SPECTACULAR MARCHING

Northern Advocate, 26 February 1934, Page 4

SPECTACULAR MARCHING

I - BANDSMEN. COMPETE. ! . ■ST. KILDA WINS. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. By magnificent marching and fine playing, St. Kilda Municipal Band won the A grade Military Display and Quickstep at Athletic Park on Saturday. A total of 22 bands, 11 in each grade, competed during the afternoon, and treated the crowd of 10,000 to 12,000 spectators to a splendid exhibition of precise manI oeuving. The work of some of the A Grade bands was spectacular. St. Kilda gained the highest points both for music and marching, being. 45 points ahead of the next band, Invercargill Civic, which won the contest last year. Invercargill’s marching was quite as good as, if not better than, St. Kilda’s, but this band lost points through setting too fast a pace. The B Grade contest was won by the Wellington Boys’ Institute, which* gained a clear cut win after the Southland Battalion and Westport Municipal. Results were:— I A Grade. —St. Kilda Municipal— I military, 180; music, 126; totab 306.; j Invercargill Civic. 1793—122—3013. I [Port Nicholson Silver, 1762 —119— I 2952. Queen Alexandra’s Own,. 1701 I —125 —295 J :. Wanganui Garrison,_ 1702 —123 —2932. Nelson Garrison,' 172—118—290. Palmerston North Garrison, 172—116—288. * Hawera Municipal, 1643—121 —2853. Wellington Municipal Tramways, 1581—124 —2822. Timaru Municipal, 1605 120—2805. Auckland Waterside Workers’, 161—113—274. B. Grade..—Wellington Boys’ Institute, 1073 —107—1773. Southland Battalion, 1695—102—1711. Westport Municipal 165 —106—271. Hastings Citizen’s. 1653—105—2073. Dannevirke Municipal, 1653 —100 —2653. Masterton Municipal, 1615—101 2625. Masterton Municipal, 1615 —101 2625. Jupp’s ■ Silver, 1522—109 2612. East Coast Regiment, 1532 103—2562. Wellington Artillery, 1462 —108—2542. Christchurch Municipal, 140—110—250. First Battalion, Wellington, 1443—104—2483.