DCI execs will attend first European SoundSport events

Publish Date: 22 Jan 2015 - 3389 views

Representatives from DCI will travel to Europe this March to attend the SoundSport Athlone Ireland and SoundSport Bristol England competitive events. DCI CEO and Executive Director Dan Acheson, accompanied by Director of Business Development John DeNovi and other staff, will travel to Ireland and England.

Representatives from Drum Corps International will travel to Europe this March to attend the SoundSport Athlone Ireland and SoundSport Bristol England competitive events. DCI CEO and Executive Director Dan Acheson, accompanied by Director of Business Development John DeNovi and other staff, will travel to Ireland and England to support the growth of the SoundSport programme internationally.

SoundSport Athlone Ireland, presented by Sean’s (Ireland’s oldest pub) and the Left Bank, will be the Emerald Isle’s first officially-sanctioned SoundSport event, taking place on Friday 20th March. This instrumental music talent showcase will feature performances by a variety of music ensembles from all over Ireland, including the hometown Ravens Drum & Bugle Corps. The event will take place against the spectacular backdrop of Athlone’s historic castle along the banks of the River Shannon.

“We’re looking forward to an exciting night of entertainment,” said Colm Bolger, the organiser of SoundSport Athlone Ireland. “This event will kick off a series of SoundSport events in Ireland which will bring a wide variety of Irish performing arts groups together in a way that’s never been done before. We’re very excited to be part of the growth SoundSport is experiencing worldwide.”

SoundSport Bristol England will take place in the evening of Saturday 21st March, at the Sports Hall of SGS College in Filton, Bristol. The event will start at 7.30 pm GMT and will feature a growing number of performing ensembles to be announced in the coming week.

“We have received a lot of interest from groups wishing to take part in this ground breaking event,” said Andy Hewlett, the organiser of SoundSport Bristol England. “Ensembles which haven’t performed in the United Kingdom in over 20 years have contacted us to participate and this is as exciting for us as it will be for them. Registration for the event closes on Sunday so we should be able to announce the full list of participating groups next week. I would like to thank DCI for their support in this new venture and I look forward to welcoming their staff to Bristol.”

“We are thrilled to be able to attend these exciting events”, said DCI’s Dan Acheson, who last visited Europe in 2010. “SoundSport was created to provide new, exciting performance opportunities in interesting locations around the world to musicians of all ages and backgrounds. We are very pleased to see the international marching arts community embracing this programme with such great passion and enthusiasm.”

DCI's new SoundSport program showcases performance ensembles of 5 or more members of any age and with any instrumentation in unique live and online performance opportunities. For more information (and registration) on SoundSport Bristol, please visit www.drumcorpseurope.org/soundsport.