The 2009 DCUK Championships box office will open at 10am today (Wednesday 29th July) with online orders being accepted from the DCUK website (via Paypal) plus an order form will also be available for postal ordering. A draft timetable for the event is also available via the Championships contest page on the DCUK website. Ticket […]
Yesterday Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps scored 1241 points at the World Music Contest in Kerkrade. Wiith this score, the corps from Middelburg beat Beatrix from Hilversum and Jubal from Dordrecht. Surasakmontree from Bangkok is still the leading band in the Corps Style World Division at the World Music Contest. Juliana reached the second place […]
The first half of the season is now over and the Corps is getting ready for a well earned 2 week break before the August Camp in Tewkesbury. There are some very mixed feelings about the first half of the season in terms of achievements however there is no doubt about the effort put in […]
This Saturday, at the Upton BYBA competition, saw the commencement of the Kidsgrove Scouts 2009 competitive season with their production “The Heart” Kidsgrove took to the field looking resplendent in their trademark red, white and black colours. What followed was a convincing and assured high quality performance, surprising many in the crowd. Kidsgrove deservedly took […]
On Saturday 18th July, at the Barnsley BYBA competition, the Kidsgrove Scouts 2009 production, “The Heart” had its second public performance. Kidsgrove Scouts took to the field of competition and produced a high quality performance despite the strong winds. They took first place and won the Music Effect, Visual Effect, Ensemble Music, Ensemble Visual, Field […]
Clay Wachholz brings to BYBA a diverse and successful career as a music educator. Mr. Wachholz currently serves as the Director of Bands at Cedarburg High School in Cedarburg Wisconsin. Other teaching positions in the past have included the Director of Bands at the International School of Brussels in Belgium and that of Director of […]
The Senators have topped the DCUK Warrington show, yesterday in Warrington. The corps scored 72.30. The Kidsgrove Scouts came in second with a score of 71.10. The corps had to perform in the rain again, although not quite as bad as the show last week in Arklow – Ireland. The Senators took the captions Music […]
Many of you will have observed the logo which Marching Youth Music (or the Federation) has displayed on our website and others during the whole of July – but what are you doing to maximise this opportunity of being part of a large UK-wide activity? Over the years, Marching Youth Music has raised the profile […]
Steve Wright the 2009 Drum Major and member of the Senators Drum and Bugle took charge of 582 kit drummers during the “Stick it to MS” largest drum ensemble world record attempt which was held at the National Indoor Arena Birmingham, England on Monday 13th July 2008 at the culmination of the National Guitarfest and […]
The Clonmel Bluehawks have topped the first DCE certified show in Ireland last Saturday. The event was a joint venture of the Irish Marching Band Association (IMBA) and Drum Corps United Kingdom. The Bluehawks scored 51.35. The Tallaght Festival Band came in second with 45.75, followed by the Inbhear Mór Marchers (45.10), Tallaght Youth Band […]
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