Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) is a governing organization for drum and bugle corps in the United Kingdom. DCUK operates the British drum corps circuit which holds drum and bugle corps competitions for corps across the country. It is part of the national charity Marching & Performing Arts UK.
DCUK is a strategic partner of Drum Corps International and through this partnership offers DrumLine Battle and SoundSport in the UK.
About Competitive Corps participate in competitions between the months of June to September, traditionally the British Drum Corps Championships takes place on the weekend before last in September. Competitions occur at sports arenas (i.e. athletic tracks, football or rugby grounds) and are judged by a panel of approved and training volunteer Judges on general effect, visual performance, and musical performance. Every year, each drum corps prepares a single new show, approximately 8–15 minutes in length, and carefully refines this throughout the entire summer year. This focus on a singular show takes advantage of the large amount of time needed to honing and refining a modern drum corps program, with a momentum that continues to build up to the last performance of the season, the Drum Corps United Kingdom Championships. DCUK finals has been held at the Select Security Stadium since 2013.
Adjudication DCUK utilizes the adjudication manual published by Drum Corps Europe which is based on three broad categories: Music, Visual and Effect. Each of the categories are further subdivided into reference criteria, or captions. All sanctioned competitions require nine adjudicators, including an adjudicator responsible for Timing & Penalties. CategoryCaption+Caption+PointsMusic +=Visual +=Effect +=
Past champions Below is a list of champions organized by class.YearOpen Class———1980Dagenham Crusaders rowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 1981Dagenham Crusaders 1982Dagenham Crusaders 1983Green Lancers1984Imperial KnightsYearOpen ClassA Class——1985Blue BaronsConcord rowspan="11" rowspan="11" 1986Conquest Alliance Dagenham Crusaders Waterlooville1987Conquest Alliance Concord Kenilworth Corp D'Elite1988Southern KnightsConcord British Gypsum1989Blue Eagles Caversham Ambassadors1990Blue Eagles 1991Blue Eagles New Surrey Raiders1992Blue Eagles Valiant1993Senators Black Knights1994Blue Eagles Saxon Shadows1995Blue Eagles Free SpiritYearOpen ClassA ClassJunior ClassCadet Class1996Blue Eagles CadenceSquires1997Senators Poynton Commodores AvengerBlack Knights1998Sunrisers6th Hove ScoutsNorth Star6th Hove Scouts1999Cadence GuardsmenThe StatesmenPhoenix Guildford2000Senators The StatesmenForgemen37th Kingswood Cadets 2001Senators ForgemenIbstock ScoutsConcord2002Southern AuroraSquiresStafford LancersAurora Cadets2003Senators Phoenix Coventry Concord Encore2004Senators Phoenix Coventry SenatorsBlack Knights Cadets2005Senators Southern AuroraStaffordshire Knights37th Kingswood Cadets 2006Black KnightsConcord Staffordshire Knights 37th Kingswood Cadets YearIntl. Open ClassNational Open ClassNational Junior Class—2007Kidsgrove Scouts Poynton Commodores Black Knights Cadets rowspan="2" 2008Senators Poynton Commodores Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors YearOpen ClassA ClassJunior Class—2009Kidsgrove Scouts Staffordshire Knights6th Hove Scouts B rowspan="15" 2010Kidsgrove Scouts Cheshire CadetsKidsgrove Scouts Juniors 2011Kidsgrove Scouts Revolution Show Corps Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors 2012Kidsgrove Scouts BeechesKidsgrove Scouts Juniors 2013The Company Revolution Show Corps Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors 2014Kidsgrove Scouts LibertyThurrock Marching Brass2015The Company The Pacemakers Concord AllStars 2016The Company rowspan="2" Concord AllStars 2017The Company Concord AllStars 2018Kidsgrove Scouts The Pacemakers Concord AllStars 2019Kidsgrove Scouts The Pacemakers Thurrock Marching Brass 2020 colspan="3" rowspan="2" 20212022Beeches rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 2023Beeches
See also Drum Corps International Drum Corps Europe
References
External links
Drum Corps United Kingdom at DrumCorpsWiki