A Class returns to DCUK competition
DCUK will restore the A Class in 2012. At the Membership Meeting, the DCUK Board were asked to consider a revised structure to allow corps who are not currently able to compete at the 'top end' of the activity a pathway to enable their units to 'feel' this challenging and flourishing environment.
Following the recent Membership Meeting the Board of Drum Corps United Kingdom has been giving serious consideration regarding how to structure the competitive element of the organisation for the 2012 season and beyond.
In recent years the DCUK Board has been clear in its role regarding managing DCUK with the minimum of rules and regulations thus creating a much more friendly approach to the UK's drum corps competitive arena, whilst maintaining a fair and equitable competitive environment where corps can both be challenged and flourish.
The DCUK Board has therefore announced the following three tier class structure: Open Class, A Class and Junior Class. The following guidelines should allow corps to 'self-select' the relevant competitive class for the 2012 season.
The A Class is ideal for those corps who are looking for a competitive environment which is not pitched at the very top of the activity. This class will be judged to a different tolerance to Open Class, so no direct score comparison can be made between Corps in the Open and A Class, but will still be open age.
The A Class Championships will be decided upon by a 'straight run', whioch means that there will only be a Finals event and no Prelims. Registration for DCUK 2012 will open at 10am on Wednesday 1st December and will be an online only process accessed via the DCUK website. Full details will be released soon.
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