BAND CONTEST.
dominion championship
WON BY QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S OWN.
(BY TELEGRAPH— pres® ASSOCIATION) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 2b. The band contest was concluded on Saturday, when the A Grade quickstep was decided, and also the final of the B flat cornet championship and the competition for champion of ctomnions in the various solo competitions heard during the contest. The weather was perfect for the quickstep, and a huge crowd witnessed a brilliant spcct‘lThe winner of this year’s Dominion championship is Queen Alexandra s Own (Wanganli), with Woolston second and Grevmouth third. The contest has been an-iaiqualified success, and is generallv conceded to have been one ot the best ever held in the Dominion. Saturday’s results are:
A GRADE QUICKSTEP. Woolston —Drill IS3, music 94, 'total 277 • 1 Queen Alexandra’s Own (Wanganui) —1744, 91, 26aJ ... ••••••• Wellington Tramways —l/Bt, St. Kilda (Dunedin) —1844,80, 2044 4 Greymouth Municipal—l7o4, 84, _ Kaikorai (Dunedin) —1774, 74, 2514 6 Christchurch Municipal —1004, '<>, _ 2411 '
DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP. Queen Alexandra’s Own —Tests 291, quickstep 9.1, aggregate 382 ... i Woolston —280, 94, 374 ~ Greymouth —281, 84, 365 * ‘U: , Wellington Tramways —2/4, 80, oou -± Kaikorai —285, 74, 359 St. Kilda—269, 80, 349 ... ••••• •• • • <> Christchurch Municipal—2oo, .329 ‘
B Flat Cornet Championship—T. Goodall (Wellington Tramways), 98 points, 1; G. Bergerson (Queen Alexandra’s Own), 96, 2; P. Vmcenlt (Grevmouth Municipal), 93, 3. Champion of Champions—W. l. Coughlan (Kaikorai), E flat points, 1: E. G. Williams (Woolston), trombone, 88 points, 2; R. Simpson (Christchurch Municipal), cornet, 80 points, 3. Also competed: W.J. Newson (Kaikorai), baritone, 84; W. Smith (St. Kilda), tenor horn, 84; G: Lowry (Kaikorai), flugel horn, 83; C. S. Hansen (Woolston), BB flat bass, 82; W. Kay (Wellington Tramways), B flat cornet, 71. Queen Alexandra’s Own takes the Dominion Championship Shield, the Boosev Trophv and the Besson and Conn ‘shields for the band gaining the highest aggregate points in the test selections and music in the quickstep. t The Hawke’s Shield for the band gaining the highest aggregate points m the test selections and the quickstep (including drill) goes to Woolston.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 February 1928, Page 5
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334BAND CONTEST. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 February 1928, Page 5
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