BAND CONTEST AT RANGIORA.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20383, 2 November 1931, Page 15

BAND CONTEST AT RANGIORA.

c shade competition. jnibbesting programme. .. „ eeo nd annual competitiun pro- * hv the Canterbury Provincial * Hands' Association for B and C 3t f a bands was beld at Eangiora on dav in perfect weather. Added jn- ♦ was given to the contest by the ra nce of the Highland Pipe Bands. "The programme included a grand milidisolay and a quickstep marching C ' JtJ .tilou ill Dudley Park in the after- / "n which there were eleven cornin the B grade, ftl the C grade, and four pipe m \ a test musical selection in Hall in the evening. To i. the competition more interesting !? spectators, the supervisor (Mr EL fOf S) alternated the .brass and pipe "tS the contest in the Park, and Sfag*il in the Town Hall in the eT f ng mhlu)S at the Brill Hall at 1 Mwk the bands marched" to Dudley S rilying lively marches on the The arrangements made by the 3committee, consisting of the f'.r /Mr W. A. Bowse), as chairman ■fr!> Shankland, as secretary, and g. Sturgess, W. Johnson, W. f!! j, Taylor, H. L. Eeed, G. Harw H T. Oaks, K. J. Logan, D. Peters, ■d Valiance, and W. Harman, were perLin every respect, and the whole gramme was carried ont very Loothly and expeditiously. The Canterbury Provincial Bands' Association was represented by its officials, if, T Noble (president) and Mr E. B. oft™. Mr J. p. Lome (Wellington), secretary of the vL Zealand Brass Bands' Association, was also present. Officers from the DeI fence Department (Captain Brooke and Staff Sergeant-Major3 A. Mathieson G. ' £b, and O.K. Patrick) judged the E military portion of the quickstep, and the musical judges were: Brass bands, Mr A Schnack, pipe bands, Mr G. tos. 'Staff-Sergeant-Major Mathieson ™ inspector of Mr H Sweeney supervisor, Mr C. W. Tyler marshal, and Messrs J. Foster, J. fisher, and W. Johnson timekeepers. ; la the quickstep Eangiora (0 grade) nut up a very fine performance scoring Ike highest points on the ground for jjjffl, 1784 points. At the close of the Quickstep competition, and while the officials were adding up the points, the massed bands played the march "Colonel Bogey." Ia the evening the Town Hall was faeked, .and a great many could not gain admission, "when the various bands competed in the selection, each tad selecting its own piece. | During an interval the Mayor, who is f 'tht president of the Eangiora Band t ad patron of the -bands contest, ! tisnked the Association for giving Bugiora the opportunity to run _ tho contest. He presented to the president I of the Canterbury Bands' Association I (Mr J. Noble) a shield, subscribed for I" bT the citizens of Eangiora in honour I?'oi the Eangiora Band having won the K C grade competition last year. The r shield will be for annual competition I for C grade hands. The gift was acknowF. lsJged by Mr Noble. | it the conclusion of the competition tie results were announced by Mr Sidaask,-who congratulated the bands tm &i Mgh standard of the perform-MMSj-stitk were equal to any he had beard in fierf-ZealancL In tie O grade competition, in the poinb tor the shield, Eangiora and Temala tied;>wtih 148 points each. Tenuis stand one point on Eangiora in tie; quickstep music, and Eangiora scored one point on Temuka on the anneal selection. AgoIS medal was presented t'o DrumMajor H. T. J. Osbourne, of the Ashtafoa Band, winners of the B grade competition,A silver-mounted baton was presentedtothe conductor of the winner of the , competition by Messrs C. Begg sni Co.- As there was a tie, another baton was accepted from Mr J. G. Os- ' botnneJ These were presented to Condmfetf JB Oaks (Kangiora Band) and j . Conductor R. 6. Allen (Temuka Band). , Mialbum was also presented by Messrs duties Begg and Co. to the conductor $8 pipe band scoring most points in music and quickstep selections. "018 following were the results: } QUICKSTEP, f. ' . B Grade. MusiDrill, cal. Tl. SilTer Band 176& 84 2605 1 I Municipal 1715 80 2505 2 «Mn#er» Silver .. 167J 77 244 8 j „ 0 Grade. JMwjßMirßMd .. 1781 72 2505 1 fclFnU" -. 156 65 221J 2 Sdwol •• 151 65 21G 3 T** •• .. 142 J 73 2155 4 i •. ' PIPE BANDS. Caledonian .. 1 Scottish . . 251J 2 Vr?. 111 .. oty .. 246 3 "•.:Wa(erbnry Caledonian .. 226 4 MUSICAL SELECTION. i; ' B Grade. • 's* j/i Grand 'AifiW Pts. total. »s •• If 111 * :: :: It 111 s V Grade. ..fa? - •• ?? m 1 School . :: 67 134 B • '.7™™, .. .. 68 133 4 PIPE BANDS. ■'SagE*? Scottish .. 92 176 1 Caledonian .. 87 166 2 «Wmrto n .. 82 171 , 3 *•- «——