Having converted their brass line to Dynasty “B” flat Bugles in December 2007, The Pacemakers have just taken delivery of a complete set of customised marching percussion. This completes the transition of all their marching percussion to Dynasty. Executive Director, Ray Westbrook, said: “We had to wait a little longer for the customised shell finish, […]
This past Sunday 22nd November saw the launch of the Black Knights Brass Theatre project, and what better place than to launch than at the auditions for a nationally televised talent show? The members of the group which consists of 11 brass and 1 percussionist, travelled to the Business Design Centre in Islington for the […]
The days building up to Japan’s largest drum corps only festival saw the threat of rain. Fortunately, the 17th annual Drum Corps Japan All-Japan Championships was full of warm sunshine. Corps from all over Japan began gathering at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo as early as 9:00am to assist in field preparations and stretch outs. […]
On Saturday 30th January 2010 the Drum Corps Europe Symposium will be returning to London and, together with their Certified Partners of Drum Corps United Kingdom and Drum Corps Netherlands, DCE would like to invite all European Corps to attend and join in the discussions. Full details regarding the Symposium will be available soon but […]
6th Hove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps are proud to announce their 2010 show: Angels vs. Demons, the age old fight of good vs. evil. Using music popularised by supernatural feature films, 6th Hove will be fielding Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield) from The Exorcist, Escape to Paris (Elliott Goldenthal) from An Interview with a Vampire, […]
The Blue Lions Drum & Bugle Corps is history. A few years ago, the French corps converted from drumline to a drum & bugle corps, but this step did not generate the expected success. 2007 was one of the best years for the corps, as Blue Lions’ executive director Cédric Paques points out, but the […]
Next year’s European DCE Championships will take place in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade. Drum Corps Europe has entered into a provisional agreement for a new commitment with Roda JC. In a review last Friday, both football club Roda JC and DCE were extremely positive about the collaboration. A survey among the audience demonstrated […]
Visitors are very pleased with the progress of the European DCE Championships in Kerkrade, as shown by a public survey. This was completed by over 200 people, who assess the European Championship with a grade of 8.7 out of 10. This is the second consecutive year that DCE has asked the viewers to fill out […]
This past Sunday, November 8, marching ensembles came together for the 31st Kansai Regional Marching Band Contest at the Maishima Arena in Osaka, Japan. Eight units representing Osaka, Hyogo, Wakayama, Kyoto and Shiga competed for two spots in the All-Japan Marching Band Contest in Saitama on December 13. This year’s Kansai representatives are once again […]
Yes it’s happening!!! Following on from the roaring success of the Dagenham Crusaders Alumni Corps, Sunday 17th January 2010 will see the commencement of rehearsals of of the two times DCUK Champions and the 1990 DCA European Champions from Brighton in England, the Knights. The Knights from Brighton return in 2010 The Knights Alumni Drum […]
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