The Company from Barnsley still leads the competition of Drum Corps United Kingdom. Yesterday at the DCUK show in Stoke On Trent they scored 77.55 points with their show 'Red Riding Hood', which places them more than 3.5 points ahead of the competition.

The third contest of Drum Corps United Kingdom will be held in Stoke tomorrow. Via the Twitter feed @drumcorpseurope, DCE will post updates throughout the event.

Drum Corps United Kingdom have announced that, following the release of the football fixtures, they can confirm that the 2012 British Drum Corps Championships will be taking place at Field Mill, the home of Mansfield Town FC, Mansfield - Nottinghamshire.

The luxury Super Seats for the DCE Championships are sold out. This means that all skybox seats in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium have been allocated. And if you want a good seat in the stands, you shouldn't wait too long!

On Saturday 18th August, Marching Music France will hold its second edition of the French contest in Quiberon (Brittany). During the afternoon, Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps will rehearse at the stadium. MMF will allow French drum corps fans to attend this rehearsal for free.

Bluecoats led a field of seven World Class corps Saturday, 7th July, taking first place with a 78.65 during the DCI Kalamazoo event at Western Michigan University's Waldo Stadium. Spirit passed the Cavaliers.

This coming Saturday 7th July, Tallaght Youth & Festival Bands will host the first IMBA show of the season in the impressive 6,000 seated Tallaght Municipal Stadium. The stadium is a modern venue and opened in 2009.

The second show of Drum Corps United Kingdom, which took place in Woking yesterday, was topped by the Kidsgrove Scouts. The reigning British drum corps champions obtained 69.80 points. The Black Knights came second with 66.20 points.

Carolina Crown took top honors (1st, 76.90) Friday, 19th June in Muncie - Indiana. The Madison Scouts came in second place (72.80) surpassing The Cavaliers (3rd, 71.70) at DCI Central Indiana.

Ticket sale for the German Open in Hameln will be starting soon. As of this Sunday, you can order tickets for the only German contest of the European Music Games.

It was a good day for Jubal last Saturday in Huizen - The Netherlands. Both Jubal and Jong Jubal topped the Drum Corps Netherlands contest in the Premier Class and the Junior Class respectively.

What a difference a day makes. Carolina Crown, who finished third at the first DCI show in Akron on Saturday, jumped more than 2.5 points between Saturday and Sunday to win in Louisville.

Reigning European Champion The Company from Barnsley topped the first DCUK contest in Bradford yesterday. The corps scored 68.00 points. In the Junior Class, the Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors were the strongest with 43.95 points.

The contest season of Drum Corps United Kingdom will start tomorrow. At the Horsfall Stadium in Bradford, ten corps will appear at the starting line, including reigning British champions The Kidsgrove Scouts. The contest is combined with a contest of BYBA.

The Dutch Showband Marum is cancelling the plans for a new corps home. The corps believes that it is too big a risk to take on a long-term financial obligation right now.

Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps and Showband Marum from the Netherlands have decided not to travel to San Felice sul Panaro this year. Both corps had been invited for shows at the beginning of July, but due to the recent heavy earthquakes in the city and surrounding area, both clubs have decided not to make the trip.

The six drum corps to take the field at the season opener of the Drum Corps International tour, Saturday, 16th June in Akron - Ohio, will make history as the first to compete under a completely revamped adjudication system for the 2012 summer season.

Follow the performances of your favorite corps all summer long as the DCI Fan Network returns in 2012 with more live webcasts than ever before at a new lower price.

The Beatrix Corps Association from Hilversum - The Netherlands is starting an indoor percussion unit. The group will participate in the Marching Open Class of Color Guard Netherlands.

The start of the season has become a success for Juliana from Middelburg. Both Juliana and their feeder corps Johan Friso topped their class with 64.55 and 63.05 points respectively at the first drum corps show of the season in Middelburg last Saturday.

Mosson Drum & Bugle Corps from Mosson - Italy has announced the 2012 production 'Engage'. The show is inspired by the most popular saga televion ever produced: Star Trek.

The Parlour Sessions of the DCE judging panel will be held again this year prior to each DCE certified contest. This Saturday, prior to the DCN contest in Middelburg, the session will be led by Tony Hendle. Instructors are also welcome to participate.

International singer, songwriter Shaun Canon, the creator of 'Live for Music' recently wrapped shooting his latest music video which he hopes will strike a chord with kids across the country and inspire them to pick up an instrument.

About 30 DCE judges will be gathering in Dadizele - Belgium this weekend for the big annual training weekend. For the first time, a session with instructors has also been scheduled.

After Section A, section B for the DCE European Championships in Kerkrade is now also nearly full. There are a few dozen seats left in this section which, like Section A, has business seats.

Kidsgrove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps from Stoke-on-Trent has announced its new show title: 'Valley of the Kings'. The pieces of the programme has not been revealed yet.

DCI will once again team up with National Cinemedia's Fathom Events for the second-annual DCI Tour Premiere which will be shown in movie theaters on Monday 18th June.

The Italian Besana Secutores Drum & Bugle Corps will bring a 'Fear Factor'-like show to the field this season. The show, entitled 'Arachnophobia', is about (a fear of) spiders.

The first corps have signed up for the DCE Corps Network. The recently opened European Corps Network now has a few dozen members. It is intended that all corps participating in the DCE Championships connect to the network. Other corps are also welcome.

Drum Corps United Kingdom has announced the details of the corps entries for each DCUK contest this coming season. Now all Corps have nominated which Class they wish to enter DCUK can advise that, due to very low entry for a specific all season long A Class, the structure for 2012 season will run in an identical fashion to the past few seasons.

The ticket sales for the DCE European Championships has started at an incredible speed once again. Section A was completely sold out within an hour and a half. The luxury Super Seats are also going fast.

The ticket sale for the DCE European Championships has started! For just 15 euros you can get a ticket for the main stand. If you want a seat near to the 50 yard line, order your tickets as soon as possible! There will undoubtly a run on section A and section B tickets again.

Drum Corps Europe has opened the DCE Corps Network. The network keeps corps up to date of DCE news, and offers corps the possibility to quickly and easily get in touch and stay in touch with DCE and other corps.

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 to option of booking an overnight stay in the stadium hotel!

Are you excited about the European drum corps event of the year yet? Ticket sales for the DCE European Championships will be starting soon. They will start on the 1st of May at exactly 0.00 AM (UK time: April 30th, 11.00 PM). Don't miss out!

The Staffordshire Knights will enter the DCE European Championships in Kerkrade after all. The English corps will replace the Clonmel Bluehawks. The Irish corps had to withdraw due to organisational circumstances.

Only 7 days left until the start of ticket sales for the DCE European Championships. Are you going to order tickets, or will you get them for free?

The annual European Judges College will be held from the 18th to the 20th May. As promised, some time â??â??will be put aside for corps directors, instructors and designers to have discussions with the judges.

Thomas Claesen will be tenor tech of The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps this summer. The Belgian will be teaching the tenor line of the DCI top corps for about half the number of tour weeks, spread over the entire summer season.

The winter guard Onyx from Dayton - Ohio has been crowned WGI World Class champion. The guard beat Santa Clara Vanguard by one full point on Saturday in Dayton, Ohio.

Winter guard The Pride from Huizen - The Netherlands has earned tenth place in the Open Class at the Winter Guard International Championships in Dayton - Ohio last Saturday. The Dutch guard finished in eleventh place during the Prelims, and moved one place up in Semi Finals.

The indoor drumline of The Company won the European title in the International Marching Class at the IPE Championships in Doornik on Sunday. The win by the group from Barnsley was very convincing.

Matrix Indoor Percussion Ensemble from the USA will demonstrate their talents at the IPE European Championships in Tournai today. After the I&E Competition, Matrix members Tim Brosius (tenor), Kyle Jennings (snare drum) and Jessy Seiff (snare drum) will perform a solo piece.

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Northern Academy are the new Open Class champions of Winter Guard United Kingdom. The guard beat 2011 champions Mayflower in Stoke-on-Trent last Saturday. Both units were neck and neck right up to the end.