TEN MORE BANDS
CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS
INCREASE IN SOLOISTS
Splendid entries have been received for the New Zealand championship band contest, which will be held in Wellington on February 19 to 24 next. As compared with the 1932 contest,' there will be ten additional bands . competing, seven of which additional ten will be A grade bands. There will also be 321 soloists, as compared with 255 in 1932, an increase of 66. The following table shows the respective entries for the 1932 and 1934 contests:— Entries. Entries. 1932. .1934. A grade bands imiuwtivim 7 14 B grado bands ~.,....»».... 3- ( 15 Quartets 18 - 24 . Trombone trips ...' 11- 10 Bb cornet championship mv 39 39 Eb soprano 11 1" JFlugel horn ..?....«,_.... Id ' 17 Tenor horn ■••■»«»■»•••• 28 45 Baritone ...-...*».. ........-< 1" . IT Euphonium ..,.....*.....«. 20 -'!,-■: 21 Tenor trombone .......unon 22 23 Bass-trombone ........■*..•* 10 18 Eb or E.Eb bass 20 22 Bb or B.Bb bass -»...»* 23 . ;'.2 Boys'solo, under IT »■. 26 38, Total bands 19 29 Total soloists 255 . 321 Total entries ....-.-... 274 , ' 350 The 1934 contest thus promises to be the most successful for many years. Mr. Thomas Gray, late conductor of the Wanganui Garrison Band, has been appointed assistant adjudicator.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 8
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195TEN MORE BANDS Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 142, 13 December 1933, Page 8
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