Mr Cohen re-elected President.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8199, 27 January 1906, Page 5

Mr Cohen re-elected President.

RAWER A. Tins day. In the quartette competition the W anganui Garrison made 98; Woolston Brass, 0-1; South Canterbury Battalion 88; Hawera Borough, 86; Taranaki Garrison, 7'.J. Trombone trios—Wanganui Garrison, 96 ; Palmerston North Brass, 92 ; Taranaki Garrison, SO; Woolston Brass, 89. At the meeting of the North Island Brass Bands' Association, Mr M. Cohen (Palmerston) was re-elected President. Other officers elected -were: —Secretary, "Mr Holbein (re-elected); treasurer, Mr Meynck ; tisiekeeper, Mr D. Hunter ; executive, Lieut. Herd, Messrs Baker and Ivar (Wellington), Laurence and Pickford (Woodville), Charker and Jones (Palmerston North), Pederson (Marton), Sergeant - Major Anderson and MrMuir (Wanganui). It was decided to forego next year's eoutest in view of the Christchurch Exhibition contest. The balance-sheet showed the Association to be £108 in credit. The position of the bands in the competition tor the Besson Shield (most points in music (are as follows : — Wanganui Garrison ... ... 357 Woolston ... ... ... ... 347 South Canterbury Battalion ... 330 Palmerston North 324 Taranaki Garrison 309 The joints in the Quickstep were as follows : — fN "3 3 £ <3 H P-f Wanganui Garrison 126 170 i 296£ 1 South Canterbury Battalion "... 121 171 292 2 I Tarauaki Garrison 117 173 290 3 Palmerston North... 116 167 283 4 Woolston 119 153 272 5 Of the playing of the Palmerston North Band, in the quickstep the judge said : —A good rendering of the march, but not up to the very fine standard set by the Wanganui Band. Tempo was accelerated slightly at the halt. The following are the judge's notes on the second test selection :— No. 1 Band (South Canterbury).— This band gave a very pleasurable performance ; it was very tuneful and sweet m tone, besides having plenty of volume at the right time. The horn and trombone solos were moderately well rendered, the euphonium played very judiciously. This band has a lot of metal of the right kind. The attack was good, and as a rule there was a spontaniety about it which was very commendable ; some of the parts might have been better established. I had some difficulty in picking up the 2nd and 3rd cornet parts where I would like to have heard them more prominently, but perhaps this was due to the basses being so near to me. No. 2 (Palmerston North). —This was another good performance. The opening was rather on the slow side, and was not given with the effect desired. It should be given vehemently. The marks of expression indicate that. What pleased me a lot in this performance was the way in which some of the parts were established, especially in the horn solo movement. There were too many wrong notes throughout the rendering of the selection, and at tunes there was a little scrambling tendency. In places the parts did not work well together. The basses were not together in the last movement from bar nineteen, and a little further on the playing became rather wild. I much preferred the previous band, although this band gave me many pleasing points of the rendition. No. 3 (Taranaki Garrison). —At first this is a difficult solo to do, and the band gave me the impression that it had not mastered the intricacies sufficiently. The bandsmen were probably as well aware of their weakness as I was. Therefore, there is mo need for me to enter into any detailed criticism. This band showed me some pleasing features, and I trust that the next time they go into a contest the players will have their work a little more under control. No 5 (Woolston). —A very fine performance indeed. This band has ,all the qualities of a iirst-class combination, and the general rendering was given with an artistic feeling that was very pleasing to listen to. The Tarantelle movement 6-8 allegro was taken somewhat slow, which slightly interfered with the real character of the movement. The euphonium solo was very beautifully played. The trombone was good, and the horn very satisfactory. The basses were splendid. All the parts were well established aud there was plenty of vim put into the finish. No. 5 (Wanganui Garrison). —This performance was another remarkably tine one. The band has a very rich tone. The playing of this band and of the preceding one was very artistic in quality, and there is a very slight difference between them in merit and the rendering of the selection. It seems to me that this band established some of the critical parts slightly better than No. 4, but all round I think the difference in favour of the last band was in its rich tone.