DRUM MAJOR FAINTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21468, 17 April 1933, Page 8

DRUM MAJOR FAINTS

BAND CONTEST INCIDENT SEQUEL TO AN INJURY [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Saturday A distressing incident occurred afc the Hamilton band contest to-dav, when the drum major of the Tauranga Municipal Band, Mr. G. P. Mcintosh, collapsed while his band was playing in the B grade quickstep competition. ThVee days ago Mr. Mqjntosh, who in about 55 years of accidentally received a severe blow on the head. The effect of this : njury was apparently accentuated by the fact that during the war he received concussion. When be fainted he was still suffering from the effects of the blow Before he collapsed Mr. Mcintosh had led his band twice past the spectators' stand and round the field to a position adjoining the judge's tent. He had just brought the band to a halt when he fell to the ground. Several members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade ran to his assistance, while the band continued to play. Owing to the fact that the rules of of the competition did not allow tha judge to be approached during the contest, the band was obliged to play to the end of the piece. The playing continued for about five minutes, while Mr. Mcintosh lay on the ground with the ambulance men beside him. When he regained consciousness Mr. Mcintosh said that for several days he had been afraid that the strain of leading the band would be too much tor him. For the last hundred yards of the march everything had seemed black. After several hours Mr. MoIntosh recovered and felt . little ths worse for his experience.