Information on DCUK judges and strategic partners
During the DCUK Corps Directors College, DCUK Judges Coordinator Jason Oates reported that a high level of interest had been shown by nearly 20 judges and potential judges in attending forthcoming judges training. As an aside Jason also took the opportunity to meet and discuss further areas of cooperation with Tony Mackenzie-Jones, who was in attendance at the College representing the DCE judges Committee.
Douglas Caldwell, the well respected activity Judge, later remarked "I travelled to the meeting fearing that we would not have a circuit in 2007. I have gone away from the meeting feeling good and that there is still passion for our activity. The suggested formats and venues are different and will hopefully make each event more enjoyable. I look forward to judging again this summer."
The College was also attended by Andy Hewlett (DCE project manager). He gave all in attendance an overview of the Ethos strategies being adopted by Drum Corps Europe and fielded a number of questions surrounding participation of DCUK members in DCE sanctioned events along with offering comfort to the DCUK membership with regards to the Strategic partnership DCUK and DCE are benefiting from.
Andy went on to later commend DCUK in its efforts to date by stating: "Saturday's meeting was a great success. We saw what was in essence the rebirth of DCUK, and it marked another important milestone along the road towards European integration. Now that DCUK have adopted the DCE Judging System we have uniformity across the continent. DCE wishes DCUK the all very best for the future. We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible to our training weekend in April and working together in 2007 and beyond."
In addition an announcement was made that planning is in the early stages for a collaborative event involving DCUK, the British Youth Band Association (BYBA) and DCE in the summer of 2008.
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