DCE is once again offering special Super Seats this year. You can enjoy the DCE European Championships from high-up seats in front of the sky boxes of Roda JC. As an added bonus, you will also have the option of booking an overnight stay in the stadium hotel!
Mosson Drum & Bugle Corps has announced its new show. “Labyrinth” is both the theme and the title of the show.
On Saturday April 20th, the Flemish organisation for amateur musicians Vlamo organised the clinic 'Vlamo meets Blast' in Evergem (Belgium). Two former performers of Blast! taught the participants in brass (Sanford Jones) and percussion (Jeff Queen). Vlamo asked Jeff to respond to a few questions.
The ticket sales for the DCE European Championships will start on 1st May. However, ten people will not have to order tickets, because Drum Corps Europe is giving away ten of the best tickets!
From now on, visitors of the DCE European Championships will get a free programme booklet. Spectators will no longer pay extra for the magazine with information about the participants and their shows. The ticket prices remain the same.
Starriders Drum & Bugle Corps from Bad Münder has had a lot of membership applications recently. Although the corps is pleased with the influx, the new members can no longer be written into the current show. That’s why the corps is starting a 'Prep Season'.
The Staffordshire Knights will be participating in the DCE European Championships again this year. The corps replaces its compatriot The 6th.
On Saturday, Jordan Murray from The Company became percussion world champion with Rhythm X. Rhythm X won the title in the Independent World Class of the Winter Guard International in Dayton, Ohio (98.263).
The Johan Friso member Bjorn has secured a spot in the Colts Cadets this year. The corps came 12th in the Open Class last year and is the junior corps of The Colts.
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps has renewed its site. They have chosen to go for a major change and an unconventional approach.
Drum Corps Europe has launched new Facebook Pages in four additional languages. This allows drum corps fans to keep up to date with the news in their own language via Facebook.
A phenomenon called 'mini corps' has started in the United Kingdom. Some groups have already been established and there is talk of starting a competition.
For the first time, an Italian handbook of visual techniques has been written voor marching band and drum corps. The handbook will be presented on 19th April.
Beeches Performance Ensemble have announced their 2013 programme. The show 'Rock!' will take the corps in another direction which they hope will push the performers to another level and produce an entertaining show.
Indoor Percussion Europe crowned the European champions in Tournai - Belgium last Sunday. In the International Marching Class, DrumSpirit took the title, after the drumline finished second in the Prelims. The Senators Juniors won the Junior Class title.
Mayflower is the first World Class Champion of Winter Guard United Kingdom. The guard had a substantial lead over its rival Northern Academy.
The Kidsgrove Scouts have announced their new programme. The production of the reigning British drum corps champions is called 'Mind Games'.
Con Spirito from Joure will be present at the DCE European Championships this year. The corps replaces the Wölper Löwen who previously stated that they would not be able to compete this year.
European percussion groups from Sweden, the UK, France and Belgium are gearing up for the IPE European Championships. On Sunday, the European percussion champions of 2013 will be crowned in Doornik. IPE has published the programme.
Wolper Löwen Drum & Bugle Corps from Neustadt am Rübenberge will not participate in competitions this year. This was announced by corps on its website.
Marching Band of Suranaree Wittaya School from Nakhon Ratchasima may withdraw from defending its championship at the 17th World Music Contest in the Netherlands in July due to lack of funding. The Bangkok Post reports about this.
Marching Music's Major League returns to the Big Screen, when the 2013 DCI Tour comes to cinemas nationwide for two exciting events. DCI is again set to partner with National Cinemedia's Fathom Events to bring the early-summer DCI Tour Premiere and the season-ending DCI World Championship Prelims to movie theaters from coast to coast.
The Celtic Crusaders, the marching unit of Mullingar Town Band, have announce their 2013 production, 'The Gathering'. Founded in 1879, Mullingar Town Band have enjoyed success for over a century at home and abroad.
Showband Rastede will continue under a different name. The name called out on the contest fields from now on will be 'Spirit of 52'. The name change is part of a larger transformation of the association.
Heartliner Drum & Bugle Corps from Ludwigshafen has informed Drum Corps Associates that the corps wants to take part in the DCA Championships. This was confirmed by DCA on their website.
Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg has a new drum major. The Belgian Youri Debaere will be leading the Dutch champions in the upcoming season.
Drum Corps International has announced that the Open Class corps Velvet Knights will not participate in the 2013 DCI Tour. The Velvet Knights re-entered the competition in 2007 after eleven years of absence.
All marching bands in Ireland are in high demand on St. Patrick’s day. Thousands of spectators flock to the streets of every town in Ireland to watch the colorful St. Patrick’s day parades filled with community groups, arts-groups, commercial displays and of course marching bands.
Once again, Millennium Drum and Bugle Corps from Verdello is preparing for a world tour. Next summer, the Italian drum corps will be participating at a contest in Japan.
If you managed to watch last Sunday's Dancing on Ice Final on ITV 1, there was more than just skating on offer. The Company drummers stepped onto the ice to add a little more action to the snare part for Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's Bolero.
Drum Corps Europe and Color Guard Netherlands present a new media platform: The Video Vault. A media team will provide multimedia productions of the CGN Championships and the DCE European Championships, including a live webcast, an online video platform in HD and DVD productions.
This year, the Heartliner from Ludwigshafen want to participate in the competition of Drum Corps Associates. Recently, the Corps started a campaign to raise money it needed. They need approximately 100,000 euros.
Once again, the DCE European Championships will be held in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade. It will be the sixth time that the stadium is the scene of Europe's largest drum corps event.
The contest of Indoor Percussion Europe in Sweden las weekend has drawn large audiences. A packed stand watched the performances of eight participants from Sweden and Denmark.
Color Guard Netherlands and Drum Corps Europe will be cooperating in the area of new media. The two organisations are working on an ambitious plan to improve the way in which fans can access media. The plan will be presented on 11th March.
Drum Corps United Kingdom has announced the details of the corps who have registered so far for the 2013 season. 14 Corps have registered for the British drum corps competition this season.
The 'Harlem Shake' video that Drum Corps International uploaded onto YouTube a week ago has turned out to be an absolute hit. The video has over a million views.
Jordan Murray from the UK joins the indoor drumline Rhythm X this season. The 16-year-old British top drummer shares his experiences exclusively on the IPE website.
Cadence Drum & Bugle Corps has announced the 2013 summer programme 'Through the Mirror'. The corps will return to the Drum Corps United Kingdom competition after 8-year absence.
With the announcement of the location of the French contest, Indoor Percussion Europe has finalised its season. It took a little longer to confirm the French site than IPE had expected.
The Clonmel Bluehawks have announced their 2013 production. The programme is called 'As the Last Petal Falls...'.
The 2013 Irish Winter Guard and Indoor Percussion Championship, now in its third year, was held at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght last Saturday. The show was run in association with WGUK and IPE and featured eight Irish units and one UK unit.
No less than three European percussionists will be joining DCI top corps The Cavaliers this summer. Bernd Coene and Dennis Clausing will be marching members and Thomas Claesen will take the role of instructor.
In its latest issue, the online magazine Drum Corps World focuses on the DVD of the DCE European Championships 2012. DCE is pleased with the worldwide attention.
Everyone will have their own association with the number thirteen, but it is mostly known as an unlucky number. This does not scare Beatrix from Hilversum - The Netherlands, as it announces its new show 'Thirteen'.