The DCE flags flew strongly on a windy day in Parkstad Limburg, Kerkrade for European Championships day. A packed stand enjoyed performances from early morning through to dark.
Jubal is the DCE Premier Class champion 2013. They ended with a score of 88.45 just above The Company (88.40).
Jong Jubal are the European Junior Class Champions. The Dutch youngsters finished a successful year for them by achieving a score of 82.70.
Jubal took the lead with 86.55 points during the DCE Prelims and scored 0.10 points above The Company from Nottingham (86.45). Kidsgrove Scouts finished third with 83.15 points.
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Drum Corps Europe will once again broadcast the European Championships live on the internet this year. The live stream is free to watch and can be accessed via a banner on the website.
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 August 2013, including the Corps Page Top 5.
Don’t have tickets yet for the drum corps event of the year: the DCE European Championships? Get them quick! The ticket sale for the European Championships closes tomorrow, Tuesday 24th September.
The order of performances during the Premier Class Prelims and Junior Class Finals at the DCE European Championships have been announced. The French corps Kadoudal will kick off the day with their the first appearance in the Premier Class.
The Company is the DCUK Open Class champion 2013. The corps from Nottingham took all captions tonight in Widnes.
The DCE European Championships will be held in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium until 2017. Drum Corps Europe and Roda JC have signed a five-year contract.
Marching and Performing Arts UK (MPA:UK) has launched the UK Fan Network. The video platform features videos from Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) and Winter Guard United Kingdom (WGUK) Championships.
Drum Corps Europe introduces the VIP Membership. For a fixed annual amount, drum corps fans will get free access to the video platform The Video Vault, as well as the opportunity to order tickets for the DCE European Championships before the ticket sale officially starts!
The DCE Video Vault is almost ready for launch. Later this month, the video platform of Drum Corps Europe will open and drum corps fans will be able to watch drum corps performances online.
Tallaght Youth Band Marching Vikings and Ravens Drum & Bugle Corps are the 2013 Irish Champions. The IMBA Championships were held last Saturday in Kiltoom.
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps won the Dutch drum corps title in front of a full grandstand on Saturday night. In their hometown of Dordrecht, the programme 'The Deadly Game' was indeed deadly for the competition. Thanks to their junior corps Jong Jubal, it became a double victory for Dordrecht.
The IMBA and DCN Championships, taking place today in Kiltoom and Dordrecht respectively, will be covered on the DCE paged on Facebook. Updates will be posted throughout the day and include video fragments.
There has been a last-minute change in the lineup of the DCE European Championships, in the Junior Class. Confetti will replace the Mosson Marching Kids.
Drum Corps Europe has launched an app for smartphones: DCE Mobile. Drum corps fans can now keep up to date with news, scores, corps information and contest details on their mobile phone.
It is no coincidence that this month is full of drum corps news. Keeping yourself informed of the latest news, your favourite corps and the scores is easy with a simple click of the mouse on Facebook or Twitter.
The Company from Nottingham is the first European corps this season to exceed the 80 point mark. At the DCUK contest in Stoke on Sunday, the current European champion scored 82.00 points.
The Starriders and Heartliner challenged each other in Hameln on Saturday. In a thrilling battle in the Premier Class at the German Open, Starriders came out as champions. However, Heartliner were only 0.15 points behind.
The month of the month has arrived for drum corps activity in Europe: September. Traditionally, it is the month of the national championships in Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland and the UK, with the DCE European Championships as the apotheosis.
The Buccaneers extended their 2012 title during the Drum Corps Associates Open Class Finals Sunday in Annapolis. The corps managed to win with a strong lead.
Heartliner from Ludwigshafen - Germany attained sixth place in the A-Class Prelims of Drum Corps Associates in Annapolis on Saturday. It was a few points short of a place in the Finals.
Drum Corps Europe is working on a new mobile app that will replace the current iPhone app. The app will be available for multiple mobile platforms and has more features than the current version.
Winter Guard International has announced the addition of two international regional championship events to its 2014 event schedule in partnership with Color Guard Netherlands (CGN) and Winter Guard United Kingdom (WGUK).
Ravens Drum & Bugle Corps from Athlone - Ireland remains at first place in the European Music Games Junior Class ranking this week. They took first place with a score of 73.60 at the third IMBA contest of the season, which took place in Templeogue on Sunday.
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 July 2013, including the Corps Page Top 5.
The fifth year of DCI Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium elevate the venue into the second most visited Finals location in DCI World Championship history, passing the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando (1996-1998, 2003) and just two years away from matching Madison, Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium which has hosted seven times.
The video service Video Vault, a partnership between DCE and CGN, has made the first webcast for a third party. For five days, the International Cup of the World Baton Twirling Federation was broadcast live.
Drum Corps International had some problems with the DCI Finals live webcast last Saturday. The organisations offers a $20 rebate to subscribers of the webscast.
Drum Corps Europe has decided to terminate their cooperation with the World Band Competition in Malaysia. DCE believes that the agreements made were not respected and therefore unfortunately feels forced to withdraw the Licenced Partnership of the organisation.
Carolina Crown became a World Class World Champion for the first time in drum corps history Saturday, as the 2013 DCI World Championships concluded at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Not since 1996 has DCI named a first-time World Champion, and never before has it had a Champion that started as an Open Class/Division II corps.
Carolina Crown surpassed the Blue Devils in the DCI Semi Finals. The corps from Fort Mill scored 82.250 points last night, 0.65 points higher than the Devils.
The Irish junior corps Ravens has done well in the contest of the Irish Marching Bands Association on Sunday in Ballygar. The corps increased its score by more than ten points and now leads the Junior Class in the European ranking.
Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps from Gravesend will be performing at the Leeuwarden Tattoo this year. It will be the first time that the DCE finalist participates in a Dutch tattoo.
For the first time since the last live PBS broadcast of the World Championships in 2001, fans around the world will be able to watch the DCI Finals live online on Saturday 10th August.
The now familiar DCE Document Manager will cease to exist. It will be replaced by the DCE Dashboard which, in addition to the management of jury files, will have several extra features and will serve as a central “ticket office” for corps, judges and the organisation.
An Austrian drumline will be taking part in the German Open in Hamelin this year. So far, six participants have signed up for the German drum corps event.
With the tickets for the 2013 DCUK British Drum Corps Championships having just gone on sale, Drum Corps United Kingdom has made all the 2012 Finals performances available free to view for the next few weeks.
This Friday, twelve members of the Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps will be setting off on a three day, 82 mile (132 km) sponsored walk to raise funds for the Black Knights Performing Arts Group.
The box office for the 34th British Drum Corps Championships, being held on Saturday 21st September, will be opening on Monday 22nd July 2013 at 8am. Tickets will be available from £10.00.
Brian Yothers leaves Drum Corps Europe. He has been the Adjudication Manager for DCE in the last two years. Brian will return to the United States.