Jubal will be touring the United States again in 2015. The corps from Dordrecht - The Netherlands is making the trip for the fourth time in its history. The aim is to participate in as many contests as possible in the last three weeks of the DCI competition. 

Three Irish corps have recently announced their 2014 production: The Clonmel Bluehawks, the Celtic Crusaders and the Inbhear Mór Marchers. The IMBA season starts today.

The Blue Devils are looking for talented musicians and dancers to travel to Europe in 2015. This will be a separate performing ensemble from the Blue Devils A Corps.

One day after Jubal won the DCN contest in Huizen in the Premier Class, The Company has taken over the lead in the European Music Games. The British corps scored 72.25 points at the DCUK contest in Woking on Sunday.

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! 

Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps won the DCN contest in Huizen on Saturday. The corps was the first to pass the 70 point mark during the European Music Games 2014 with a score of 71.45. 

The programme for the Drum Corps Netherlands contest in Huizen, this Saturday, is online. Sixteen corps will travel to sports park De Wolfskamer for a major European contest.

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. 

Yesterday, five of Drum Corps International’s World Class corps came together in Indianapolis for Opening Night '14. The Cadets topped the first contest.

The competition of Drum Corps United Kingdom 2014 started well on Sunday. The Company and the Kidsgrove Scouts are neck-and-neck at the top, with a difference of only 0.7 points between them.

Three more days to go until the start of the drum corps season in the United States. On Wednesday, the 'DCI Opening Night '14' will take place with the first contest performances of five corps. 

This summer the UK Fan Network will be recording the performances at the DCUK contests and bringing them online within 24 hours after the show. The first DCUK show is this Sunday in Bradford.

A group of around 30 musicians and dancers of the Field Band Foundation from South Africa will tour in Flanders from June 18th to 26th. They are all students of the Field Band Academy that were selected for this tour based on their accomplishments in the FBF.

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!

Drones are often associated with warfare, espionage and other not very friendly uses. But a company from Illinois shows a very nice use for drones: filming a drum corps show.

The performances of the DCN contest in Roosendaal have been recorded in HD quality and added to the DCE Video Vault. Subscribers to the video platform can view all recordings in full. Free previews are available. 

The website of Drum Corps Media has been off the air for some time. That does not mean that owner Maarten van het Hof no longer has a platform for the many photos. Facebook is now swarming with drum corps snapshots. 

Jubal and Jong Jubal have won the first battle of the season. The corps from Dordrecht were victorious in front of a sold-out stand in Roosendaal in both the Premier and the Junior Class. Hundreds of spectators enjoyed the first contest of the new season at sports park Hulsdonk.

Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg, The Netherlands will be travelling to the United Kingdom to compete at the DCUK Championships in the Premier (Open) Class. The Corps will arrive on Thursday September 18th and will staying in Wilmslow at the Wilmslow Phoenix Sports Club.

"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.

Last year, the World Music Contest in Kerkrade brought considerably fewer visitors to the Parkstad Limburg Stadium than expected. The organisation had hoped for 70,000 visitors, but in three weekends 41,000 people came to the marching and show competitions. A decline of over 40 percent. 

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.

The schedule for the first contest of Drum Corps Netherlands has been published. Next Saturday from 7pm, eight corps will appear at the starting line at sports park Hulsdonk in Roosendaal to kick off the Dutch and European 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. 

Drum Corps United Kingdom has revealed the show entries for the 2014 contests. All shows are well attended. The British drum corps season starts in Bradford on 15th June.

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.

This year marks exactly 40 years since the Juliana Corps Middelburg started using De Hoop windmill as their corps home. The corps will celebrate this on the 6th of June, the date on which in 1974 it received the key of probably one of the most striking clubhouses in the world.

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.

Three members of Besana Secutores will be marching in a DCI corps this summer. All three will enter the American contest fields in a top 12 corps.

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.

DrumSpirit Percussion Ensemble from Dadizele kept up Belgian and European standards on Saturay in Dayton - Ohio. During the WGI World Championships for percussion, the Belgians ended in ninth place in the Independent Open Class.

All performances during the IPE European Championships, last Sunday in Wevelgem - Belgium, are now available in the DCE Video Vault. Subscribers of the DCE Video Vault have access to all videos. Short previews have been added too and can be watched without having to log in.

This year, the German Philipp Schüßler is the drum major of Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps from Hilversum. He follows in the footsteps of Jade Geleijnse. 

This year’s European indoor percussion titles go to Sweden, Austria and France. GOT Motion won the title at the IPE European Championships 2014 in Wevelgem on Sunday. Newcomers MDC Drumline Unik Star Concert won the A Class and Concert Class respectively.

Eleven new CGN champions were honoured in a crowded Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven last weekend. In front of a sold-out grandstand, guards and indoor percussion units showed the best of themselves on the contest floor.

The performances from the IPE Championships 2014 will soon be available in the DCE Video Vault. Subscribers of the DCE Video Vault can view all the shows for free. The European championships for indoor percussion will take place this Sunday in the Belgian town of Wevelgem.

Band Director of 58 years standing Hubert Magee has announced his retirement from the position as Band Director of Mullingar Town Band. His daughter Kim, who has been assistant director and field commander of the band's show corps Celtic Crusaders for a number of years now, has been appointed Band Director of Mullingar Town Band.

The Kidsgrove Scouts are the new WGUK Champions. Last Saturday, the debuting guard stayed ahead of its biggest competitor, Mayflower at the 2014 WGUK Championships in Stoke on Trent.

For years, some Dutch corps have brought along a solid crowd of supporters to the DCE European Championships. This year, the German corps Starriders is also taking this initiative. If enough fans sign up, an extra bus will drive from Bad Münder to Kerkrade.

Their site has long been off the air, and the latest update on Facebook is more than two years old. It looks like that the platform Marching Bands of Europe is no longer in existence.

The Dutch clinicians Mark Gjaltema and Talitha van de Wijngaard will travel to Poland next month to host a workshop on marching and visual. They are helping the Polish Wood & Brass Band Goleniow to grow in the direction of the marching band style.