THE BAND CONTESTS
QUICKSTEP COMPETITION MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY VICTORY FOR ST. KILDA (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Magnificent marchingi and fine playing won for St. Kilda Municipal Band the A Grade military display and quickstep at Athletic Park on Saturday. Twenty-two hands, 11 in A Grade and 11 in B 'Grade, competed during the afternoon and treated the crowd of from 10,0'jG to 12,000 to a splendid exhibition of precise manoeuvring. The work of some of the A Grade bands was spectacular. St. Kilda gained highest points both for music and marching, being 4-j- points ahead of the next band, Invercargill Civic, who won the contest last year. Invercargill’s marching was quite as good as, if not better than, St. Kilda’s, but this band lost valuable marks through setting too fast a pace. The B Grade contest was won by Wellington Boys’ Institute, which gained a clear cut win over Southland Battalion and Westport Municipal. Results were:— A GRADE
March Music Total St. Kilcla Municipal ... 180 126 306 Invercargill Civic ... 179? 122 301? 1't. Nicholson Silver 1761, 119 2951 Queen Alexandra’s .. 170a; 125 295? Wanganui Garrison . 1701 123 2931 Nelson Garrison ... 172 118 290~ Palmerston Garrison 172 116 288 Hawera Municipal ... 161? 121 285? Wellington Tramways 1581 Tiinaru Municipal .. 1601 124 2821 120 2801 Auckland Watersiders’ 161 BGRADE 113 274 Boys’ Institute ... 170? 107 277? Southland Battalion 1691 102 271? Westport Municipal ... 165 Hastings Citizens’ ... 165? 106 271 105 270? Dannevjrke Municipal 163? 100 263? Masterton Municipal 1611 101 262-1 Jupps Silver 152.^ 109 2611 East Coast Reg. .. 1S3| 103 2561 Wellington Artillery 1461 108 2541 Christch’oh Municipal 140 1st Battalion. W’gton 144? 110 250 104 248?
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 10
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277THE BAND CONTESTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 10
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