THE BANDS CONTEST.
THE BOLO COMPETITIONS. (By Telegraph.) DUNEDIN. October 23. Euphonium Solo. Boyd, Dunedin Engineers, 19 points 1 McLeod, Oamaru, 18 points ... ... 2 The judge remarked publicly that these two were close together. Seven others competed. In describing the Quickstep competition, the Otago Daily Times said: —The Citizens’ and Waimate Bands were fortunate in being able to play before a change in the weather occurred. While the Invercargill Garrison Band was playing the rain commenced, and it fell heavily for nearly the whole of the rest of the afternoon. The Kaikorai, Dunedin Engineers, Wellington Garrison, Timaru Garrison, Dunedin Garrison, and Invercargill City Guards Bands all suffered owing to the adverse conditions under which they played—the three last named bands especially so. The rain fell so persistently that after an hour or so pools of water lay on the cinder track on which the bands had to march once round, and the turf on which the march was timed became very heavy, while the men in several of the bands were drenched through, andtheir instruments, of course, suffered—the drums, for instance, becoming flat and losing their round tone. Fortunately for the Dunedin Navals Band, which had been drawn to play last, the rain cleared off just before its turn came on, and though its members were handicapped by the conditions underfoot they were not adversely affected otherwise.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8659, 23 October 1896, Page 3
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227THE BANDS CONTEST. South Canterbury Times, Issue 8659, 23 October 1896, Page 3
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