There are a limited supply of the DCUK 2009 British Championships Souvenir programme/yearbook at a reduced price of £1 plus p/p and the DCUK 30th Anniversary Souvenir Patch at a cost of £2.50 plus p/p. These are now available to purchase on line via DCUK's Merchandising Page.

The registration for the 2010 IPE events is open. Indoor percussion units can sign up through an online registration form. They can sign up for four indoor percussion competitions in Belgium, France and Britain, including the IPE European Championships.

Band Camp 2009 are pleased to introduce Kent Lineberry as their guest clinician. Kent serves as the battery caption head for Gateway Indoor Percussion, and has been on staff since 2005. He also served on the percussion staff of the Colts Drum & Bugle Corps from 2000 to 2005, and did a brief stint in 2007.

From today it is possible to pre-order DVDs of the DCE European Championships 2009. All performances have been recorded and will be added to the DVD.

Drum Corps International has published a story on the DCE European Championships. The story includes photos and a clip that was recorded during the Olympic Retreat.

Jubal are the new European champions. The corps won the DCE Open Class, with a difference of nearly one point ahead of the Kidsgrove Scouts. The Senators ended in third place. Click here for the scores.

Jong Jubal have won the Cadet Class Finals and are the 2009 DCE European champions. Jong Jubal scored 2 points more than the competition and won gold with 83.60 points. Jong Beatrix took second place, followed by Johan Friso. Confetti beat Jong Avalance and took fourth place.

The Kidsgrove Scouts have won the DCE Prelims. Jubal came in second place. It promises to be an exciting evening! Photos: Drum Corps Media

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European drum corps will take the field today for the DCE European Championships in Kerkrade - The Netherlands. Twenty of the finest corps representing Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands are set to perform.

Drum Corps Europe will make a live webcast of the DCE European Championships this Saturday in Kerkrade, with audio and video streaming (high camera).

Drum Corps World will be present at the DCE European Championships, tomorrow in Kerkrade - The Netherlands. Publisher Steve Vickers and Drum Corps World photographer Harry Heidelmark will be attending the event.

Indoor Percussion Europe (IPE) will be attending the DCE European Championships in Kerkrade. IPE will bring Tim Fairbank over to Kerkrade where he will demonstrate his new drumsticks.

No tickets yet for the DCE European Championships, this Saturday in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium in Kerkrade - The Netherlands? Hurry, because the presale will close at midnight!

Drum Corps Europe has announced the judging panels for the DCE European Championships 2009, this Saturday in Kerkrade. Thirteen judges from the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and the United States will jusge the performances in the Open Class Prelims, Cadet Class Finals and Open Class Finals.

The Kidsgrove Scouts became British Drum Corps Champions in Mansfield yesterday. The corps won the DCUK Open Class, including all captions, with a difference of nearly two points over the Senators, increasing the lead they had on their nearest rivals from the Eastleigh show two weeks ago.

Indoor Percussion Europe (IPE) has announced the 2010 season kick off in Dadizele - Belgium on Saturday February 13th. No less than four IPE percussion events will take place on this day.

The presale of tickets for the DCE European Championships will close Monday (21st September) at midnight. Drum corps fans who use their credit card or PayPal account can order tickets until Wednesday (23rd September).

The Box Office for the 30th British Drum Corps Championships is now closed for pre-orders. Any orders received in the last 3 days will be available to collect from the Ticket Desk at Mansfield Town FC.

The regional tv and radio station L1 in the province of Limburg - The Netherlands becomes a media partner of Drum Corps Europe. TV and radio commercials of the DCE European Championships will be aired on L1 radio and L1 television.

As from today, it will be virtually impossible for people in Kerkrade and the surrounding area to 'escape' from the DCE European Championships. Huge DCE posters (A0 size) will be displayed on 120 billboards at 60 different locations in the city.

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Drum Corps Europe now has its own Twitter account. Leading up to the DCE European Championships we will be 'twittering' the latest news bits on a regular basis.

After a successful inaugural season in 2009 Pegasus Academy of Performing Arts are pleased to announce that they will be fielding 3 units in the 2010 WGUK circuit where they will compete in Open, A and Cadets classes.

Another block of seats for the DCE Championships in Kerkrade - The Netherlands (26th September) will be sold out shortly. No tickets yet? Order them now in the DCE webshop!

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Alliance Winterguard staff members Jason Hawke, Denni Hawke and Helen Tomlin came to Hellemmes - France last weekend for the first Xpression Performance Ensemble clinics. The Xpression staff hired this team for its new 2010 winter programme.

As of today you can sign up for the DCE SMS Service during the DCE European Championships on 26th September in Kerkrade. As soon as the scores of both the Prelims and Finals are announced, they will be texted to mobile phones via SMS for only 90¢.

The American marching music website marching.com was present at the DCN Finals last weekend and has now published a photo gallery of the event on its website.

For the fifth time in a row the Reading Buccaneers were able to scoop up the Open Class title at the Drum Corps Associates Championships in Rochester New York. For the Buccaneers this was a record score.

As the Sun dawned on Sunday 6th September it looked as if this could be the first DCUK show day in the British Isles this season with a reasonable chance of avoiding any rain. With the Arklow and Warrington shows both falling victim to torrential down pours I set off towards England's South Coast looking forward to good day of drum corps.

It was a busy weekend, and more specifically a busy Sunday, just gone for all the main protaganists in the UK drum corps scene with shows on both the BYBA and DCUK circuit. Northern Star, Kidsgrove and 37th Kingswood becoming the winners on the day.

Jubal are the new Dutch Open Class champions. The corps stripped the reigning champions Beatrix of their throne and claimed almost all captions with only High Auxiliary going to Hilversum. Jong Jubal were also successful and became Cadet Class champions whilst newcomer Con Spirito triumphed in the A-Class.

European Indoor Arts Alliance (EIAA) and Unik Star/Xpression from Hellemmes - France will hold a number of clinics during the Unik Star Open House in october 2009. For this event, Unik Star will have an american educator and percusionnist, Clark Gardner.

The winners of South Africa's most prestigious business-arts awards were announced at an event held in Newtown. A highlight on the night came with the announcement of the Chairman's Premier Award which went to the Field Band Foundation and its sponsors.

Soon it will be possible to follow the latest drum corps news on your iPhone. Drum Corps Europe has developed an 'app' with the news in English, Dutch, German, French and Italian.

Clinicians of the Dutch based company Show & Marching Music will travel to Italy for workshops in October. The clinicians Mark Bogert and Dirkjan van Groningen will run workshops for two Italian bands.

The Dutch top show band Marum has announced that the band will change into a drum & bugle corps in the next few years. Marum has plans to compete in the DCE European Championships in 2010.

The DCE website will soon be extended to include a news page in the Italian language. By adding an Italian page, DCE will now be supporting five languages for its news, namely English, Dutch, German, French and Italian.

Due to personal reasons Paul will be retiring from DCE judging at the conclusion of the 2009 season. In a statement to the BYBA Communications Chair, after making his plans known to the DCE Education Team, Paul explained the extremely busy calendar this year has made it difficult to dedicate more time to his Family, and that for the 2010 season he will reduce the amount of commitment that he makes as a result. This has been a difficult decision for him to make.

As the corps jockey for positions entering the DCA 2009 Championships in Rochester September 4th, 5th and 6th, DCA closes one of its strongest regular seasons ever this Saturday, August 29th, with shows in Reading, PA and Bridgeport, CT.

Drum Corps United Kingdom are pleased to advise that the Gold Seating section for the 30th British Drum Corps Championships at Mansfield Town FC is now sold out.

A federal court has accepted the Nashua Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps' bankruptcy plan to pay debts and reorganize. The corps has not performed this year, as the organisation owed more than $200,000 to creditors â?? an amount that did not include a lapsed $849,000 mortgage on the outfit's longtime home.

Concord from Sheffield will be celebrating their 25th anniversary of the formation of Concord Drum & Bugle Corps on 17th October 2009. Tickets are available through the website.

Xpression, the winter guard section of the french unit Unik Star, has announced the new winter show. After several years performing under the name Xpression, the winter guard group will continue as Xpression Performance Ensemble.

The Dagenham Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps Alumni have officially announced that they will travel to Kerkrade on the 26th September to perform in exhibition at the Drum Corps European Championships.

It has been more than four months to the date that 700 Indoor Percussion fans were able to enjoy top percussion on Sunday April 5th during the second edition of the IPE European Championships in Roeselare - Belgium. IPE now starts shipping the DVDs of that event.

Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps from Rockford - Illinois has launched an iPhone app. The cost is $1.99, and 50% of the proceeds go directly to the organisation.