Standing ovation for voung drum-major

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32561, 22 March 1971, Page 16

Standing ovation for voung drum-major

(N.Z. Press Association/ DUNEDIN, Mar. 21. An immaculate display of staff flourishing by the young St Andrews College drum-major, D. A. Solomon, received a standing ovation from the crowd of about 15,000 at Carisbrook today on the last day of the New Zealand pipe band contest

Competing against men many years his elder, he turned on a polished performance and stole the title.

The president of the Highland Pipe Bands Association of New Zealand (Mr T. A. Gordon) said that he didn’t think that in the 25 years since he had been associated with pipe bands, he had seen such a large crowd give a standing ovation to a drum-major. The A grade championships were completely dominated by the Pipes and Drums of Innes Tartan from Auckland. This band won the street march, drum-major’s display, test selection, quickstep, and drumming, completely scooping the pool. In the A grade aggregate it was over nine points ahead of the second place-getter the City of Wellington Highland Pipe Band. Results were: A grade Street march. Pipes and Drums of Innes Tartan, 247.4 points, 1; City of WeUington Highland, 245.2. 2; City of New Plymouth, 242.4, 3. Drum-major's display. Innes Tartan. 175. 1; City of Wellington 170.6. 2; Scottish Society of New Zealand, 1611, 3. Quickstep.—lnnes Tartan, 667.6, 1; City of Wellington. 666.9, 2; City of Invercargill, 653.4, 3. Drumming.' Innes Tartan, 117, 1; City of New Plymouth, 116.5, 2; City of Wellington, 115, 1. Aggregate points (quickstep and selection). —Innes Tartan, 1301.1, 1; City of Wellington, 1291.9, 2; Scottish Society of New Zealand. 1260.9. 3. B grade Street march. Horowhenua, 208.5, 1; Christchurch Metropolitan, 199.9, 2; Balclutha, 198.2, 3. Test selection. Horowhenua, 520, 1; Balclutha. 478.6 and North Canterbury Caledonian, 478.5 (equal) 2. Aggregate points. Horowhenua, 1104, 1; Balclutha, 1050. 2. C grade Street march. Ashburton County Scottish. 197.3, 1; Levin Scottish, 176.5, 2; Methven Caledonian. 174 J, 3. Test selection. Ashburton County Scottish, 462. 1; Levin Scottish, 408, 2; Methven Caledonian, 403, 3. Quickstep.—Ashburton County Scottish, 506.2, 1; Levin Scottish.: 496.5, 2; City of Christchurch. Ladies. 495.7, 3. Drumming.—Ashburton County i Scottish. 93.5. 1; Paraparaumu and Districts, 74.5, 2; Levin Scot tish, 74, 3. Aggregate points.—Ashburton County Scottish 968J0, 1; Levin Scottish, 904.5. 2; Methven, 897.5 3. Open Staff flourishing.—St Andrew’s

College, B grade (Drum-Major D. A. Solomon) 1, Scottish Society of New Zealand (Drum-Major G. Price) 2, Pipes and Drums of Innes Tartan (Drum-Major E. J Elies) 3.