The German Open will become a DCE Certified Show. The organisers of the event and Drum Corps Europe have come to an agreement on this. The event will be held in the Weserbergland Stadium in Hameln.
Tickets for this year's DCE European Championships will go on sale on the 1st of May. Besides the standard tickets, DCE now also introduces special Premium Tickets. These tickets come with plenty of added extras.
Jubal Indoor Percussion (International Marching Class), New Spirit (European Marching Class) and Southern Aurora (Concert Class) have topped the Indoor Percussion Europe contest, yesterday in Dadizele.
The members of Tyler Junior College are in Europe. They arrived this morning at Brussels Airport in Belgium. Today they will be performing at the Indoor Percussion Europe contest in Dadizele - Belgium.
Jubal Drum & Bugle Corps from Dordrecht has found a new partner for their percussion section. Majestic Instruments from the town of Nijehaske in Friesland - The Netherlands will provide their fielddrums and front ensemble instruments for the corps for the coming years. This means that Jubal will say goodbye to their long-time relationship and collaboration with Dynasty.
The Pride winter guard from Huizen is the largest winter guard association in the world, as concluded by the club's own investigation. "We been not able to find an association with six units anywhere else in the world", The Pride announces.
The RSS Feed of drumcorps.org.uk is not working properly right now. Due to a technical fault, the feed is not displayed properly everywhere on the site, including the iPhone app and the news forum at drumcorpstalk.com.
With still more than five months to go, nine corps have registered for the German Open competition in Hameln. This will be the only drum corps competition in Germany this year.
The Irish Marching Bands Association (IMBA) and Drum Corps Europe have announced that the two associations will now officially enter a Certified partnership. This partnership will offer many opportunities for Irish bands to travel and compete in events across Europe.
The Brigadiers Music Association (BMA) along the administration of the Brigadiers Drum & Bugle corps has determined that the group will not be fielding a competitive DCA corps for the 2010 season. While the Brigadiers maintain a dedicated nucleus of talented performers, the decision was made due to unsuccessful attempts to recruit additional members to make 2010 a productive season.
During a scheduled conference call last night, the voting members of Drum Corps International voted 11 to 9 in favor of opening the retractable roof at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the 2010 World Championship Quarter Finals on Thursday, 12th August.
Legendary Drum Corps International Hall of Fame member George Bonfiglio, passed away Friday evening after declining health over the last several years. He was 79. One of DCI's founding fathers, Bonfiglio led the 27th Lancers Drum & Bugle Corps of Revere, Mass. for nearly two decades and was the very first chairman of the DCI Board of Directors.
Indoor Percussion Europe recently interviewed director Tom McGowan of Tyler Junior College. In the next two weeks, the drum line will appear twice at IPE events, both in mainland Europe and in the UK. The interview is now online.
Winter Guard International keeps a ranking list with the most recent scores during WGI Regionals. The Pride from Huizen is now in fifth place in the Independent Open Class, after five of the total seven WGI Regionals.
Due to the withdrawal of units from the scheduled IPE indoor percussion contest on Sunday 14th March, which was to form part of the WGUK Contest at Burgess Hill, it has been decided to cancel this event.
The new French junior drum & bugle corps Kadoudal has announced the new show programme 'Brittany Forces'. It's the first show in their existence. With the show they will enter the DCE European Championships this year.
Sunday March 7th saw the first ever Winterguard Spintastic to be held in the West Country which attracted over 200 participants from near and far to the WISE campus, Filton College. Local groups included Bristol Harlequins and Cohesion whilst special guests Inbhear Mor Marchers came all the way from Arklow, Co Wicklow, Ireland.
The Academy's creative director, and WGUK judge Darren Darton has recently spent time in Italy teaching an up and coming Italian colourguard, who are part of a successful Italian Marching band, Giuseppe Verdi Marching Band.
The only contest that Drum Corps Germany planned for 2010, in Witzenhausen on 29th May, has been cancelled. Too few corps registered for the DCG contest.
Jubal Indoor Percussion has won the WGI European Regional in Goes - The Netherlands yesterday. It was the first contest ever of the indoor drumline from Dordrecht. The UK drumline Vintage came third.
Showband Con Spirito from Joure has purchased 31 new Quantum Marching Brass brass instruments from the German manufacturer Jupiter. The purchase is an investment of 55,000 euros.
Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps from Hilversum - The Netherlands will appear in a new uniform this year. What the outfit will look like remains a secret for now: "The hat will remain, but otherwise?"
Winter Guard United Kingdom has opened for the 2010 British Winter Guard Championships on Saturday 3rd April at The Brentwood International Centre in Brentwood - Essex.
In what became a huge battle for first, Beatrix outscored The Pride by 0.2 points in Finals after a Prelims defeat. The Independent A-Class was won by the Starriders and the Junior Class and Cadet Class titles went to The Pride.
Last weekend, former Star of Indiana members returned to action at the corps' headquarters in Bloomington, Indiana. The alumni corps will perform at the DCI 2010 World Championships in Indianapolis.
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The Riverside Community College Marching Tigers kick off 2010 by choosing Pearl Drums and Adams Musical instruments for all its ensemble performances, including the Marching Tigers, Pep Band, Riverside All-Stars Band, and three-time WGI Independent World Class Champion RCC Indoor Drumline.
Drum Corps Europe has appointed a new Adjudication Manager. As part of the DCE management team Douglas Caldwell will lead DCE's judging organisation, with immediate effect.
As part of their 100 year anniversary, the Kidsgrove Scouts will visit the USA for two weeks before completing the tour at the Drum Corps Associates World Championships in Rochester, New York. The full schedule is now available and can be downloaded from the Kidsgrove Scouts website.
Unik Star from Hellemmes - France has announced the 2010 programme 'Alive'. The show will use ideas and music inspired by life and emotions. Unik Star will perform music from popular and contrasting genres.
Editor's note: This interview was originally published in the February 2010 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 38, Number 11). To subscribe to the monthly tabloid newspaper, visit www.drumcorpsworld.com. The publication overs the worldwide drum and bugle corps activity in the United States, Canada, the Far East, Southeast Asia, South Africa and Europe.
Over 120 Indoor Percussion fans turned up at the first edition of the Kick Off event by Indoor Percussion Europe last Saturday. The event was the start of the IPE 2010 indoor percussion season 2010.
Drum Corps Europe offers a new service. Corps wanting to post ads on drumcorpstalk.com can now do so in English, Dutch, German, French and Italian. Drum Corps Europe arranges the translation into four other languages. This way you will reach the whole of Europe!
After another year in the development of the corps, the Staffordshire Knights have announced their 2010 programme. Using the music of DvoÅ?ak, Ginastera, Shostakovich and Mahler, the corps will present a show entitled 'Life Cycle'.
The Stoke show of Winter Guard United Kingdom on 28th February will feature a special performance. The Kidsgrove Scouts senior corps will perform at the Stoke show.
Indoor Percussion Europe and Winter Guard United Kingdom have started the ticketsale for Europe's biggest indoor percussion event, the 2010 IPE European Championships in Crawley (UK) on Sunday 4th April.
The newest project from the Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps from Gravesend in Kent, will be appearing this Wednesday at the Hammersmith Apollo in London as part of the TV tapings for Britain's Got Talent. Extreme Brass comprises of ten brass performers and a kit drummer and will be looking to entertain not only the 3500 strong audience but also the judges Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell.
Drum Corps United Kingdom has announced that 18 corps have registered for the 2010, and 31st consecutive, season. New registrations include, in only their second year of existence, Liberty Drum Corps from Northampton and The Company from Barnsley.
The American company Evans Drumheads (D'Addario) is establishing itself in Europe. Juliana Drum & Bugle Corps from Middelburg is now included in the list of Evans artists. Previously, Beatrix from Hilversum announced the same deal.
During the European Drum Corps Symposium in London last weekend Task Force coordinator Robby Overvliet asked all corps to get involved and utilize the Task Force that was initiated during the 2009 symposium. The Task Force would like to reach out this call for awareness also to those corps who where not present at the annual congres.
The Black Knights from Gravesend have a brand new look on their website for 2010. The new site feautres up to date news, a look at the different projects run by the organisation, a section dedicated to the history of the corps as well as an up to date media section.
At the end of this week, Drum Corps Europe will start sending DVDs of the DCE European Championships of 2009. As always, the DVDs have high quality picture and sound.
Drum Corps Europe will be changing the names of the different classes. The ancient terms Open Class and Cadet Class will disappear with immediate effect. From 2010, DCE will use the terms Premier Class and Junior Class. This was announced by the DCE management team at the symposium.
The second European Drum Corps Symposium in London was a great success. Dozens of staff and board members have enthusiastically exchanged experiences and discussed the future of drum corps. The breakout sessions were also well attended.
Drum Corps United Kingdom announces that, so far, 17 corps have registered for their 2010, and 31st consecutive, season. New registrations include new corps.
On May 9th 2006, Take That announced their comeback in a record deal worth £3 million. In 2010, with a production costing just under £300, the Pacemakers will bring the award winning pop band Take That to the drum corps field in a completely original format.