BRASS BANDS
The Centennial Contest PROGRAMME FOR WEEK The New Zealand championship brass bands contest wil open in Wellington next Sunday, lasting for a week. There will be an official reception by the mayor of Wellington, Mr. Hislop, at the Basin Reserve on .Sunday at 2 p.m. and this will be followed by the hymn contest for A, B, and C grade bands. On Monday, February 19, there will be three sessions in the Town Hall and two in the concert chamber. At 9 a.m in the Town Hall there will be the llugel horn solo, followed by the E Hat soprano cornet solo. The euphonium solo will be at 2 p.m. and the first B grade test selection at 7 p.m. At 9 a.m. in the concert chamber there will be the tenor horn solo ami at 2 p.m. thf> G trombone and baritone solos.
At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20, there will be a boys’ solo (under 17 years) in the Town Hall and a B flat or BB flat bass solo in the concert chamber. At 2 p.m., the tenor trombone solo competition will be held in the Town Hall ami in the concert chamber the amateur B flat cornet solo. At 7 p.m., the first A grade test selection will be heard in the Town Hall.
On Wednesday February 21 at 9 a.m, there will be Ihe trombone trio in the 'J'ewu Hall and E Hat or EE Hat bass Mio in the concert chamber, the respective afternon items being B flat cornet championship (2 p.m.) ami bass and side drum solos (2.30 pan.). The second B grade test selection wl I be heard at night in the Town Hall. On Thursday, February 22, there will be a muster of all bands at 9.30 a.in. at the Basin Reserve for inspection by military judges. At 2 p.m. in the Town Hall, t lit? quartettes will be heard and nt 7 pan. the second A grade test selection.
On Friday, February 2.'!, the annual conference of Hie New Zealand Brass Bands’ Association will open at 9.30
a.m. in the concert chamber. The C grade test selection will be heard in the Town Hall at 2.30 p.m. At 1.30 p.m. on .Saturday, February 2-1, the military display and quickstep march for A, B, and C grade bands will be held at Athletic Bark.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 118, 12 February 1940, Page 7
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396BRASS BANDS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 118, 12 February 1940, Page 7
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