Drum Corps United Kingdom

"DCUK" redirects here. For the college of the University of York, see Derwent College. For the magazine, see DC-UK.

Drum Corps United Kingdom
Drum Corps United Kingdom Main Logo
LocationUnited Kingdom
Founded1980
Directors
  • Lee Jex
  • Mark Nicholson
  • Jason Oates
Current championsOpen: Beeches
Websitedcuk.org.uk

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.

Category Caption + Caption + Points
Music
Field Music (20) / 2
 +
Ensemble Music (20) / 2
 =
30.00
Field Percussion (20) / 2
Visual
Field Visual (20) / 2
 +
Ensemble Visual (20) / 2
 =
30.00
Color Guard (20) / 2
Effect
Music Effect (20)
 +
Visual Effect (20)
 =
40.00
Subtotal
100.00
Timing & Penalties
- 0.00
Total
100.00

Past champions

Below is a list of champions organized by class.[3]

Year Open Class — — —
1980
(1st) 		Dagenham Crusaders (1)
1981
(2nd) 		Dagenham Crusaders (2)
1982
(3rd) 		Dagenham Crusaders (3)
1983
(4th) 		Green Lancers
1984
(5th) 		Imperial Knights
Year Open Class A Class — —
1985
(6th) 		Blue Barons Concord
1986
(7th) 		Conquest Alliance (1)
(and)
Dagenham Crusaders (4) 		Waterlooville
1987
(8th) 		Conquest Alliance (2)
(DCUK)
Concord (1)
(BDCF) 		Kenilworth Corp D'Elite
1988
(9th) 		Southern Knights
(DCUK)
Concord (2)
(BDCF) 		British Gypsum
1989
(10th) 		Blue Eagles (1) Caversham Ambassadors
1990
(11th) 		Blue Eagles (2) No competition
1991
(12th) 		Blue Eagles (3) New Surrey Raiders
1992
(13th) 		Blue Eagles (4) Valiant
1993
(14th) 		Senators (1) Black Knights
1994
(15th) 		Blue Eagles (5) Saxon Shadows
1995
(16th) 		Blue Eagles (6) Free Spirit
Year Open Class A Class Junior Class Cadet Class
1996
(17th) 		Blue Eagles (7) Cadence No competition Squires
1997
(18th) 		Senators (2) Poynton Commodores (1) Avenger Black Knights
1998
(19th) 		Sunrisers 6th Hove Scouts North Star 6th Hove Scouts
1999
(20th) 		Cadence (3) Guardsmen The Statesmen Phoenix Guildford
2000
(21st) 		Senators (3) The Statesmen Forgemen 37th Kingswood Cadets (1)
2001
(22nd) 		Senators (4) Forgemen Ibstock Scouts Concord
2002
(23rd) 		Southern Aurora Squires Stafford Lancers Aurora Cadets
2003
(24th) 		Senators (5) Phoenix Coventry (1) Concord (1) Encore
2004
(25th) 		Senators (6) Phoenix Coventry (2) Senators Black Knights Cadets
2005
(26th) 		Senators (7) Southern Aurora Staffordshire Knights 37th Kingswood Cadets (2)
2006
(27th) 		Black Knights Concord (2) Staffordshire Knights (2) 37th Kingswood Cadets (3)
Year Intl. Open Class National Open Class National Junior Class —
2007
(28th) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (1) Poynton Commodores (2) Black Knights Cadets
2008
(29th) 		Senators (8) Poynton Commodores (3) Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors (1)
Year Open Class A Class Junior Class —
2009
(30th) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (2) Staffordshire Knights 6th Hove Scouts B
2010
(31st) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (3) Cheshire Cadets Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors (2)
2011
(32nd) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (4) Revolution Show Corps (1) Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors (3)
2012
(33rd) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (5) Beeches Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors (4)
2013
(34th) 		The Company (1) Revolution Show Corps (2) Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors (5)
2014
(35th) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (6) Liberty Thurrock Marching Brass
2015
(36th) 		The Company (2) The Pacemakers (3) Concord AllStars (2)
2016
(37th) 		The Company (3) No competition Concord AllStars (3)
2017
(38th) 		The Company (4) Concord AllStars (4)
2018
(39th) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (7) The Pacemakers (4) Concord AllStars (5)
2019
(40th) 		Kidsgrove Scouts (8) The Pacemakers (5) Thurrock Marching Brass (2)
2020
(—) 		In 2020 and 2021 no events took place due to COVID[4]
2021
(—)
2022
(41st) 		Beeches (1) No competition No competition
2023
(42nd) 		Beeches (2)

See also

References

  1. ^ "DCI And DCUK Reaffirm Strategic Partnership | Drum Corps Planet". www.drumcorpsplanet.com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Guide to the Judging System 2017" (PDF). www.dcuk.org. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Drum Corps United Kingdom". www.dcuk.org.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. ^ "DCUK Cancel 2020 Competitive Season". www.drumcorpsplanet.com. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2022.


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