BANDS ORGANISATION.
PROPOSAL FOR WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON", Tues<lay. The president of the New Zealand Bands' Association, Mr. H. D. Bennett, has _ launched important proposals involving the amalgamation in one organisation of all the bands in Wellington City. For some time paet Mr. Bennett has been convinced that brass band talent in Wellington has been dissipated by the existence of so many units, each seeking to secure the best players, and so preventing the possibility of the formation of one really first-claes brass band. His scheme for Wellington proposes the assembling of all band talent under one organisation, and the formation of a first-class civic band and a number of graded bande. Mr. Bennett believes if this could be brought about it would make possible the engagement of a first-class conductor from overseas, who would not only conduct the civic band, but would train the grade bands, and would also' be responsible for annual classification. He also proposes that the senior, or civic, band should not be eligible for contests.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 15
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171BANDS ORGANISATION. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 15
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