SALVATION ARMY BANDS
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS PRAISED “I was really surprised to know that you have bands of such a standard in the Salvation Army in New Zealand at your smaller inland towns,” said Mr G. Dickens, bandmaster of the Salvation Army Staff Band, Melbourne, prior to his departure for the south on Saturday, in discussing the playing of the Woodville, Palmerston North and Feilding Salvation Army Bands at the reception to him on Friday evening. In Australia he had been used to hearing the Salvation Army Bands from the big metropolitan centres only and the playing of the bands from the smaller inland towns in New Zealand had been a great delight to him. The Feilding Band was very compact, he said, and had shown some tuneful playing. The Palmerston North Band had been somewhat “heavier” in its playing, while the Woodville Band had been harmonious and had shown good judgment of range. Talking of the three bands collectively, he commented that the soloist sections could be strengthened, but considered that each would improve greatly with good hymn playing.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 39, 14 January 1935, Page 9
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179SALVATION ARMY BANDS Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 39, 14 January 1935, Page 9
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