2007 will see progress towards standard manual
The European drum corps organisations are currently working towards using the same judging manual from 2007/08. In addition, a working party will be set up to investigate the possibilities to create uniformity in the rules and regulations of all competitions, and to create a European Committee of Judges.
It is hoped the current DCE manual will eventually be adopted as the standard manual. The objective is uniformity in assessment and training of marching units and judges across Europe. The judging manual will start to be adopted when appropriately accepted by their members by BYBA (Division I and Associate Class), DCUK (all classes), DCN (all classes), DCG (all classes) and DCF.
Judges will be invited to clinics to learn and discuss the ins and outs of the European manual. The system will work with eight judges (plus Timing & Penalties) including Effect, Ensemble, and Field captions.
A working party will be set up to unify the rules and regulations for competitions, and to create a European judges committee from 2008. The group will present the ideas for these objectives before the summer of 2007.
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