NINE BANDS COMPETE IN CONTESTS
PLACINGS IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS; MUSICAL TREAT FOR WHANGAREI
mjIXE bands stirred - Whangarei with their music over the weekly end w hen they took part in the several contests arranged as a preliminary to the gymkhana proper which was held at Kensington Park today. Three contests, the quick step, the selections, and the hymn tunc contest were held, and the placings in each were as follows:
QUICKSTEP.
HYMN TUNE CONTEST.
B. GRADE.) Onehunga Citizens’ (military .points 1701; musical, 148; total, 3181 .... 1 Whangarel Municipal (military 1621; musical 142; total 3041) 2 Auckland Waterside Workers (military 1681; musical 13*?; total 2991) ....3 Takapuna Citizens (military, 151; musical, 1371; total, 2881) ........ 4 C. GRADE. Mt, Eden Boys’ (military 1735; musical, 132; total, 3051) 1 Te Awamutu Municipal (military 167|; musical 133; total 300 f 2 Whangarei Boys’ (military 151; musical 129; total 280) .-. 3 Balmoral Boys’ (military 126; , musical 130;’total 256) 4 Kaikohe Maori (military 1281; ’ musical 127; total 2551) 5 The total points possible were 350, military 200 and music, 150. The Onehunga Band was only two points below the possible for music.
THE SELECTIONS. t
B. GRADE. Whangarei Municipal, 144 points .... 1 Auckland Watersiders and Onehunga Municipal, 143 points, .... .... 2 Takapuna Citizens, 141 points, .... .... 4 C. GRADE. Te Awamutu Municipal, 140 points 1 Mt. Eden Boys’ 138 points, .... 2 Whangarei Boys’, 137 points, 3 Balmoral Boys’, 136 points J.. 4
Onehunga Municipal, 91 points, .... 1 Te Awamutu Municipal, 90 points, .... 2 Whangarei Municipal and Mt. Eden Boys’, 89 points, .... 3 STREET MARCHING CONTEST. Onehunga, 2301 points 1 Te Awamutu, 222 points 2 Balmoral, 138 points 3 The other bands came in the following order: Whangarei Municipal 212, Mt. Eden 2101, Takapuna 208, Auckland Waterside Band 205, Whangarei Boys’ 205, Kaikohe 1951. The Bargain Store Cup for this event was presented to the winning band by Mr H. W. James. * , AGGREGATE POINTS. The aggregate points prizes for the whole contest were won by Onehunga in the B grade, and Mt. Eden Boys’ in the C grade.
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Northern Advocate, 26 October 1936, Page 7
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