The British Youth Band Association (BYBA) has announced that the 2010 BYBA National Championships will be held at Crewe Alexandra Stadium in Crewe – Cheshire. The stadium is the home of Coca Cola Football League Two Team, Crewe Alexandra Football Club. At the end of 2009, BYBA’s National Championships Working Party investigated possible new venues […]
The annual Judges College took place in Bromley, England (home of the Pacemakers Drum & Bugle Corps) last weekend and "was the best college to date", commented Douglas Caldwell, DCE’s Adjudication Manager. Over 20 judges attended the event including a few trainees. The agenda for the two days was very full as the new manual […]
The Italian Marching Band Besana, Italian participants of the European DCE Championships, has published its new show program. The title of the show is ‘Destination Moon’. Through ‘Destination Moon’, Besana hopes to create a unique atmosphere withoriginal music. They have once again been about to attract an international staff team. Musical Director Simeone Riva has […]
The German Open will become a DCE Certified Show. The organisers of the event and Drum Corps Europe have come to an agreement on this. The event will be held in the Weserbergland Stadium in Hameln. The event organisers (Starriders and ‘Musikverband Schaumburg/Weser’) strongly believe that, with the DCE judging team and the DCE Competition […]
Tickets for this year’s DCE European Championships will go on sale on the 1st of May. Besides the standard tickets, DCE now also introduces special Premium Tickets. These tickets come with plenty of added extras. The Premium Tickets will go on sale at the same time as standard tickets. They cost six euros more than […]
Jubal drum & bugle corps from Dordrecht (The Netherlands) has found a new partner for their percussion section. Majestic Instruments from the town of Nijehaske in Friesland will provide their ‘state of the art’ fielddrums and front ensemble instruments for the corps for the upcoming years. This means that Jubal will say goodbye to their […]
While the guard worked hard on their product in preparation of the CGN Finals next week, the brass and percussion sections headed to Joure to visit Con Spirito. Con Spirito received a brand new set of brass instruments and had invited Beatrix’ to join the celebration of this glorious event. The corps gathered a bit […]
With still more than five months to go, nine corps have registered for the German Open competition in Hameln. This will be the only drum corps competition in Germany this year. Drum Corps Germany announced that their ownly (indoor) contest in May had to be cancelled because of the lack of interest by corps. Only […]
The Irish Marching Bands Association (IMBA) and Drum Corps Europe have announced that the two associations will now officially enter a Certified partnership. This partnership will offer many opportunities for Irish bands to travel and compete in events across Europe. It will also offer international bands the opportunity to compete in DCE shows hosted in […]
Kadoudal is presenting a musical and artistic program about fighting for Breton rights at the time of Jord Kadoudal (18th century). The show is called "Brittany Forces". It has 6 movements and lasts 9 minutes. 1- Thunder Lightning Opener : during his childhood, Jord Kadoudal is enjoying the sea and the landscape. He sometimes helps […]
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