The Company is increasing its lead on its competitors. The reigning European champions scored 77.10 points at the DCUK contest in Barnsley on Sunday. This puts the corps almost four points ahead of the number two of the Premier Class.

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 June 2013, including the Corps Page Top 5.

Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg - The Netherlands has won the 20th edition of ’Quando la banda passò World Bands Challenge’ in San Felice - Italy on 8th July 8th. The corps cored 86.25 points.

‘Big, Loud & Live’, the live broadcast of the DCI World Championship Prelims, is set to return to cinemas nationwide, Thursday, 8th August. This year’s event will mark the 10th anniversary of the program, which has grown steadily since its debut in 2004.

This year, the DCE European Championships once again have their own flashy logo to draw attention to the event. As in previous years, artist Peter Franken drew the design that will feature on the website, patches and champion’s flags.

Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps was crowned as the European Champion in Rastede on Sunday. The corps from Hilversum - The Netherlands won the Rasteder Musiktage final on Sunday.

From this season Kevin Morgan, Master of Ceremonies at IMBA events will be covering IMBA events for the DCE Facebook page. He will post text, photo and video updates on competition days. Last Saturday Kevin did a pilot in Arklow where the first IMBA show of 2013 took place.

The Tallaght Youth Band Marching Vikings and Ravens Marching Showband are leading the IMBA competition. The first show of the Irish Marching Bands Association took place yesterday in a sunny Arklow.

Winter Guard United Kingdom is in talks with other organisations to organise events outside of Britain next year. The organisation has presented the competition schedule for 2014.

Fourteen-year-old Juliette from Kadoudal Drum & Bugle Corps (France) will be marching with the guard of World Class Corps Jersey Surf. It is the second time that a DCI corps welcomes a French member.

Corps and bands from all over the world are invited to participate in a big parade in Cork City in Ireland. The parade is part of the Cork Rebel week, a week-long event embracing international visitors.

The Company has retained its lead in the second contest of Drum Corps United Kingdom in Woking yesterday. The biggest jump in score, however, was made â??â??by the Kidsgrove Scouts.

Tomorrow, the second Drum Corps United Kingdom show of this season will be held in Woking. DCE will post live updates on its Facebook page. Be sure you like the DCE Facebook page and stay updated!

Maarten Deschacht from Ostend - Belgium is part of the percussion staff at the Madison Scouts this year. Maarten is an alumnus of the group, he was part of the corps’ front ensemble from 2008 to 2010.

The Blue Devils have taken the lead in the first week of this year's DCI competition. The corps from Concord have won all contests so far. Carolina Crown however has the most recent high score.

Jubal from Dordrecht won both the Premier Class and the Junior Class at the DCN contest in Huizen - The Netherlands on Saturday. Juliana and their junior corps Johan Friso became second in both classes.

Over 40 years Commodores have amassed a wide range of music. This year the corps from Poynton has chosen a show to celebrate their past whilst ensuring the 2013 edition of the corps pushes in to the future.

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 May 2013, including the Corps Page Top 5.

DCE judges Marco Harder and Wil Bijl travelled to Asia again last week to work with the Asian judges to study the DCE Competition Manual in more depth. Various circuits in Asia use the DCE judging system for their competitions.

The DCE website is back online. The website was down for most of the day due to performance issues. The DCE IT team worked hard to improve the performance.

The Company has won the first DCUK contest. The reigning European champions were the first European corps to exceed the 70 point mark Sunday afternoon.

Drum Corps United Kingdom will move their Championships to another stadium this year. The DCUK Championships 2013 will be held in the Select Security Stadium in Widnes - Cheshire.

The ticket sales of the DCE European Championships 2013 are still booming. Tickets for section C have now also sold out. Secure your tickets!

Two newly formed Open Class corps, Coastal Surge and the Columbians, have been approved to participate in the 2013 Drum Corps International Tour.

This year, the organisation of the German Open is introducing a new class, the Prep Class. The aim is to attract more show corps and to become familiar with the DCE judging system.

Maarten Descamps from the Belgian town of Veldegem will be marching with the Kidsgrove Scouts for the fourth consecutive year this summer. The thirteen hours travel time per rehearsal do not stop him from joining the European top corps again this year.

The Mosson Marching Kids, the junior corps of Mosson Drum & Bugle Corps, have announced the title of their first show ever. The programme is called 'Mars-ing! On the Field With Bruno Mars'.

The Heartliner from Ludwigshafen have published their tour schedule for next summer at Drum Corps Associates. The German corps will be touring the United States from the 24th of August until the 2nd of September.

This week Drum Corps International brings you a pre-season free preview of its Fan Network subscription service from now through Sunday, 2nd June.

Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps from Dordrecht secured itself a solid lead in the first Dutch contest of the season on Saturday in Roosendaal, in front of hundreds of drum corps fans. With the DCN show, the European Music Games 2013 have officially started.

The FC Dordrecht stadium, which has been the venue for the DCN Finals for years, will make way for a new demountable stadium. If the project continues, the DCN Finals will move along to the new location.

The Italian website www.marchingband.it is celebrating its tenth anniversary. In an article, DCE’s Italian media partner looks back at the period 2003-2013.

Ticket sales for the DCE European Championships, on Saturday 28th September in Kerkrade - The Netherlands, are going faster than ever. After sections A and B, section C of the grandstand is now filling up as well.

The DCE judges held their annual Judges College this weekend Saturday and Sunday 18th-19th May at the Showband Calypso Clubhouse in Zwevegem, Belgium. Bob Thomas (DCE Education Director) led the session which was attended by judges and staff from Ireland, England, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Drum Corps World staff member Jim Claytor has produced a promotional video for the American drum corps magazine. Drum Corps Europe is featured in the video.

The European drum corps season will start next week in Roosendaal - The Netherlands with the first DCN show. However, the European judges have already started their summer season. This weekend they have come together in Belgium for the yearly Judges College.

Ticket sales for the DCE European Championships once again started very quickly. Within 90 minutes the tickets for sections A and B were sold out.

Drum Corps United Kingdom is looking forward to a great season. The top two of 2012 will be present at all DCUK shows this year.

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 April 2013, including the Corps Page Top 5.

Ticket sales for the DCE European Championships will start on 15th of May from 9 pm CET (8 pm GMT). The overwhelming interest in the traditional start of the presale on the 1st of May caused the website to crash.

After three years separated along divisional lines in San Antonio and Indianapolis, Drum Corps International’s Individual & Ensembles are set to return to its original format in 2013. Members from World and Open Class will compete against each other the week of the DCI World Championships.

The American online magazine Drum Corps World has lined up all drum corps competitions of next summer. The worldwide launch will be in Roosendaal.

Unik Star Percussion Ensemble from Hellemes - France has founded a new indoor percussion unit: Unik Star Concert. The intention is that this group will participate in indoor percussion competitions next year.

The new show of Besana Secutores is dedicated to a famous Italian story: 'Pinocchio'. The corps promises that the spectators will get to see a different Pinocchio to the one that everyone knows from the Disney movie.

The ticket sale for the DCE European Championships has been postponed. At the start of the ticket sale, the website received too much traffic which caused the server to go down.