The Blue Devils International Corps will travel to the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Switzerland this summer. The tour will be from 24th June until 26th July.

The website of Drum Corps Europe has been off the air for more than a day. This was caused by an unexpected (and persistent) problem that occurred whilst moving to another server.

Groups participating in or coming to watch the IPE Championships in Wevelgem can earn money by selling tickets for the event themselves. IPE will reimburse part of the sale price per ticket.

This year's IPE European Championships will be the biggest indoor percussion event ever held in Europe. No less than sixteen indoor percussion units from six different countries throughout Europe will compete at the event on Sunday 29th March in Wevelgem.

Drum Corps International’s growing SoundSport programme will offer an expanded competitive schedule in 2015, with events taking place across the United States and internationally beginning this spring in Europe.

Tickets for the DCI SoundSport Bristol show on 21st March 21 are now on sale through the DCUK website. A late entry of the 37th Kingswood Percussion battery has resulted in a total of 10 groups.

A new drumline has been launched in Sheffield: A-Plus. It is Europe's first special needs percussion ensemble, a partnership between Autism Plus and Concord Youth Music.

14 contests are scheduled this summer as part of the European Music Games. The contests will take place in four countries and across six music organisations.

After four contests, the Southern Knights are in the lead in the Open Class of Winter Guard United Kingdom. However, the differences in scores are very small in this class.

For 2015, BYBA’s Associate Class scope is changing to allow Associate Bands to either be judged off the Premier or Championship sheets.

Last week DCE judge Twan Trienekens visited the horn line of Junior Drum corps Johan Friso from Middelburg. The judge explained to the children how the judging process goes during contests.

DCE and DCUK have announced the line up for the DCI SoundSport Bristol show. The show will take place on Saturday 21st March 2015 at the Wise Campus in Filton, Bristol.

The judging team of Color Guard Netherlands has switched to a fully digital way of publishing scores and comments. The organisation is using the software 'Competition Suite' for this.

Episode 2 of 'DCE Education Spot', a series of education videos by Drum Corps Europe, is now online. DCE judge Edwin Beens talks about the use of space on the field.

In a growing resurgence of startup drum corps, five new organisations have applied to join the 2015 Drum Corps International tour as Open Class units.

In 2015 Cadence Drum & Bugle Corps will perform a show entitled 'Cast Away', taking inspiration from the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film starring Tom Hanks. After a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean ends on a deserted island, experience a range of emotions as the fight to survive and escape results in lives changing forever.

Winter Guard International has taken its Fan Network with complete video archive offline until further notice. This can be read on the front page of the WGI Fan Network.

Germany has gained a new drum corps: The Crescenters Drum & Bugle Corps from Weyhausen. The new corps hopes to start participating in drum corps contests from 2016 onwards.

There are only a few days left to register to be part of the SoundSport Bristol event taking place on Saturday 21st March. Several units have committed to take part in this ground breaking event on UK soil. Registration ends this Sunday.

Representatives from DCI will travel to Europe this March to attend the SoundSport Athlone Ireland and SoundSport Bristol England competitive events. DCI CEO and Executive Director Dan Acheson, accompanied by Director of Business Development John DeNovi and other staff, will travel to Ireland and England.

The Inbhear Mór Performance Ensemble from Arklow - Ireland will perform at the SoundSport show in the United Kingdom. The event is held in Bristol on Saturday 21st March.

On the day of the IPE European Championships, Indoor Percussion Europe will reserve time for brave soloists and small ensembles to present themselves to the judges and audience. Registration is now open.

Board members of the organisations collaborating within the European Music Games met on Saturday in the Belgian town of Zwevegem. A large number of topics were discussed, including the strategy for the coming years.

Indoor Percussion Europe has announced a new location for the IPE Championships. A contract has been signed with event hall De Schelp in Wevelgem - Belgium.

The Tin Soldiers from Sheffield have announced its attendance at the DCI Soundsport event in Bristol on Saturday 21st March. With the Tin Soldiers, three groups have already registered for the event on 21st March.

Today, the Knights Academy of Music and Performing Arts will launch The knights Percussion Ensemble. Also a partnership with the company Field and Floor FX has been announced.

The Kidsgrove Scouts will use the new venture from DCI, SoundSport, to increase performance and design opportunities for members. The corps will feature an ensemble at the SoundSport Bristol event on Saturday 21st March.

The DCI Championships must be broadcast on television again. This opinion has been expressed by more than 45,000 drum corps fans who signed a petition for this.

The Heartliner from Ludwigshafen - Germany are mobile again as of this month. The corps will soon have a new truck for their instruments.

Talk show host Jim Rome sent a tweet on New Year's Day in which he called marching band members 'dorks'. The tweet was heavily criticised, and Rome apologised for 'being out of line'.

On the last day of the year, the editorial team of the DCE website has created a list of the most popular news items of 2014. What news item were the most popular in 2014? The News Top 50 of 2014 is a great way to look back at 2014 and reminiscence about the most memorable things that have happened over the past year.

The Heartliner may be taking a year off from the drum corps contest fields, that does not mean that the corps from Ludwigshafen - Germany is out of action. In 2015, a new percussion group called Heartliner Percussion Ludwigshafen is operating within the association.

SoundSport, a rapidly growing series of worldwide competitive and exhibition music ensemble performance opportunities produced by Drum Corps International has announced SoundSport Athlone Ireland. The instrumental music talent showcase will feature performances by a variety of music ensembles from all over Ireland.

Several DCE judges are now in Indonesia where they judge the Grand Prix Marching Band. 27 bands enter this big event in Jakarta.

Synthesizers, voice amplification, samples. Drum corps fans keep discussing the decision of Drum Corps Associates to allow these things from next year.

Six weeks after the explosion at the company BASF in Ludwigshafen, where the corps home of the Heartliner was severely damaged, the corps can start to move forward again. BASF has offered the Heartliner a temporary premises.

Mayflower will return to compete at the 2016 WGI World Championships in Dayton Ohio, in the Independent World Class. Mayflower will once again be a truly international guard with members from the UK, Europe and USA. American members will be expected to move to the UK by January 2016.

Cadence Drum & Bugle Corps has announced that they will be joining the Tama family for the 2015 season. The 2015 drum line will be performing on brand new marching snares, basses and tenors as part of their 'Castaway' production, and their journey to the Drum Corps Europe Championships in Kerkrade.

Following the announcement of the DCI SoundSport, Bristol, England on 21st March 2015, registration for the event is now open via the Drum Corps Europe website.

After five years, Kadoudal will not be fielding a corps in the European competition next year. But the French corps promises to come back in 2016.

A Christmas present that is just a bit more personal and original: a DVD of the DCE European Championships 2014. Order now and receive the DVD before Christmas!

The DCE European Championships can count on an impressive list of participants next year. Alongside familiar names, Drum Corps Europe will also welcome a number of new participants in 2015.

Besana Secutores Drum & Bugle Corps and Mosson Drum & Bugle Corps have announced that they launch a unique Italian project. The Italian corps will do a joint drill show, under the name 'Mosson Secutores'.

Nicola Esposito has joined the DCE web team and is the new official translater for the Italian DCE website. He started doing translations in September.

The very first European SoundSport competition will take place in Bristol - England on Saturday, 21st March. SoundSport, the rapidly growing series of worldwide competitive and exhibition music ensemble performance opportunities, is produced by Drum Corps International.