The DCUK management have confirmed the dates of the three summer spectacular competition events along with the date for the 2007 British Drum Corps Championships. The team gave special consideration to a number of specific areas including geographic location, target audiences, availability of dates (so as not to coincide with other marching band activity schedules) and of course to the drum and bugle corps own requirements in terms of diary planning both home and abroad.

Concord Drum & Bugle Corps will be making the switch from 'G' to mixed-key brass instruments for the 2007 season. With an ever-increasing number of corps in the United States making the change, the cops is aware that eventually the supply of American-made 'G' bugles and spares will cease.

Stichting Top Evenementen Nederland (Netherlands Top Events Foundation) has changed its name. It is now called Drum Corps Events Europe (DCEE), as they feel that the name TEN no longer corresponds to their activities.

During the month of November the corps has made exceptional progress in all sections. The corps has increased in size and quality in all sections, the progress made at rehearsals has been extremely successful and very satisfying for everyone involved.

On the weekend of the 25th/26th November two members from Kidsgrove Scouts auditioned for two different DCI World Champion corps to be a part of their 2007 season.

The previously announced 'Cinema' section is now open. Cinema features a list of recently online published drum corps movie clips. Most movies are playable directly from the Cinema page, some will play in a new window.

Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to confirm that following the adoption of the DCE designed Competition Manual, DCUK is making another positive step on the road to embracing the future For the 2007 summer season DCUK has decided to plot a new course with regards to its approach and administration of the judging at DCUK certified events. To this end the partnership between DCUK and its long standing Judges Association is to be discontinued with immediate effect.

After another successful DCE European Championships in which BYBA Member Corps demonstrated their clear dedication to the drum corps experience, the boards of DCE and BYBA were unanimous in agreeing that the next steps from a strategic perspective was to work closer together to ensure that more members can enjoy the experience that both organizations have to offer.

The 37th Kingswood Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps are pleased to announce their return to the British Youth Bands Association circuit as their main competing activity for 2007. As part of the corps development plans in 2006, they have been planning to return to BYBA for the 2007 season.

DCUK have announced that they will be adopting the DCE Competition manual for 2007. This decision was announced by DCUK after consultation with the management of DCE at the European Conference which took place in Brussels last weekend and clearly shows the Drum Corps United Kingdom's commitment to a unified Drum Corps activity throughout Europe.

History in Europe was made over the weekend as senior officials from the leading marching band and drum corps organizations met in Brussels to set the stage for a more unified working environment going forwards that will provide members of all organizations experiences that they will covet for years to come.

For the 2007 drum corps season, the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps from Rosemont - Illinois will explore the music of one of the world's most celebrated musicians: Billy Joel.

Northern Star Drum & Bugle Corps are pleased to announce the appointment of Colin McNutt as the corps battery arranger for 2007. "It's very exciting to have Colin join the design team here at Northern Star. His past record speaks for itself and it's a privilege to have him on board", says Northern Star's Head of Percussion Nick Emmett.

Drum corps movie clips regularly appear on corps' sites and video services like Youtube and Google Video. In the DCE website's new 'Cinema' section, we will be placing a list of the latest films. We would really appreciate the help of our visitors.

Concord Drum & Bugle Corps have announced details of their 2007 main show programme. The show follows on from the recently successful 'big band swing' productions with a similar style for 2007. The new show production is called 'Diamonds and Divas'.

37th Kingswood have announced their 2007 show which seeks to explore a range of movements in modern art, using modern music to represent the emotions, moods and ideas behind the art and taking visual elements of the paintings themselves onto the field.

At the 33rd BYBA Annual General Meeting, held on 19 th November 2006, the membership unanimously voted in favour of accepting open age units into Competition for the 2007 season, and have introduced a new class called the BYBA Associates Class.

The 2006 BYBA Individuals & Ensembles competition was blessed with not only a 10 year record entry level, but also with an extremely appreciative and enthusiastic audience for all sections.

Saturday 25th November will see 13 members of the Senators percussion section perform at Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London, in front of 82,000 fans at the final Investec Challenge International between England and South Africa.

Northern Star Drum & Bugle Corps, from Leeds, England, have announced a new partnership with Conn-Selmer, Inc. of Elkhart - Indiana. The newly forged partnership will see Northern Star performing exclusively on King Ultimate Marching Brass, the newly-designed Ludwig marching percussion and an all-Musser mallet instrument Front Ensemble.

On April 1st, 2007 InCorps presents the second edition of the Masters of Percussion in Gent - Belgium. A day packed with masterclasses, the European Individuals & Ensembles for Percussion and Europe's biggest Indoor Percussion Event. InCorps has presented Tim Fairbanks as their newest member if the I&E judging team.

Percussion Live is an event giving the public the chance to see exciting and explosive performances from the exceptional world of marching percussion. In addition it will be an opportunity for units to learn and perform with one of the world's top indoor percussion groups, Rhythm X from the USA who will be in the UK as part of their 2007 European Tour.

The first and only drum & bugle corps from Italy, Millennium Drum & Bugle Corps, has released a new website. The new design represents the step that Millennium took from marching band to drum & bugle corps.

Following recent announcement, two strategic meetings are now scheduled to take place involving DCUK Board members which will take place over the coming weeks.

After two extremely successful Think Tank events where Members of Council met with Member Units to look at ways in which to shape the future of BYBA, one of the more sensitive subjects of open age received a thorough airing and was debated at length and with passion by all who attended.

In the DCE Close Up series you will meet the DCE personnel, those people behind the scenes who offer their personal time to run drum corps events. In this episode we'll meet Thierry Plume.

After more than a decade of premiering their programs in the Midwest, The Cavaliers are planning something a little different for their early-season schedule in 2007, intending to debut their 2007 show on Saturday, June 16th as part of the European Drum Corps League - an international group of drum corps - on a perfomance/competition tour starting in Frankfurt - Germany.

Southern Aurora from Brighton have announced that their 2007 production will be taken from The Lord of the Rings. The show is entitled 'A Journey in the Dark'.

The Academy Drum & Bugle Corps has been accepted into Division I competition for 2007. Executive Director Mark Richardson was joined by Marketing/Development consultant, Ed Coyoli at the Executive Committee Meeting in Indianapolis to present the intentions of the organisation.

Drum Corps Netherlands has managed to entice a special guest participant for the new season. On 23rd June, the Caballeros will be coming to DCN's second contest. The American drum & bugle corps from Hawthorne - New Jersey, reached fourth place during the recent DCA Championships.

Drum Corps Europe have appointed Andy Hewlett from Bristol as new project manager. Within the DCE management team, Andy will be in charge of various projects, mainly new ones.

Drum Corps United Kingdom has decided for 2007 to run a season that will consist of three summer spectacular competitive shows at which thee organisation would endeavour to feature the very best that drum corps has to offer to the UK fan base, as well as facilitate and encourage competition and participation of emerging corps.

It is proposed that the drum corps competition in the UK will be catered for in three different competitive divisions. This will allow corps to self select a class that will work best with the corps' financial and structural resources and their own educational philosophy.

New registrations for drumcorpstalk.com, the Drum Corps Europe forums, will be manually checked from now on. DCE hopes this will help to keep 'spammers' out of the forum.

On April 1st, 2007 InCorps will present the second edition of the Masters of Percussion. A day packed with masterclasses, the European Individuals and Ensembles for perucussion and a big percussion contest.

The Senators Drum and Bugle Corps from Eastleigh - Hampshire are pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Pygraphics Inc., the makers of Pyware 3D Java, andMake Music Inc, the makers of Finale 2007.

The Blue Devils have launched a web page dedicated to the celebration of the organisation's 50th anniversary in 2007. The page has a list of anniversary events currently scheduled for the 2007 season, history of the organization, online forums for alumni discussions, and more.

The DCE website offers several services to visitors, webmasters and public relation managers in the drum corps activity. A while ago, the number of services has been increased. Here is an overview of all available services by Drum Corps Europe

In celebration of Drum Corps International's 35th anniversary, DCI wants to show you how it all began. On Tuesday, November 22nd, dci.org will broadcast the first part of 'Brass Roots: The First 25 Years' at 1 AM Greenwich Mean Time on the internet.

Distant Thunders 2007 production is set in the Land of Oz during the years prior to Dorothy's arrival from Kansas. The show explores the idea that the infamous antagonist called the Wicked Witch of the West was misconstrued and victimised and that her alleged wickedness was merely retaliation against a charlatan wizards corrupt government.

After careful consideration of its financial and business position, the leadership of the Magic has decided that the corps will not tour in the 2007 season. "We have some revenue commitments that are, thus far, unfulfilled", said Bruce Ziegler, CEO of Magic Drum & Bugle Corps, Inc. "Sadly, this compromises our ability to participate in the 2007 tour."

Today, the registration period for the DCE European Championships has begun. Corps will be able to register during the whole of November. The participants list will be published mid-December.

Winterguard The Pride from Huizen - The Netherlands will be bringing a triptych (from the Greek tri - 'three' plus ptychē -'fold') to the winter guard floor in 2007 with their three competitive units. The triptych concept is 'Horen, Zien en Zwijgen' which is Dutch for the saying 'see no evil, hear no evil, talk no evil'.

East Coast Jazz director Tom Chopelas has announced that the Malden - Massachusetts based Youth in the Arts organisation will not field the East Coast Jazz in 2007. The announcement comes after experiencing struggling bingo revenue in recent years, the financial driving force behind the corps.

Northern Star Drum & Bugle Corps from Leeds - England are pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Larrivee as their front ensemble arranger for 2007.