How can you get exposure in the newspapers? At the European Drum Corps Symposium, this Saturday in London, there will be a clinic session about public relations.
The Federatieband is abandoning the idea of being a drum & bugle corps. The corps is once again positioning itself as a 'corps style marching band', a style in which FB was conducted up until a few years ago. There will be no shows in the near future.
Lots of new members; which corps has not dreamed of that? Ten years ago, Ronald Wassink launched a revolutionary idea for his corps Jubal: Music Kids. After all these years, it is still very successful. At the European Drum Corps Symposium, he will share his idea with others.
The 2010 show of the Italian DCE finalist Millennium Drum & Bugle Corps from Verdello is based on the story of the great emperor Julius Caesar. "Veni, Vidi, Vici."
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Saturday evening, the voting membership of Drum Corps International gathered to pass final judgment on each of the 2010 rules proposals that were forwarded from the earlier instructors caucus session.
Due to family and work commitments Rus Rogers has had to stand down from the position of Corps Director and the position has been filled by Paul Richards.
On January 22-23, instructors and directors of the voting membership of Drum Corps International will meet in Indianapolis to discuss eight new rule proposals as part of the annual DCI winter business meetings. On dci.org, columnist Michael Boo breaks down each of the items that will be considered. Here is an overview of topics that have been published so far.
The 2010 production of the Kidsgrove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps is called 'Heist of the Century'. The show marks the 100th birthday of the current DCUK Champions and DCE runners up.
After successfully mobilizing thousands of fans to cast votes of support using the popular 'Facebook' social networking phenomenon, Carolina Crown, Cavaliers, Colts and Phantom Regiment have each received $25,000 grants in an innovative philanthropic program sponsored by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation. The four groups now qualify for a chance at $1 million.
Nexus is a new drum corps project from Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. Formed as an amalgamation of the county's two drum & bugle corps organisations â?? Equinox and Distant Thunder â?? Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps will be taking to the field in BYBA for the first time in 2010.
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The Winter Guard United Kingdom season will start today. 27 winter guards will perform at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock - Staffordshire for the first time.
Drum Corps Netherlands now accepts registrations for the 2010 season. The dutch drum corps organisations will run two contests plus the DCN Finals in 2010. Corps can enter the Open Class, A-Class, Percussion Class of Cadet Class.
The Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors have announced their new show programma. The 2010 programme for the junior corps is called 'Kidsgrove's Got Talent'.
The Commodores Drum & Bugle Corps have announced their 2010 production 'Communication'. "Communication is a process of transferring information from one entity to another. Watch as the aesthetics of music and dance impart a telling story along the timeline of communication."
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The beta version of the DCE iPhone app, which was available from September 2009 until last week, proved popular. The app, which provides the most recent drum corps news stories, was downloaded 300 times in total. This was confirmed by the developer of the application.
Registrations for the 2010 Drum Corps United Kingdom season are now being accepted. Corps van register through the DCUK website.
"Again another country has discovered drum corps, this time it's Malaysia! Not that Malaysians never heard of DCI corps but a group of enthusiastic people have taken steps to transform the existing marching bands into drum corps." A report by Wil Bijl.
Beatrix Drum & Bugle Corps from Hilversum has bought a new truck. Winning a cash prize made it possible to replace the old truck that has served the club for many years.
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The French indoor percussion unit Music Black Show, that will participate in Indoor Percussion Europe this season, have announced their 2010 programme: 'Studio4'. It will be a new challenge and new experience for the group.
Drum Corps Europe has launched its official DCE iPhone app. The application for the popular Apple phone is now available in the App Store. The app provides the latest news from the DCE site in five languages.
InCorps has announced its newest Expert in the 'Ask an Expert' series. Do you have questions about music, technique, style or something else? InCorps is bringing the best of the best experts from DCI/WGI to you.
Jubal won the DCE European Championships, The Kidsgrove Scouts became DCUK Champions and announced their plans to tour DCA in 2010. The Blue Devils gained the DCI title after an undefeated season. This, and many other headlines, appeared on the DCE news site drumcorps.org.uk. DCE will take you back to the highlights of 2009.
Amplified percussion has now been accepted by DCE and its Certified Partners. After the past 'test year', neither organisation can see any issue with giving the green light.
After considerable discussion among its board of trustees over the course of the past three months, the Capital Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps has announced that it will not be participating in the 2010 Drum Corps International Tour.
While some longtime drum corps fans have expressed concerns about the quality of the listening environment at the 2009 Drum Corps International World Championships within the confines of Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium, recent history has shown the experience to offer a 'sound' education for the stadium authority and others involved with addressing those concerns.
Time Magazine has posted the 'top 10 Drum Corps Performances' on their website. The performance of Spirit of Atlanta 1980 is the leading show in the list, followed by the Madison Scouts 1995.
The 'Gallery' at drumcorpstalk.com will soon be closed. Community members of the forum could keep their own collection of photos on the site, but lately not many people are doing this.
Three members of the two-time WGI World Champion Rhythm X from Columbus, Ohio (US) have performed with Top Secret Drum Corps (Basel - Switzerlande) from 2008. Jared Thomas, Matt Raynor and Ted Leith began their marching careers in the US.
Drum Corps Europe has announced the participants for the 2010 DCE European Championships. Besides the top ten from the last Championships, some new top corps will also enter the European competition.
The American instructors Tony Nunez and Kevin Shah will temporarily join the staff of Unik Star Percussion Ensemble from Hellemmes - France for three weeks this month.
Drum Corps Europe now has 100 followers on Twitter. What's remarkable is the large number of fans outside Europe using this popular service to follow DCE.
Drum Corps Europe has received many applications from corps wishing to participate in the DCE European Championships in 2010. Interest in participating is higher than previous years.
Trinity adopted a fresh approach when recruiting for the 2010 season by leaving it exclusively to their senior members. This resulted in over 40 new members joining the band.
Trinity have announced their 2010 production called 'All or Nothing'. "Complete success or failure with no intermediate result, what would you choose in an all or nothing situation?"
Drum Corps United Kingdom have annopunced that for the 2010 season they will be adding one extra date to their contest schedule. The season will consist of three UK contests and the championships event.
Kadoudal Drum & Bugle Corps has unveiled a French website as well as an English version. The corps was founded one year ago and the board and staff of Kadoudal have great ambitions.
Drum Corps International has acknowledged the acoustic problems at the DCI Championships this summer in the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. After the Championships, fans discussed the sound quality of the stadium. DCI will now look into how the acoustics can be improved.
The new programme of the Dagenham Crusaders will be based around 'Back to the Future'. It will however not be related to the film or its music score. The idea is that the Dagenham Crusaders will be starting the programme from back in the day, bringing it right through to 2010 and to up-to-date drum corps.
FB Drum & Bugle Corps from The Hague has decided not to participate in the 2010 competition. The board has made this decision due to a lack of members.
You can now sign up for the European Drum Corps Symposium which will take place in London on 30th January. The symposium is organised by Drum Corps Europe, in cooperation with Drum Corps United Kingdom and Drum Corps Netherlands.
Online registration for the IPE contests and the IPE European Championships is now officially closed. Indoor Percussion Europe is very proud to present 35 performances at four competition events including 15 units at the IPE European Championships in Crawley.
The 2010 production of The Company Performance Ensemble is entitled 'Expect the Unexpected' and will feature a musical package designed specifically for The Company which will showcase the talent of all the members.
The enrolment period for the DCE European Championships 2010 is almost over. Drum corps can register for the European Championships until Monday.
The Company Performance Ensemble is a brand new marching arts organisation based in Barnsley - South Yorkshire. Its aim is to provide high quality instruction and performance opportunities to all its members. They are excited by the strength of the staff and design being assembled, in addition they have a strong management team who will make sure that goals and aspirations are delivered from day one.
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Having converted their brass line to Dynasty 'B' flat Bugles in December 2007, The Pacemakers have just taken delivery of a complete set of customised marching percussion. This completes the transition of all their marching percussion to Dynasty.