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 Kidsgrove Scouts were crowned champions of the Open Class (Premier Class) at the DCUK Championships in Widnes on Saturday. The A-Class and Junior Class were won by Liberty and Thurrock Marching Brass.
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.
Thurrock Marching Brass and the Marching Band Activity UK Facebook Page entered into the record books. Their effort to stage the 'Longest Line of Fanfare Trumpeters' (valved trumpeters) at the DCUK Essex Show on Sunday 7 September 2014 has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as setting a new World Record.
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.
Vikings Drum Corps have won their third Irish Championships in a row. In their first year performing as a drum corps, Vikings brought their prison themed production '25 to Life' to the field. The fast moving show strongly featured their well polished frontline, as has come to be expected with the Vikings, and the guard excelled at portraying the theme.
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps prolonged its Dutch Champions title in the Premier Class during the DCN Championships in Dordrecht on Saturday. All captions but one went to the corps.
Jong Jubal from Dordrecht won the fourth title of Drum Corps Netherlands on Saturday. In the FC Dordrecht stadium, the show 'Industry' achieved the highest score in the Junior Class: 76.25 points.
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.
Brass arranger JD of Shaw Santa Clara Vanguard travels to Rastede to help Spirit of 52 in the run-up to the DCE Championships this month. Shaw will be present the whole week.
The Kidsgrove Scouts reduced the points difference with The Company at the DCUK contest in Thurrock on Sunday. In the hunt for the 80 points, the difference in score between the two is now only 0.85 points.
The Starriders from Bad Münder prolonged their German Open Premier Class title. The corps gave a very strong show, especially when it came to the visual captions. The Blue Bandits won the Concert Class and Blue Diamonds topped the Junior Class.
September is the European 'drum corps month'. And it starts off well, with two championships in one weekend. Today the German Open are held in Hameln, while DCUK runs a show in Thurrock this Sunday.
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.
Sitting in third place after the preliminary competition at Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester, the Reading Buccaneers rallied to take home the 2014 DCA World Championship title last Sunday.
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.
Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps has started to use a new drum line of the brand Tama. It is the first time that a European Corps will be playing on instruments of this Japanese manufacturer.
The third contest of the Irish Marching Bands Association on Sunday in Clonmel, was once again won by The Vikings. The corps from Tallaght therefore remains unbeaten this season. Many visitors travelled to the contest in Clonmel, and the corps performed to a packed stand.
Tickets for the DCN Championships, on Saturday 13th September in Dordrecht, are selling faster than ever. Tickets for the center blocks have almost sold out.
Drum Corps International has uploaded a video in which non-Americans are interviewed about why they are marching in a DCI corps. Among them are a couple of Dutch interviewees.
This year's Championships of the Irish Marching Bands Association will take place at a new venue. The new location will be Dalymount Park - Dublin.
This weekend, the Buccaneers got within 0.05 points of frontrunner Caballeros in the Drum Corps Associates competition. It was an exciting time for the Open Class in Scranton on Saturday.
Is drum corps a music/dance hobby, or is it a top sport? DCI has uploaded a series of pictures, with photos taken before and after the DCI competition. The differences are clear as day.
For a little while, it looked like a disaster scene was happening for the snare drummer Ryan Hall of Carolina Crown when his instrument broke off and fell to the ground during the DCI Finals. Percussion judge Allan Kristensen saved the day for the drummer.
Yesterday, the Blue Devils scored a record-breaking 99.650 at the DCI World Class Finals in Indianapolis, shattering the previous high score (99.150, 2002 Cavaliers and 2005 Cadets) by half of a point.
Blue Devils lit up Lucas Oil Stadium on Friday and continued to impress the judges with their 2014 program 'Fellniesque', capturing yet another first-place finish with a score of 98.950 and sweeping the overall captions.
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.
Blue Devils B held their Monday night lead and took home the organisation’s fourth championship title at the 2014 DCI Open Class World Championship Finals on Tuesday.
This weekend, all 22 of Drum Corps International’s World Class corps came to the same stadium for the third time this season, competing at the DCI Eastern Classic in Allentown - Pennsylvania. The Blue Devils ended in first place with a record score.
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.
After a head-to-head throw down in San Antonio last week, all 22 of Drum Corps International’s World Class ensembles met in Atlanta to do it all over again at the DCI Southeastern Championship last Saturday. The event drew 16,695 people to the Georgia Dome, setting a new record attendance.
Following the recent WGUK Board Meeting, Winter Guard United Kingdom has announced some preliminary plans for the 2015 season. The 2015 season will include a new class and a WGI Regional.
This Saturday, the DCI Fan Network will webcast live from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. If you can't make it to the stadium for the DCI Southeastern Championship, watch as all 22 of DCI's World Class drum corps compete head-to-head for the final time this summer before the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis.
The Blue Devils emerged victorious in San Antonio this weekend, taking home first place with a score 91.650. The Cadets followed in second place with a score of 90.975 and the Bluecoats’ 'tilted' performance earned them third place with a score of 89.850.
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.
Many corps have signed up for the German Open in Hameln this year. No less than twelve corps will be seen in action at the German drum corps championships.
The Company continues to lead in the British drum corps competition. The corps stayed ahead of the Kidsgrove Scouts on Sunday during the DCUK contest in Leicester. Many corps managed to significantly improve their score.
The box office for the 35th British Drum Corps Championships, being held on Saturday 20th September at the Select Security Stadium in Widnes - Cheshire, has opened.
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.
It was a busy weekend in the competition of the European Music Games. Contests were held in the Irish town of Arklow and in the German town of Rastede. The Vikings and Beatrix were the respective winners in the Premier Class.