Board members of the organisations collaborating within the European Music Games met on Saturday in the Belgian town of Zwevegem. A large number of topics were discussed, including the strategy for the coming years.

On the last day of the year, the editorial team of the DCE website has created a list of the most popular news items of 2014. What news item were the most popular in 2014? The News Top 50 of 2014 is a great way to look back at 2014 and reminiscence about the most memorable things that have happened over the past year.

Several DCE judges are now in Indonesia where they judge the Grand Prix Marching Band. 27 bands enter this big event in Jakarta.

A Christmas present that is just a bit more personal and original: a DVD of the DCE European Championships 2014. Order now and receive the DVD before Christmas!

The DCE European Championships can count on an impressive list of participants next year. Alongside familiar names, Drum Corps Europe will also welcome a number of new participants in 2015.

Nicola Esposito has joined the DCE web team and is the new official translater for the Italian DCE website. He started doing translations in September.

Drum Corps Europe receives a lot of questions in regard to participating in the DCE European Championships. It seems there are several myths about this. In this article, we will bust five of these myths.

The DVDs of the DCE European Championships 2014 are almost finished and will be shipped in the first half of November. Drum Corps Europe will produce DVDs of the Finals as well as the Prelims.

Registration for the DCE Championships 2015 has started. For the whole of November, corps can register for the European Championships on Saturday the 26th of September 2015 in Kerkrade.

Now that all of the videos of the DCE Championships 2014 are on the DCE Video Vault, many of the videos are shared on Facebook. Haven’t shared a video yet? Do it now and win a free year's subscription to the DCE Video Vault!

The DVDs of the DCE European Championships will be released later this month, both the Prelims and the Finals. Pre-order your DVDs now and be one of the first to receive your DVD set in the mail!

Last Saturday, 31 performances of European corps could be seen live in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium. Now you can watch the shows in HD quality on the DCE Video Vault.

Are you interested in traveling around Europe, judging contests for an activity you love? Drum Corps Europe is looking for new people to join its established team of judges.

It is Saturday the 27th of September: D(CE) Day! The day that all of drum corps loving Europe looks forward to. The day of the DCE European Championships in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium. Don’t have a ticket? Come over anyway, because you do not want to miss this!

As in previous years, the DCE European Championships are once again made possible thanks to the support of various sponsors. It is our pleasure to introduce you to them: The most drum corps-loving companies can be found at the DCE Market Place in front of the Parkstad Limburg Stadium on Saturday.

DCE will broadcast this year's Championships live on the internet. Those who cannot come to Kerkrade have the possibility to watch the event directly from a computer, tablet or smartphone.

Didn't pre-order any tickets online? No problem, you can still buy tickets for the DCE European Championships at the door of the Parkstad Limburg Stadium. So do come to Kerkrade, you'll regret it if you don't! If you come early, you can even upgrade to a better seat!

The order of performances for the Premier Class Prelims next Saturday has been published, based on this season's results at the European Music Games. The list is as follows.

Don’t have tickets yet for the European drum corps event of the year, the DCE European Championships? Order them quickly! The ticket sales for the European Championships close on Tuesday.

The municipality of Kerkrade has plans to put a roof on the Parkstad Limburg Stadium. An architecture firm has calculated that covering the Parkstad Limburg Stadium, the stadium where the DCE Championships are held, will cost 15 million euros.

Would you love to visit the DCE Championships on Saturday 27th September but haven't arranged anything yet? And you think it's too late for that? Think again! Here are some useful tips how to book your travel to and stay in Kerkrade.

Drum Corps Europe has started a series of education videos on YouTube entitled 'DCE Education Spot'. In a few minutes, a specific topic is discussed by a DCE judge. The first episode is now online.

The Jong-Holland Juniors will be participating in the DCE Championships. It is the first time that the junior corps from Zwijndrecht - The Netherlands will be competing in the Junior Class of the European event in Kerkrade.

The Parkstad Limburg Stadium, home of the DCE European Championships, now has artificial turf. DCE Chairman Marcel Matthijsse personally came to check out the state of affairs.

The DCE Video Vault continues to be filled with more videos. Recently, the year 2009 was added, and footage from the first outdoor Finals of Drum Corps Europe is now also available.

The DCE Video Vault is growing. All of the shows of the DCE European Championships 2009 have been added to the online video platform of Drum Corps Europe. 

Now that we are in the middle of the DCI season, the DCE Cinema is full of videos of rehearsals, warm-ups and other clips. There's no need to search, you can watch all of the videos in succession with one click of the button.

The DCE European Championships once again has its own logo this year. Artist Peter Franken has created another unique logo for the European drum corps event of the year. As always, the logo adorns the champions’ flags, and of course patches can also be ordered.

Besana secutores Drum & Bugle Corps will not appear on the contest fields this year. The corps does not have sufficient members to put on a show. 

The observant drum corps fan will already have seen the logo in a number of publications. The European Music Games now have their own logo.

Curious about the shows of the 16 corps that participated in the DCN contest in Huizen on Saturday? All videos can be viewed in the DCE Video Vault now! 

This year, the DCE European Championships will be held on artificial turf. The pitch of the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade is currently being replaced. The turf must be down by the end of July. 

Tickets for the DCE European Championships on Saturday the 27th of September are once again selling extremely quickly. In addition to Sections A, B and C, all Super Seats are now also sold out. There are still tickets available, but the sooner you order the better your seat will be!

"Friday 16th May provided my first DCE Judges College. Travelling from London – Brussels, I was met by Mark and Helen Bassett who had kindly agreed to collect me from the airport and transport me to the hotel headquarters." A report by Barry Davis.

This weekend DCE accredited judges from across Europe will meet in Zwevegem - Belgium for the 2014 Judges College. The college is an annual event held in May, which follows the conclusion of the winterguard and indoor percussion seasons and provides an opportunity for judges to ready themselves ahead of the new drum corps season.

In a few weeks the European drum corps competition will start again, and there will no doubt a stream of videos will be uploaded again. For years, DCE Cinema has collected videos of drum corps and associated activities. Have you seen a nice video? Pass it on! 

Roda JC football club has been relegated from the Dutch Premier League. A victory against Go Ahead Eagles was not enough for the host of the DCE European Championships on the last day of the competition, due to a draw of competitor NEC against national champions Ajax. 

Once again, the ticket sales for the DCE Championships have resulted in a massive run on tickets this year. Traditionally, many fans throughout Europe are already in the starting blocks well in advance. Within 2 minutes the entire Section A was sold out and after fifteen minutes Section B was also full. In total, 1,350 tickets were sold online within the first few hours.

The ticket sale for the DCE European Championships will start tonight at 8pm London time (GMT) / 9 pm Amsterdam time (CET). We know from experience that the tickets will sell incredibly fast in the first few hours, so be on time if you want to secure a seat in the middle of the stand.

This year DCE hopes to welcome both supporters groups of corps and individual corps drum corps fans to the DCE European Championships again. One change has been made: the supporters groups will be more evenly distributed in the stands.

The ticket sale for the DCE European Championships has started for VIP members. VIP Members can order tickets before the general ticket sale starts on 1st May. No VIP Member yet? Join now and secure the best seats at the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade on 27th September!

Every month, we will be giving you an overview of the most watched drum corps news of the past month. Here is the list of the most popular news items from March 2014, including the Corps Page Top 5.

On 1st May, the ticket sales for the DCE European Championships will start again. Don’t want to wait that long? Get a VIP Membership and make sure that you get your tickets before the start of the official ticket sales.

Mosson Drum & Bugle Corps has unfortunately opted out of the DCE European Championships. The Italian corps announced that, due to internal problems, it has been forced to make this painful decision.

Despite many hosting preparations that have been made by the Heartliner to set up a contest, only Millennium Drum & Bugle Corps from Italy showed interest. So due to lack of interest of corps, Heartliner regret to announce the cancellation of the drum corps show in Ludwigshafen 2014.