Drum Corps Europe

Drum Corps Europe is the international organization that regulates the European drum corps activity. Akin to its American counterpart and predecessor Drum Corps International, every year, Drum Corps Europe organizes its European Drum Corps Championships, with corps from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries. The 2015 Championships were held on September 26 in the Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade, Netherlands. The 2015 champions are Kidsgrove Scouts in Premier Class and Johan Friso in Junior Class.[1] The 2016 champions are The Company in Premier Class and Jong Jubal in Junior Class.[2]

The drum corps activity in Europe does not have as large a following or as many competing corps as that in North America, but for the job of organizing competitions across multiple nations, Drum Corps Europe performs its duties effectively. In 2006, they announced that they would closely cooperate with other drum corps organisations in Europe, from the Netherlands, France, Germany and the United kingdom. One of the organization's primary aims was to develop one European judging manual and a unified judges training system. In addition to hosting competitions with European corps, DCE has welcomed the occasional American corps to perform at European competitions, most recently the Blue Devils International Corps in 2015.[3]

Corps

Corps competing in DCE and its affiliated European Music Games League circuits, 2015:[4]

Premier Class

Junior Class

Affiliated European Music Games circuits

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "Drum Corps Europe". Drum Corps Europe. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Drum Corps Europe - Home of the European Music Games". drumcorpseurope.org. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  3. ↑ "Blue Devils International Corps". BD Performing Arts. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Corps". Drum Corps Europe. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "European Music Games". Drum Corps Europe. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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