TAIERI COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23225, 24 June 1937, Page 3

TAIERI COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

MEETING OF COMMITTEE A meeting of the Taieri Competitions Festival Committee was held on Saturday evening, when considerable business was transacted. Mr C. Roy Spackman wrote agreeing to adjudicate for the musical sections, and Miss Ethel Todd in the stage dancing classes. It was decided to insert another new class —piano duet, 18 years and over, the offer of the amount of the first prize from a friend in Green Island being accepted with thanks.

The offer of Miss A. Kovaleski for medals for prizes for Highland fling (local) was accepted with thanks; also that of the Taieri Pipe Band for first prize for piping (novice class) and the Mosgiel Municipal Band for a medal for the brass section.

Special prizes, as follows were received with appreciation:—Miss E. Lungley, special cash prizes for boys’ songs; Miss M. Randle, scholarship for elocution (amateur), and Mr C. R. Mazengarb, two special trophies for elocution. A considerable amount of discussion took place over the suggestion that the higher classes in piano playing should be made “ test ” classes. This resulted in the opinion being expressed that it was rather late in the season to fix special test pieces, having regard to other musical events for which piano pupils might be preparing, and occurring about the same time as the local competitions. It was decided to consider this matter early next season, for the 1938 festival and also to include the vocal, elocution and other classes at the same time.

The suggestion to include a separate class for a sacred vocal solo was declined, partly on account of the time involved. It was pointed out that a sacred solo could be given in the usual vocal solo classes.