BAND CONTEST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 80, 4 March 1929, Page 3

BAND CONTEST.

QUICKSTEP COMPETITION,

WIN FOR ST. KILDA. WANGANUI, March 2. There were about 10,000 spectators at Cook’9 Garden this afternoon when the quickstep competition at the band contest was decided. There was much excellent marching. The bands left at regular intervals from the Town Bridge and inarched up Victoria Avenue, which was lined by thousands of people, to Cook’s Gardens’. At a point in the Avenue unknown to the bands were stationed judges for the marching. At Cook’s Gardens the B grade bunds marched to Stewart's

“Broadacre” and the A grade bands to “Shumadinska” (Duthka Mirovitch). The marching was of a high order, the crowd were generous in their applause for all the competitors, the most popular being Woolston, Palmerston North, Timaru, St. Hilda, Garrison and Queen Alexandra, the last two being exceptionally fine in their marching. The musical section was judged by Mr Rees and the combined military and musical points give the following results:— A GRADE. St. Hilda, 2751 1 Queen Alexandra, 2691 2 Wellington Tramways, 2661 3 Wanganui Garrison 2641 4 Otago Mounteds, 261 5 Palmerston North Garrison, 2592 ... 6 Grevmouth, 2591 and Timaru, 2551 7 Woolston, 2541 8 Wellington Silver, 2501 9 Kaikorai, 2481 10 The placed bands in the march up the Avenue were : ), Wanganui Garrison (90 points) ... 1 Palmerston North Garrison (89) ... 2 Ashburton (87 points) 3 B GRADE. Hastings, 256 J 1 Firsts Battalion Taranaki, 250 ... 2 Feilding, 2471 3 Hawera, 2461 4 Ashburton, 2371 5 New Plymouth Citizens, 214 i ... 6 The contest was concluded to-night when a demonstration concert was held.

■ln the report of the test selections published on Saturday the names of the following bands were omitted:— Woolston, first test 91, second test 85, total 176; Palmerston North ,>Garrison, first test 88, second test 86, total 174.