BAND CONTEST

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 March 1946, Page 4

BAND CONTEST

HAWERA MUNICIPAL WINS . B GRADE NELSON GARRISON SECOND (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Mar. 20. The final test piece for the B grade championship at the New Zealand Victory band contest, was. played this evening in the Civic Theatre before a packed house. The winning band was Hawera Municipal, with Nelson Garrison second. Results of events were as follow:— „ E Flat or EE Flat Bass—S. Dougall (Woolston), 88 points, 1; Les Jacobs (Wellington Boys’ Institute), 85 points, 2; P. Ward (Whakatane Citizens), 84 points, 3. B Flat or BB Flat Bass—E. D. Withell (Nelson Garrison), 85 points, 1; L. G. Walker (Woolston), 84 points, 2; D. Dewe (Feilding Municipal), 83 points, 3. . . Quartets.—Hawera Municipal, 92 points, 1; Wellington Waterside Workers’ Silver No. 2, 85 points, 2; St. Kilda Municipal No. 2, 84 points, 3. Bass Drum.—P. Winnie (Lower Hutt), 92 points, 1; S. Mallard, 90 points, 2; L. E. Smith (Taranaki Regimental and New Plymouth Municipal), 89 points, 3. Side Drum. —E. Sundberg (Wellington Waterside Silver), 96 points, 1; K. Schou (Hamilton Citizens), 95 points, 2; J. Lees, sen. (St. Kilda Municipal), 94 points, . ' B Flat Cornet Championship. —Recalls: W. R. Francis (St. Kilda Municipal), J. M. Rennie (Temuka Municipal), R. Milligan (Ashburton Silver), and D. Christensen (Woolston).

s First Second Test. Test. Tl. Hawera Municipal . 123 113 236 Nelson Garrison .. 109 HO 219 Auckland Waterside ' Silver 104 114 218 Wellington Boys’ . . Institute 105 111 216 Blenheim Regimental, 106, 194— 210; Christchurch Municipal, 108, 101—209; Palmerston North City Silver, 100, 106—206; Westport Municipal, 107, 98—205; Ashburton Silver, 89, 116—205; Hamilton Citizens, 98, 100—198; Oamaru Garrison, 94 97 191; Taranaki Regimental and New Plymouth Municipal, 83, 97 —180; Lower Hutt Municipal, 70, 96 —166. '