Drum Corps United Kingdom has announced details of the corps that have registered so far for the 2011 season. Up till now fifteen corps have registered in Open Class and Junior Class.
Concord has announced that as a follow-up to their very successful 2010 'Imaginarium' show, 'Volo di Fantasia' (pronounced 'fan-tass-ee-a') will be the 2011 theatre show.
Concord Youth Music of Sheffield have announced that they will be hosting the 2011 Northern Preview event in their home city. The show offers the opportunity to view the pre-season performances of some of the UK's finest drum corps and marching bands in a stress-free, non-competitive environment.
Indoor Percussion Europe is moving a contest from Estaimpuis to Tournai. The contest will now be held in the same arena as the IPE European Championships.
The 2011 Winterguard United Kingdom season got off to a great start at Filton College in Bristol with 26 guards and a full stand at the Pegasus sponsored contest.
For the time being, there will be no scores for 'entertainment' in the judging system of Drum Corps International. The proposal will be investigated further before a decision is made. Two other proposals have been accepted at the DCI's annual meeting.
Sand and all the images and sounds it evokes is what Besana Marching Band from Italy will bring on the field with their 2011 show '25°N: Kingdom of Sand'.
Next month Indoor Percussion Europe will be holding a symposium for participating groups. It is the first time that a European symposium is organised for indoor percussion units.
In 2010, the Drum Corps Europe website once again attracted more visitors than the previous year. Last year, the website had nearly half a million views.
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Inbhear Mór Marchers from Ireland have announced their 2011 summer production entitled 'Childsplay'. This year, the 40 piece unit based in Arklow - Ireland, have an original concept show and a new format.
Drum Corps Netherlands has announced the contest venues for the upcoming season. The Dutch drum corps contests will be held in Arnemuiden (Middelburg), Huizen and Dordrecht.
The Madison Scouts have submitted a proposal for the yearly DCI meeting on January 20th-23rd. The proposal is about adding 'entertainment' to the Effect caption.
Twelve percussion members performed in the Grand Opening of 'Dancing on Ice 2011' on ITV 1 last Sunday evening. It was not their first TV appearance. Last year, the percussin players also supported singer star and TV 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge Alesha Dixon at 'This Morning' on ITV and also at the 'Help for Heroes' event featured live on BBC 1.
Indoor Percussion Europe has presented a new manual. The judging system in the manual now better reflects the judging system of Drum Corps Europe.
Drum Corps United Kingdom has announced the contest dates for the summer season. The British drum corps organisation will run three shows plus the British Championships.
Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg will have a new drum major for the next season. Donald Joosse will lead the current Dutch champions in 2011.
A cracking display of fireworks in front of the JMC corps home started off Jubal's Centenary year of 2011 in spectacular fashion. About one hundred Jubal members came to the corps home on New Year's Eve for a big celebration.
Pegasus have embarked on a new journey for the 2011 season and have worked with an entirely UK based design staff, drawing on the wealth of experience from existing in house talent as well as taking advice and guidance from some of the best designers in the UK.
Winterguard United Kingdom has announced details of the show entries for the 2011 season. All shows are very well subscribed this year with the number of performing units up by one on 2010 at 39, representing 22 different organisations.
The Avedis Zildjian Company will merge with Vic Firth. Both New England-based, family-owned companies are well respected legacy brands in the music industry with a long tradition of product quality and innovation.
News on the Kidsgrove Scouts dominated 2010: the corps celebrated their 100th anniversary, were very succesful at the DCA Championships, took the DCUK title and became DCE Champions for the first time. But there was more in 2010, here is the year in review. DCE wishes everyone a happy newyear and all the best for 2011!
The Heartliner from Ludwigshafen - Germany plan to make a comeback in 2012. The corps has reported this on its website. Preparations for a return to the drum corps competition have already started.
This year has been a very succesful year for the Kidsgrove Scouts organisation. Corps Director Rob Swindells wrote an extensive review of their centenary year.
The Kidsgrove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps has announced their programme for 2011. The show is entitled 'The Summit'. The Kidsgrove Scouts Junior Corps will perform a show called 'Crest a Wave'.
Next year's DCE European Championships will once again be held in Kerkrade. The Parkstad Limburg Stadion will host the Championships for the fourth consecutive year.
Unik Star Percussion Ensemble from Hellemes - France has announced their new winter drumline production. The show is entitled 'Déjà-Vu'. The unit is exploring the possibilities of electronics.
Following on from the success of 2010, reigning Irish Champions the Clonmel Bluehawks are pleased to announce their 2011 programme 'Out of the Blue'. The Bluehawks celebrate the 40th anniversary of the organisation Banna Chluain Meala, the concert and marching band of which the Bluehawks are the marching wing.
After months of discussion, it is confirmed that 6th Hove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, as we know it, will not be competing for the foreseeable future. Corps Director, Phil Clegg, has resigned his position, along with his loyal staff.
The list of participants for the DCE European Championships has been announced. All European top corps are back for the European Championships. Drum Corps Europe is also pleased to greet newcomers from Ireland and Italy.
Drum Corps Netherlands bids farewell to the A-Class. Starting from next season, corps can participate in the Premier Class, Percussion Class or Junior Class. An exhibition show is still possible for new or rebuilding corps.
Firefighters have been tackling an arson attack at the Kidsgrove Scouts headquarters yesterday. The corps has stated that the headquarters have minimal damage.
Winter Guard International has rejected the soundtrack for the new show by Beatrix from Hilversum - The Netherlands. Due to copyright issues, the soundtrack they submitted can't be used in the WGI competition.
For the first time, Drum Corps Associates will be judging corps utilizing 50/50 sheets. 50 percent will be split equally between music and visual effect. Brass, percussion, ensemble music, ensemble visual, and color guard captions will each receive 10 percent.
On Saturday 22nd January, Drum Corps Europe and its Certified Partners will once again organise the European Drum Corps Symposium in London. On that day, European corps will be given the opportunity to discuss the future of drum corps and exchange ideas.
This winter, David Dewyn from Belgium will be marching in the bassline of Rhythm X. Rhythm X, a competitive indoor percussion ensemble based in Columbus - Ohio, are the 2008 and 2009 WGI World Percussion Champions.
The Kidsgrove Scouts will be returning to Drum Corps Associates in 2012. This year the British corps were very successful with a 6th place in DCA Finals.
On the American website Drum Corps Planet, a discussion started about the use of music compositions. It seems that more and more composers/music publishers have problems with their work being used by corps.
There are still a few unique European Music Games 'tour shirts' left for sale. They are stylish collectors' items designed by artist Peter Franken. The last remaining ones are now available in the DCE webshop!
Corps wanting to enter the DCE European Championships only have a few days left to register. Registration for the DCE European Championships closes on Tuesday.
The Nexus organisation and Encore Drum & Bugle Corps have formed a partnership to launch a new junior drum corps unit to be based in Sandy, Bedfordshire. The launch sees the Encore name return to youth marching music activity for the first time since 2003.
The first DCE Certified Show in France will take place next year. The contest will be organised by the Marching Music France organisation and will be hosted in the Claude Riguidel stadium in Quiberon.
New events, new venues and new formats will be among the highlights of the 2011 Drum Corps International tour, which will again bring together the world's most elite marching music ensembles in a coast-to-coast series of spectacular competitions.
The Senators are pleased to be returning to the Indoor Percussion Circuit for the 2011 Winter Season with the ensemble competing at IPE and WGUK shows both here in the UK and in mainland Europe with a show entitled 'Solar'.
In the summer of 2011 The Company will present a production entitled 'COLD'. Since the close of the season at The BYBA Championships in Stoke there has been plenty of work going on behind the scenes at The Company to prepare the corps for their second season in competition.