Drum Corps United Kingdom

Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox drums corps 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

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Past champions

Below is a list of champions organized by class.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

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Year	Open Class	—	—	—
1980Template:Break Template:Small	Dagenham Crusaders ⁽¹⁾	rowspan="5" Template:Unknown	rowspan="5" Template:Unknown	rowspan="5" Template:Unknown
1981Template:Break Template:Small	Dagenham Crusaders ⁽²⁾
1982Template:Break Template:Small	Dagenham Crusaders ⁽³⁾
1983Template:Break Template:Small	Green Lancers
1984Template:Break Template:Small	Imperial Knights
Year	Open Class	A Class	—	—
1985Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Barons	Concord	rowspan="11" Template:Unknown	rowspan="11" Template:Unknown
1986Template:Break Template:Small	Conquest Alliance ⁽¹⁾Template:Break Template:Small Template:BreakDagenham Crusaders ⁽⁴⁾	Waterlooville
1987Template:Break Template:Small	Conquest Alliance ⁽²⁾Template:Break Template:Small Template:BreakConcord ⁽¹⁾Template:Break Template:Small	Kenilworth Corp D'Elite
1988Template:Break Template:Small	Southern KnightsTemplate:Break Template:Small Template:BreakConcord ⁽²⁾Template:Break Template:Small	British Gypsum
1989Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽¹⁾	Caversham Ambassadors
1990Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽²⁾	Template:Unknown
1991Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽³⁾	New Surrey Raiders
1992Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽⁴⁾	Valiant
1993Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽¹⁾	Black Knights
1994Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽⁵⁾	Saxon Shadows
1995Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽⁶⁾	Free Spirit
Year	Open Class	A Class	Junior Class	Cadet Class
1996Template:Break Template:Small	Blue Eagles ⁽⁷⁾	Cadence	Template:Unknown	Squires
1997Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽²⁾	Poynton Commodores ⁽¹⁾	Avenger	Black Knights
1998Template:Break Template:Small	Sunrisers	6th Hove Scouts	North Star	6th Hove Scouts
1999Template:Break Template:Small	Cadence ⁽³⁾	Guardsmen	The Statesmen	Phoenix Guildford
2000Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽³⁾	The Statesmen	Forgemen	37th Kingswood Cadets ⁽¹⁾
2001Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽⁴⁾	Forgemen	Ibstock Scouts	Concord
2002Template:Break Template:Small	Southern Aurora	Squires	Stafford Lancers	Aurora Cadets
2003Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽⁵⁾	Phoenix Coventry ⁽¹⁾	Concord ⁽¹⁾	Encore
2004Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽⁶⁾	Phoenix Coventry ⁽²⁾	Senators	Black Knights Cadets
2005Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽⁷⁾	Southern Aurora	Staffordshire Knights	37th Kingswood Cadets ⁽²⁾
2006Template:Break Template:Small	Black Knights	Concord ⁽²⁾	Staffordshire Knights ⁽²⁾	37th Kingswood Cadets ⁽³⁾
Year	Intl. Open Class	National Open Class	National Junior Class	—
2007Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽¹⁾	Poynton Commodores ⁽²⁾	Black Knights Cadets	rowspan="2" Template:Unknown
2008Template:Break Template:Small	Senators ⁽⁸⁾	Poynton Commodores ⁽³⁾	Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors ⁽¹⁾
Year	Open Class	A Class	Junior Class	—
2009Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽²⁾	Staffordshire Knights	6th Hove Scouts B	rowspan="15" Template:Unknown
2010Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽³⁾	Cheshire Cadets	Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors ⁽²⁾
2011Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽⁴⁾	Revolution Show Corps ⁽¹⁾	Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors ⁽³⁾
2012Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽⁵⁾	Beeches	Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors ⁽⁴⁾
2013Template:Break Template:Small	The Company ⁽¹⁾	Revolution Show Corps ⁽²⁾	Kidsgrove Scouts Juniors ⁽⁵⁾
2014Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽⁶⁾	Liberty	Thurrock Marching Brass
2015Template:Break Template:Small	The Company ⁽²⁾	The Pacemakers ⁽³⁾	Concord AllStars ⁽²⁾
2016Template:Break Template:Small	The Company ⁽³⁾	rowspan="2" Template:Unknown	Concord AllStars ⁽³⁾
2017Template:Break Template:Small	The Company ⁽⁴⁾	Concord AllStars ⁽⁴⁾
2018Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽⁷⁾	The Pacemakers ⁽⁴⁾	Concord AllStars ⁽⁵⁾
2019Template:Break Template:Small	Kidsgrove Scouts ⁽⁸⁾	The Pacemakers ⁽⁵⁾	Thurrock Marching Brass ⁽²⁾
2020Template:Break Template:Small	colspan="3" rowspan="2" Template:Unknown<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021Template:Break Template:Small
2022Template:Break Template:Small	Beeches ⁽¹⁾	rowspan="2" Template:Unknown	rowspan="2" Template:Unknown
2023Template:Break Template:Small	Beeches ⁽²⁾

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