GOT Motion, MDC and Unik Star Concert are IPE champions

Publish Date: 08 Apr 2014 - 4502 views

This year’s European indoor percussion titles go to Sweden, Austria and France. GOT Motion won the title at the IPE European Championships 2014 in Wevelgem on Sunday. Newcomers MDC Drumline Unik Star Concert won the A Class and Concert Class respectively.

Eleven indoor percussion units from eight countries competed with each other in the sports hall De Vlaschaard in Wevelgem - Belgium on Sunday. GOT Motion took the title in the Open Class. Their performance was rewarded with a score of 79.83 from the IPE/DCE judges. That was 1.33 points above their great rivals Unik Star from Hellemes. The Italian yMe Indoor Percussion came third with 70.83 points.

MDC Drumline from Austria won the A Class (78.00), participating in the competition of Indoor Percussion Europe for the first time. The Dutch Harpe Davids took second place and scored 75.50 points. Mór Blue from Ireland, which was in fourth place in the Prelims and had some problems with the sound system, came back strong in the Finals and took third place (66.00). The British Liberty Drum Corps finished fourth with 63.83 points.

Unik Star Concert made �??�??their debut at the IPE European Championships. The concert ensemble was able to bring in the Concert Class title on their first participation, with a strong lead over the competition (77.50). Evolution, from the same country, came second (64.75), followed by Beverly Percussion Ensemble from Belgium (59.50) and New Spirit from France (49.00)

300 indoor percussion fans witnessed this seventh edition of the IPE European Championships. All performances of the day will soon be available on the DCE Video Vault.