BAND CONTEST

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 73, 23 February 1938, Page 10

BAND CONTEST

TO-DAY’S EVENTS. Further progress was made with the minor competitions -jn the brass bands contest to-day, results being as follow: TROMBONE TRIO. (“Lady of Beauty.”) Timaru Municipal 78pts 1 Dannevirke Municipal 76pts 2 Port Nicholson Silver 71pts 3 Also competed.—Feilding' Municipal,, 62pts; Auckland Artillery, 68pts; Christchurch Municipal, . 67pts. Commenting on the result, the judge (Mr E. P. Kerry) said that the playing was quite creditable, only there was a tendency on the part of some players to do things which were only alright in jazz. “And definitely 1 don’t like jazz,” lie added, amid laughter. Mr Kerry then proceeded to give the players some advice on trombone playing. B FLAT OR BB FLAT BASS SOLO. (“When Love Is Kind.”) H. C. Unwin (Wanganui Garrison), 81pts. 1 E. D. Withell (Ashburton Silver), 80pts 2 W. Wilkinson (Feilding Municipal), 79pts 3 Also competed.—R. Shackleton (Palmerston North Garrison), 78pts., L. Jacobs (Wellington Boys’ Institute) 73pts, S. Bennett (Wellington Boys’ Institute) retired, H. Kendrew (Christchurch Municipal) 75pts, H. Booker (Palmerston North City) 75pts, T. Murphy (Timaru Municipal) 74pts, G. Bloomfield (Ashburton Silver) 77 pts, R. Scott (Waipukurau Town) 76 pts. STREET MARCHING PRAISED. Much laudatory, comment on the street march held on Monday has been heard from visitors and others. Considerable. credit is due to those who were in charge of the march. In the Square Colonel J. H. Wliyte and Mr F. Jackson carried matters forward smoothly, and at the oval at the Showgrounds Messrs C. G. Hayward and C. Greening added to the competent presentation of the display. Police and city traffic department officials also played no mean part, for the control of traffic and the crowds was all that could be desired. The event will long be remembered by those who witnessed it. The remarks of the judge on the hymn test appear on page 16.