OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND BRASS BANDS

Evening Star, Issue 12029, 29 October 1903, Page 4

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND BRASS BANDS

'- THE PORT CHALMERS CONTEST. - jßy Ovb Own Repoxteb.] ; PORT CHALMERS, Thursday, 1 p.m. '.. < The contest wa> resumed this morni: ■.?. • at a little alter eleven o'clock, the. tc--o competitions beusg commenced in the pretence oi a fair audience, Mrs F. Montague acting a« the official accompanist. ■ i The first section that for B fiat 'I basses, for which six entered, including one post entry. W. Boyes (Qaeenstown), hi,-: r year's winner, played first, his piece being '* . Round's arrangement oi ' Home, Swt-e\ '" Home.' He got a nniSled tons, and the _" phrasing was not above reproach, but he .' found his notes fairly well and smoothly " J. Kienan (Bluff) cho'se an air varie by L ' Canivet and played without accompan: !. m»nt, producing a brighter tone and better i note definition. J. Whyte (Mosgni< .-, se;ect : :d Rouse's transcription oi 'The Hardy Noi'tnun, and pleased the bands- .. Lien present by a thoroughiy-well-prepare--! pel f oi-mance as .to tone, tune", and interpi.--ration, unspoiled by any ot the mishaps to which the "monsters*" are liable. I: was a better sample of playing than a';\ heard in this sectio?-. at Timuru." A. Mi!-1-H- (Port Channel s) pliyed Boch's ' Tosc-an- :- he Idylle.' and got a mixture of good and mdiifeivm notes. * A. Johnstone (Milton! and W i Aur-hes-on (Mornington) did not compete The judge awarded Whvte 64 :- points, placing Khenan second with 62 n points, Boyes making 56 and Millar 55. j The winner was very easily picked, d The E flat bast; competition was nest « taken. W S. Nunns (Tuapeka) showed r the way with a musxianly rendering of Ord 0 Hume's 'Ponderous,' playing with marked 11 freedom throughout the workaday range r of the instrument and getting a nice tone. 2 A Salter (Pert Chalmers), who tied last £ year with Tatlentire, gave 'Edelweiss,' by ■ t Hoch, and considering the difficulty of the music acquitted himself creditably. F. | H ill (Mornington) played 'Ponderous' and made a good tone, but his tempo was slow I and he cue the notes short, otherwise giv- ! ing a good performance. R. King (Milton* chose ' Zenobia,' and produced a rather '■ thin tone, besides which his playing lacked '. style. T. Tallentire (Queenstown) showed 1 very much improved form in his rendering i- of '0 Lovely Night' (by Round), good ■ tone, a firm reading of "the theme, and I first-class playing of the variations being 1 features if a high-class performance. D d Patterson (Mornington) showed good allround form in 'Will ye no come back?' though obviously nervous. A. Congalton , t ■ (Mornington) played ' Zenobia' rather untf evenly. Both these Mornington players ,] display promise. T. Bryce (Milton) "also .. played • Will ye no,' producing a nice ; . round tone, keeping well in tune, and showe ing sou»- taste in his expression, though -_, an occasionally exaggerated accent was y noticeable The judge placed Brvce first ... witn 70 points, Patterson second 69' Tala lentire third 69, the other scores 'beinjr n Salter 68, Nunns 67, Hall 62, Kimr 59 r Congalton 59. ~ ! The annual meeting of the Otago and d Southland Brass Bands Association is beinc d held to-day. The business is not vet con° ,- eluded, but I can report that Gore'is fixed e on for the next, year's competitions. Mr ;- A Slater was elected president, Mr A s Schnack vice-president, and Mr C Kine o | secretarv. b