Drum Corps Europe has appointed Bruce Vrancken as the new DCE Adjudication Manager. Bruce will coordinate all judging matters as part of the DCE management team.
Two French musicians will join The Senators Drum & Bugle Corps for the 2009 season. David Lemant and Benoit Sueur will both march in the drumline of the DCE 2007 and 2008 European Champions.
Mayflower will return to the WGI arena in 2010. The guard will once again perform in the Independent World Class, competing against the world's elite colour guards. Mayflower last appeared in WGI competition in 2005.
The visual ingenious presented by both the other corps at the Drum Corps Japan Championships could not match the size and cleanliness of the Yokohama Scouts. With their show titled 'The Velocity', the Scouts combined both a well written drill with a solid music book on all ends to give them their fourth championships Division I title and first in three years.
Mayflower won the Open Class at the first Winter Guard United Kingdom contest yesterday in Grantham. They scored 75.9, 0.4 points ahead of Northern Academy. The Southern Kinghts became third.
Stafford Lancers are pleased to announce that they are to return to the DCUK competitive circuit to support DCUK`s 30th Anniversary season. Even though the Corps has not taken part competitively in DCUK for the last couple of years, they have still retained associate membership and are pleased with the structure that has been put in place for the forthcoming season.
At the end of the first week of registrations for the 2009 DCUK season 16 corps have now registered. 2009 will see DCUK celebrate its 30th Anniversary and will culminate with the 30th British Drum Corps Championships on Saturday 19th September.
Beatrix have announced their 2009 program on their website. Their show is titled 'Alcatraz'. The show is in 6 parts: Locked Up, Paralized, Prison Life, Rock the Jailhouse, Isolation and Breakout.
The Senators are holding their first rehearsal for the 2009 season on 10th January (10am â?? 6pm) and 11 January (9am â?? 4pm) at the Pavilion on the Park.
In November, DCI.org reported on the declining health of David Welch, a mellophone player with the Garfield Cadets in the mid-1980s. In 2004, at the age of 38, he was diagnosed with a lemon-sized brain tumor. Rather than retreat from the tremendous challenges related to his diagnosis, Welch confronted them aggressively.
At 10am on Monday 5th January 2009 Drum Corps United Kingdom commenced the registration process for their 30th Anniversary season. Within the first 24 hours 12 corps had completed the on-line form making this a 100% increase on 2008 with more registrations anticipated over the coming few days.
InCorps has launched a new website. The new website has been designed by Ramon Opmeer (ramonopmeer.nl) and features all the services, products and events of InCorps.
The 2009 Drum Corps Japan Championships will take place at the Ajinomoto Stadium on Sunday 11th January. Eight corps (Division I and Division II) will enter the field.
The headlines in 2008 were marked by The Senators, winning their second European title, Beatrix making DCI Open Class Finals, Starriders taking the German title back after three years, Phantom Regiment topping the World Championships, and many other developments in the European and worldwide drum corps activity. Drumcorps.org.uk will take you back to the highlights of 2008.
Indoor Percussion Europe (IPE) will organise a percussion information day in Estaimpuis on January 17th. IPE percussion advisors/specialists will answer questions in regard to the upcomming European indoor percussion season.
Drum Corps International has begun shipping a newly-edited version of the first volume of its 2008 World Championship DVDs. Additional editing of the production was made necessary because of a change in the copyright status of a piece of music.
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"What can we expect from a Field Band and how can we make sure that a South-African Field Band can distinguish itself from other marching band and drum corps in an original way? This was one of the important prerequisites taken into consideration during the preparation of the national workshop of the Field Band Foundation (FBF)." A report by Bart Tienpont.
Marching Music Breizh (MMB) has entered a partnership with Marching Music France (MMF). Marching Music Breizh is the first regional partner for Marching Music France.
DCE, DCUK and DCN have clarified the description of instruments that can be amplified next season. All acoustic percussion membrane, acoustic percussion keyboards, latin percussion instruments and other comparable acoustic equipment used for musical effects are legal and can be amplified.
The DCE European Championships 2009 will again be held in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade. The football club Roda JC and Drum Corps Europe have come to an agreement about the stadium. The DCE Championships will be held on Saturday, September 26th.
Revolution Show Corps from Queensbury - Bradford had their six charity boxes stolen from WestVale Lodge, Greetland, Halifax. The corps had earlier in the day done a couple of hours at Morrisons playing and collecting, and this is what the boxes were full of.
Plans are underway for the Dagenham Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps to field an Alumni/ Reunion corps for DCUK's 30th anniversary at the 2009 British Drum Corps Championships.
Phantom Regiment is pleased to announce a new partnership with Jupiter Band Instruments. Under this new agreement, Phantom Regiment will exclusively play Jupiter brass instruments in all field and stage performances.
The IMBA (Irish Marching Band Association) are delighted to announce that they will host the first ever DCE certified show in Ireland next summer. The IMBA are also pleased to announce that they will work closely in conjunction with DCUK to co-host this event.
Sal Salas and Don Hill are in Paris as guests of Marching Music France. They visited several touristic famous places such like the Elysée, the Bastille place and the Seine by boat. They also attended a concert by Claude Bolling at the 'Petit Journal Saint Germain Montparnasse'.
Are you an experience drum corps brass arranger? Are you a budding drum corps brass arranger? Here's your chance to arrange the DCUK Theme Tune for 2009.
At all contests prior to Championships Finals (including Championships Prelims) there will be one Open Class for all established corps plus a Junior Class for feeder units to Open Class corps. The Junior Class will also be open to new and emerging Corps (subject to certain conditions - contact for details).
At 10 am on Monday 5th January registration will open for the 2009 British Drum Corps season. This year registration will only be available via an on-line form available at the DCUK website.
In recognition of the growth of the Class A movement in Drum Corps Associates and conceding that many Class A corps - for one reason or another - intend to remain Class A, much discussion addressed this situation during the DCA Rules Congress in Rochester this weekend. The final vote to solidify this class definition was that at the DCA Preliminary Competition at Championships, the Class A Prelims will occur first and then, Open Class.
Drum Corps Europe is proud the present a fantastic corps line-up for the DCE Championships 2009. On Saturday 26th September, 21 corps will enter the field at the European Drum Corps Championships.
It's been almost a full century since the drum set was invented. "It's time for a revolution", The Molecules Drum Company says. They offer handmade, custom drum sets to musicians awho demand innovation and excellence in both design and function.
The Cadets will launch their 75th anniversary season with one of the highest honors bestowed upon a marching organization with the recent notification they were selected to perform in the 56th Presidential Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20th in Washington, DC.
Drum Corps Europe would like to invite all European corps to the DCE 2009 European Symposium. The event will be held on Saturday, January 24th in the London area. The symposium is open to all corps staff and board who are interested in Drum Corps Europe, the DCE Championships and the drum corps activity in Europe.
More than 70 participants from all Fieldbands will take part in the National Clinic week in Durban (Soth Africa) from December 7 through 14 2008. Members are from all parts of South Africa and have been selected carefully. All of them are instructors and valuable members with talent and vision.
Drum Corps United Kingdom/British Youth Band Association and the British Federation of Youth Marching Band Organisations have been contacted by Blue Devils of Concord - California to advise that unfortunately they will not be able to travel to Europe in 2009.
Following nominations being received and a postal election process being completed, Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to announce details of their board for 2009.
Black Knights Drum & Bugle Corps have this week appointed a new corps director. Rus Rogers will be taking over the role following the departure of Ken Mansfield.
Xpression, Unik Star's winterguard unit from Hellemmes - France, has announced the theme of the show for the 2009 winterguard season: 'The Difference'. Xpression will perform this show at the CGN contests (Aalsmeer, Waalwijk, Goes) and the championships in Eindhoven - The Netherlands.
The staff of Unik Star Percussion Ensemble (Hellemmes - France) has announced the theme of their 2009 production: 'Pinball: The Lure of the Silver Ball'. The show, with a pinball machine as the main theme, is composed with the music of Coldplay and The Who.
37th Kingswood's Scout Hut Development project was awarded a cheque for £50,000 from The Peoples Millions live on ITV News West. The money will see the replacement of an old, out of date and increasingly unsafe hall that makes up part of the group's premises.
FB Drum & Bugle Corps from The Hague - The Netherlands have presented their new logo. The corps thought it was time for a new logo as the corps changed their name from Federatieband to FB Drum & Bugle Corps earlier this year.
The 37th Kingswood Scout Group & Apple Tree Pre School need your votes to secure £50,000 of Peoples Millions Lottery Funding for a new building to be used by young people throughout the area.
With less than one week left to postmark orders, time is ticking out to secure some of the best seats for the 2009 DCI World Championships. Orders are accepted until December 1st.
The new organisation Marching Music France will organise an open house in December. Everyone who is interested in the activities of Marching Music France is welcome.