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Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps 
Location Bedfordshire Division Associate Class (BYBA)
Open Class (DCUK)Founded 2010 Director John Dimmick
Andy ReesChampionship Titles BYBA 2010 Division 3 Finals Champions
BYBA 2010 Division 3 National ChampionsUniform See "Uniform" Section 
Nexus at Spotlight on Youth, Nottingham, 2010
(Repeat Performance)Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps are a Marching Drum and Bugle Corps from Bedfordshire, England.[1]
Nexus was formed in 2010 after a merger agreement between the former members of Distant Thunder Show Corps and Equinox Drum and Bugle Corps, (both of Bedfordshire).[2]
Nexus have their rehearsal base at Sandye Place Middle School, Sandy, Bedfordshire.[3]
For their inaugural season Nexus competed in the British Youth Band Association (BYBA) circuit. In 2011 Nexus are also joining the Drum Corps United Kingdom (DCUK) circuit, where they will be competing at a number of shows.
Nexus competed in Division Three for their first BYBA season and since were promoted to Division Two for 2011 after becoming Division Three Finals and National Champions. However, in 2011, Nexus have decided to move to Associate Class in BYBA and Open Class in DCUK.[4]
Contents
Shows
- 2011 - "Dare To Dream?"[5][6] (Show Launch Video)
- 2010 - "How The West Was Won"
Uniform
Footwear: Black Shoes and Socks
Trousers: Black Trousers
Headwear: White "Cowboy" hat with a Black Plume and Black Banding.
Jacket: Blue and purple interlocking triangles, divided by a 90-degree black stripe. A diamond-shaped badge is placed at the pinnacle of the stripe, the design of which varies year by year. The badges, as used on the Jackets, have been as follows:
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- 2010: "Sheriff" Badge with Interlocking X from main logo. Linked into "Wild West" Theme.
Indoor Percussion Unit
Nexus have, for the 2011 Winter Season, started an Indoor Percussion Unit,[7] of which the Ensemble Director is Claire Tayeg.
Their 2011 show, entitled "Pirates AND The Caribbean", was performed at the Winter Guard United Kingdom (WGUK) and Indoor Percussion Europe (IPE) contests in the UK, where they scored third place both at the IPE/WGUK contest in Burgess Hill and the WGUK finals in Sheffield.[8]
Ouse Valley Sounds
Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps, in conjunction with BYBA, host the annual Ouse Valley Sounds Youth Marching Band Championships.[9]
Ouse Valley Sounds, (OVS), is usually held at Bedford International Athletic Stadium. However, due to the unavailability of the venue in September 2010, OVS was moved to Biggleswade Town Football Club.
The Bedfordshire Reunion Brass Band play at Ouse Valley Sounds at breaks in the contest, such as before "Retreat".[10]
Partnership with Encore
Logo of the Encore Junior CorpsNexus formed a partnership with Encore Drum & Bugle Corps of Sandy, a junior band that has not been competing since 2003, in November 2010.[11]
Encore had, historically, been the 1st Sandy Scout and Guide Band, and latterly independently as Encore, whereby the took 3rd place at two DCUK contests in their last two competitive seasons (2002 and 2003).[12] Encore subsequently disbanded in 2003.
Membership of Encore is open to anyone aged 6 and over, although it is aimed towards younger musical members, as it is a Junior Corps.
Encore's Corps Director is Barry Barker.[13]
See also
- British Youth Band Association
- Drum Corps United Kingdom
External links
- Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps Homepage
- Nexus Drum & Bugle Corps at DrumCorpsWiki.com
- Nexus Official Twitter Page
- Nexus Official Facebook Page
References
- ^ http://nexus-dbc.org.uk/
- ^ http://drumcorpseurope.org/news/publish/english/Distant_Thunder_and_Equinox_join_forces_Nexus.shtml
- ^ http://byba.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279:nexus-in-2011&catid=35:latest-news&Itemid=18
- ^ http://nexus-dbc.org.uk/about
- ^ http://nexus-dbc.org.uk/2011
- ^ http://byba.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279:nexus-in-2011&catid=35:latest-news&Itemid=18
- ^ http://www.dcuk.org.uk/news/news_10080.html
- ^ http://wguk.org.uk/wgcontests/contest11_ipsummary.html
- ^ http://nexus-dbc.org.uk/ovs
- ^ http://www.biggleswaderugby.co.uk/BiggleswadeBulletin%20October%202010.pdf
- ^ http://drumcorpseurope.org/news/publish/english/Drumcorps_org_uk_Year_in_review_2010.shtml
- ^ http://byba.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=280:nexus-a-encore-&catid=35:latest-news&Itemid=18
- ^ http://nexus-dbc.org.uk/junior-corps
Categories:- Bedfordshire
- British marching bands
- Drum and bugle corps
- Youth organisations based in the United Kingdom
- Musical groups established in 2010
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