Brass Band Contest

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32221, 13 February 1970, Page 14

Brass Band Contest

Thirty-six brass bands, including eight from Canter- ■ Ibury, will compete in this • i year’s national brass band I i championships in Dunedin in , May. . The Canterbury bands to play in the championships . will be Derry’s Brass, Skel- , lerup-Woolston, Timaru MuniJeipal, Addington Brass, Christt church Fire Brigade, Skel- , lerup • Woolston Auxiliary. Ashburton Silver, and New " Brighton Silver. , One of the compositions used as a test piece in the championships will be “Lon- . don Bridge." written by Ser- . geant J. Sutherland, a member of the New Zealand " Army Band at Christchurch. He is only the second New 1 Zealander to have his music ’ j used as a test piece, the first 1 being Brigadier D. Goffin, of the Salvation Army. 1 Sergeant Sutherland has been in the Army Band nine ’! years, having joined in Christchurch as a cornet player. He

taught himself composing and arranging at Burnham u and is now the band’s musical arranger. ENTRIES Entries in the championships are: A Grade.—Derrys, Onslow; Brass, Skellerup - Woolston, i 1 Timaru, St Kilda, Roslyn Mills-j h Kaikorai, Mount Roskill, Lower j Hutt Civic. B Grade—Wellington Metro) ■iFire Brigade, Te Awamutu, City ■ of Papatoetoe. Palmerston . North Garrison, Blenheim Municipal, Invercargill Garrison, ‘ Addington Brass. Takapuna City Silver. Napier City. New Plymouth City. Christchurch Fire , Brigade. C Grade— Skellerup-Woolston Auxiliary. St Leo’s College (Australia), Masterton Municipal, Upper Hutt Municipal. Levin Municipal, Ashburton Silver, Oamaru Garrison, City of Rotorua, Dunedin City Silver. ; D Grade.— Tauranga City; Silver, Mosgiel Municipal.! Dannevirke Municipal, Balclutha Brass, New Brighton Silver. Waimangaroa Silver, Port. Chalmers Marine Band, Dunedin Ladies* Brass.