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6th Hove Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps is an organisation established in creative excellence.  For those unfamiliar with Drum Corps, let us elaborate: 
picture a traditional marching band.  Think of them marching majestically across the field, playing classic tunes with a solid bass drum beat for rhythm.  Now picture, if you will, a concert orchestra lead by a legendary conductor.  Playing from their very souls with so much heart it simply could not be contained.  Lastly, picture a masterful dance troupe.  So alive with vivacity and verve that the audience stands captivated, meditating on every subtle gesture.  If you can picture all three then you're close to understanding Drum Corps.

 

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What Is It

It's an art-form and a sport.  A combination of many aspects of the performing arts.  Our origins are with the traditional marching bands, our heart is with the dance troupe and our soul is with the orchestra.  It's marching band with a little added rock 'n' roll spirit.  But if that's too abstract, picture a group of young dancers and musicians on a football field performing a musical program while marching (sometimes running) a kaleidoscopic visual show.  It has to be seen to be believed.
 
Our inspiration is in transformation.  We take the old and make it new; make it relevant and 'cool'.  And we take the new; give it some grit and meaning.  Then we take our collective vision and perform it all over Europe, in competition with other bands of our kind and at other events to both public and paid audiences.

 

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