D’Addario are the Knights Academy’s supplier of percussion consumables. Providing Evans drum heads and Promark sticks for marching snare, tenors, bass drums and all heads required for the front ensemble. Please visit their website
The Knights Academy are proud to be owners of Dynasty Marching Brass and Percussion. Dynasty are US based but now have a number of European Agents able to help expedite orders. Please visit their website
Bergerault provide high quality tuned percussion equipment with excellent field frames which are perfect for what The Knights require when we are out on the the road. Please visit their website
Drum Corps United Kingdom, part of Marching & Performing Arts UK, is a charitable youth organisation which seeks to promote and support its member Drum and Bugle Corps within the United Kingdom.
The basic concept is that of playing an entertaining musical programme of their own choice and performing a field show of precision marching, dance and other choreographed movement.
Established in 1980, DCUK currently has a membership of Drum Corps spread geographically right across the country.Please visit their website
BYBA Formed in 1974 by David Loader, Johnny Johnson and Glen Carter, the British Youth Band Association (BYBA) has provided guidance and support for its members. The Association set up rules to standardise the running of contests, judging and scoring along with the introduction of national divisions or classes.
The aims of the Association are:
• to provide a focus for the activities of the British youth band movement,
• to promote the growth, prestige and calibre of marching bands,
• to provide an information service,
• to create a forum for members’ viewpoints, and
• to encourage friendly co-operation among those engaged in youth band activities.
• to provide opportunities for young peoples’ personal development through performance within the marching arts
Drum Corps Europe is run entirely by volunteers. The management, the employees and the jury members share a great passion for drum corps, and work hard in order to promote and improve drum corps in Europe.
Everyone who provides their services within Drum Corps Europe has their own area of expertise and uses his or her knowledge and skills to help increase drum corps activity in Europe.
Drum Corps Europe was set up in 2000 with the aim of putting drum & bugle corps, which at the time barely existed anymore in many places in Europe, back on the map and help it flourish. This was successful. By looking over our own borders, the activity in various countries has blossomed once again and a flourishing European competition has come into existence.
The aim of DCE is to ensure that as many people as possible enjoy drum & bugle corps as much as possible. This means working practically with as few rules as possible, clear communication and trying to get as many people as possible enthusiastic about this fantastic activity. Please visit their website
Drum Corps Media have been providing high quality photography for the activity since 2005, capturing fantastic images of the bands in competition that are great for gifts, memories and promotional material. Please visit their website
DCP Partners, LLC is a privately-held web design and internet services company that is passionate about providing an independant news, information, and community-based forum for the Drum and Bugle Corps activity, as well as similar art-forms. They are the owner of and hosts for the world’s largest on-line community forums for the activities they support – including:
www.drumcorpsplanet.com
www.colorguardplanet.com
www.percussionplanet.org
www.marchingbandplanet.com
With 500,000 unique visits on an average monthly basis, they serve in-excess of 2 million average ‘page loads’ of information from their dedicated servers per month. Please visit their website
