Competitions.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7780, 2 March 1904, Page 5

Competitions.

The solo .competitions were resumed at the Theatre Royal last alight, quartettes and trios being1 set down for decision. There, were seven sets of contestants in each piece, the quartettes playing a chorus from "Judas Maccabeus," the iirst part an adagio movement and gradually developing to, a figure siyle. Execution was of a patchy 'jijature, as was, also, the succeeding tronir bone trios, in which the '" Three Old Pensioners " was 'the universal piece.

The attendance was much better than the preceding evening,- the public being much more in evidence than previously. Bandsmen were present in large numbers, and tookan evident interest in- the proceedings. QUARTETTES. Hastings, 95 points 1 Taranaki Garrison, 93 , ... ... '2 Kaikorai, 90 ... ... ... 3 Hawera Borough, 85-.points, No. 1 Infantry Battalion, Auckland, 83 points, Palmerston North Brass, 83 points, Kuahine Battalion, SI points.

Points gained were as follows :,— Hastings—lntonation 15, tone 15, precision 16, expression 16, phrasing 16, ensom'b'l'e 17 ; total 95 points. Taranaki Garrison—lntonation 15, tone 15, iprecision 16, expression, 15, phrasing 16, ensemble 16 ; total 93. Kaikorai—lntoaation 15, tone 15, precision 16, expression 14, phrasing 15, ensem"blo 15 ; total, 90. Maximum number of marks 120.

TROMBONE TRIOS

Dennistort, 96 points ... ... 1 No. 1 Infantry Battalion, 93- ... 2 Kaikorai 92 ... ... 3 Taranaki Garrison 90, Mastorton Municipal 88, Hawera Borough 86 jSitiwtown 85.

Marks allo.tted :—Demxiston—lntonation 16, tone 17, precision 16, expression^, phl-asing! 15, ensemble 17; total, 96., No. l'lnfantryIntonation 15, tone 16, precision 16, expression. 15, phr a sinc 15 ensemble 16 ; total, 93, KaikoraiIntonation 15, tone 16, precision 16, expression 15, phrasing 15 ensemble 15 ; total, 92. Wnuin

The judge, in aimoiincinn- his de cisions, said the public had had a little test of concerted playing, and to both competitions he had to gwe groat consideration be'oro lie could arrive at a- .dec.•••ion., especially the trombone p;ay;iiy." The quartette required' a let'of consideration, and in several instances the combinations played remarkably close. With regard to the trombone playing it was the best trio playing he had ever heard (hoar ! hear '■), especially the first ones ; there was not a bad player among them. There was a treat m store, h 0 considered, for the people who went to hear the trombone solos in " Dinorah." He, himself expected something very good after hearing the players. H e was both surprised an d pleased at the quality, and. would have been better pleased if someone else had been- in the box judging. it h a d been most difficult matter to separate the contestants, and those who 'did ?.°t, ??* PI' iZCS had his sympathy If thero, were not sd many of them," sa id M r Code,' laughingly, I would give them prizes myself out>- there are too. many ! .'.' (Laughter).