Statement from Muremo on the DCUK website
Muremo, the organiser of the European tour of The Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps, has asked Drum Corps United Kingdom to post a statement on their website regarding the UK event 'East of England Invitational'.
The UK event with The Glassmen will not be a DCUK or BYBA contest. Many people on the DCUK Discussion Group wondered why this decision was made and by who. Jean Paul Ratajczak, President of the Belgian company Muremo, stated: "I made the decision not to do a contest on 2nd July. Reason was that I, as the the only person, was taking the whole financial risk for the event, even it would have been a contest."
In his statement, Jean Paul Ratajczak thanks the chairmen of DCUK and BYBA for their efforts to realise a combined DCUK/BYBA contest. It appeared that Muremo and the British federation didn't have the same view on judges and open age corps.
The East of England Invitational will feature the Glassmen, Black Knights, Northern Star, Distant Thunder, Forgemen, Kidsgrove Scouts, Narpes Youth Band, Senators, Southern Aurora, Stafford Lancers and the Trinity School Show Band.
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