BANDS CONTEST

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 12

BANDS CONTEST

j( OalT-LXT ON ( UKIST( IHK \ j DIVISION '• \ ILWS OF DOMINION ' I PRESIDENT j' ! | Tin: rsr.:-::; sprs t.i; s.m «i ■•- i i , '\ ' \\ ELLINGTON, March U-l. |i ] ;. ,j, ~.ia| thai tlio condition.; govei nI ,-c; Urn running of the baud.- Contest ' late too drastic was made by Mr K. [ I'alhscr, president of the New Zealand ] f'aas: itatals' As-ociatmn when com- ] mentm;: on the reported deer-ion of;' the Chri:-tchurch fiauds' Contc.--t Com-j ' inittc to mala: no application for the . contc t m IOTi on the ('.round that it j i v.-as not to be '.'ranted a t-haro in the profit . \ Mr I'aih ■. r .-tat. d that the ternu w-crc nuraclieally the :-ame as tho.-e ac- ' (•■■pled bv the Villi- lohureh committee I, [ for previous conle.ts held in that city,': i ,-■.,-,.;,: mat M)" net profits, if any, i -,. ,a r lo li-- divided amoncst th.e eomi pi ;m ; l..md . and nr.t roliimed by the j ler'il conn 1 committee as prrvnui ■ ly. I -\t il-,.. eonlercuce of the New >'.ea- '. land P.ra. - Land. - As: ooiatm.i held in ; nmicdm in 1!'::::. continued Ah- Lal- ! Is. r, a pobev was adopted of takimj i ear! (*tho profits of baud conte.-ts for I iir benetil of \cw Zealand hand-', and j lla.: police had to be pursued in every i way possible bv the management committee. I'roviom !v the association's • mil - proGdeil for a fee of .KM lor j A and II crade eonte-is. plus a portion of iin; pruiit. not exceeding a() per cent. j The tc ids submitted to Chri;tchurch | by Ifm a; joccil inn were as follow..: - . (i i 'I hat payment of e.;,0 should ac- I [•■•mpany tiie application for the JT-fi . conic i; d'l if the apfilication \vas not 1 granted I h.r fee was to be refunded; i ■:;> out of tiie net proilts the atsocia- j lieu was lo retain 10 per cent, onlv, I the balance to ho distributed by the 1 j a. soesi! ion to (he bands competing on a pro i.-oa basis of ttO pec cent? loI wai'ds cent of transport, and the re-! j maimng -10 per cent, to be then equallv divided anion's t all the band- partiei-| J patm:: m the cento I. j Disti iliuiion (if I'rofils i 'ln.' (iillereuce between Ihe terms 1 .- iiotmtied for the \<XVj cout<.:-t ;mrt ■ Ihoso previously accepted by the Christchurch committee was thai m ■ profit;;, if an\', were for the benefit of the band, men competing, and were not. lo be retained by the local commiL'u«e, as had been the case at pre- ; vious, contests held in Christchurch I and elsmcherc. "Surelv," sail Mr Palliscr. "the bands tailing part in the contest, should be shown some! consideration, more especially in view! of tin.' expenses the bauds have to in-j cur to enable them to take part, tf a| cutest sl'.ows a profit such profit should i be allocated towards the cost of de-1 (Vayiin; at least part oi the expenses I incurred by the bands." i In the pa.-.t. ha said, there has been - many instances of substantial profits j from contests bonis; distributed I amongst as-.sociat ions and individuals I that really had no claim tvluitcvor i to ihe profits. At Ibe conclusion of] one coolest substantial donations were \ made to boy scouts, the St. John .Am-j i Publico, the Primary Schools' Musical | Association, the Male Vo:ce Choir, i and the Choral Society. Tim bauds j j who actually made the contest found! I very great diihcully m raising their! travelling' expenses, and received! ■ I nothing from the profits. j ] For many .years, tie continued, it had . been the policy of contest committees ! to oH'er large money prizes for the purpose ui. mducing bands from all j parts of the Dominion to compete, in j gosd times that policy was quite right, | but it involved the obtaining of guar- ; antces to the extent of four figures, j The band.; themselv*> weTe toe lirst ! 1 to realise the diihculty of finding j guarantors m times ot depression, and j they were quite willing to participate for nominal prizes on the understanding that the profits of the contest would be fairly distributed amongst those taking paid. This was very ] clearly indicated at the recent contest i in Wellington, when the prize money j ollered was the lowest on record for ] championship contests. The final point ! which the a:-; ociatiun wished to make i was that every consideration should j be given to the competitors, who made ' I great sacrifices in attending contests. i