WGUK & IPE partnership in 2010

WinterGuard United Kingdom (WGUK) & Indoor Percussion Europe (IPE) are pleased to announce that for 2010 they will be working in partnership to bring two indoor percussion events to the UK including the IPE European Championships which will be held in Crawley, West Sussex on Sunday 4th April.

For the past two years WGUK has held the UK Indoor Percussion Championships as part of the Winterguard event and this collaboration will allow the percussion units the opportunity to perform together with groups from across Europe as this new and exciting art form begins to take shape in the UK. The other IPE sanctioned event will take place in Burgess Hill on Sunday 14th March as part of the WGUK contest and UK units will also have the opportunity of performing at other WGUK events throughout the winter. 

Mark Gutteridge, WGUK Chairman stated "Working with IPE will increase the profile of this very new activity in the UK and we are pleased to be able to also include the 3rd UK Indoor Percussion Championships as part of the European Champions at the beginning of April"

"IPE is very excited about our partnership with WGUK" says Erwin van Gemert of IPE. "With an increased focus on indoor percussion, we are excited at the potential of this relationship and look forward to many productive years to come. Over the years, WGUK has consistently provide quality events. The collective experience of WGUK and their staff make a terrific extension for IPE to create a full Indoor Percussion circuit throughout Europe. With the help of WGUK we can organise two of the five events in the UK this year. With Indoor Percussion as our centrepiece, IPE is very glad to start this partnership with WGUK".

"Indoor Percussion is an important part of our ongoing winter strategy" commented MPA:UK Chairman, Alan Thompson, "and I am delighted that IPE feel they can commit to holding two events in the UK this coming season and look forward to working with them to provide quality European events."

Keep an eye on both the WGUK and IPE websites for more details as they are released.



7th October 2009