the Tallaght Youth Band won the Premier Class during the first contest of the Irish Marching Band Association in Tallaght (43.00). In the Junior Class, Ravens Marching Showband took top honours (53.90). This year, the Irish Marching Band Association has become a Certified Partner of Drum Corps Europe, which means that all shows are […]
The long winter was great for the ice skating club. The ice rink was now a bright green field of grass. The temperature was above the water melting point, even though it wasn’t far. The barbeque went on despite the cold weather and Beatrix Brass gave a fun performance. The ice club, like Beatrix’, can’t […]
Starriders Drum & Bugle Corps from Bad Münder will be taking a different approach to training courses after this season. In the winter months there will be less rehearsals, but these rehearsals will be intensified by the introduction of short camps. From mid October until Easter, the Starriders will only rehearse once every two weeks. […]
A dusty football pitch on a warm Monday morning 25 miles outside Pretoria is not the place where I expected to find an American-style marching band – but then again, I am quickly learning that anything is possible in this diverse and often inspiring country. With the excavated earth of a diamond mine in the […]
Following his visit during the winter, Scott Brown will again be in our country to bring Beatrix’ drumline to the next level. His visit just before Beatrix’s first DCN contest is a great opportunity to do some last fine-tuning. This year is the first time Scott wrote the battery parts for Beatrix’. The scores are […]
The World Band Championship (WBC) recently held a three day Judges College from in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The WBC Judges College which was conducted by the Director of Education of Drum Corp Europe (DCE), Bob Thomas from the USA, is aimed at producing the first batch of certified WBC Judges for its Championship Series. A […]
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