WELLINGTON BANDS
AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, December 20. Mr H. D. Bennett, president of the New Zealand Bands’ Association launched important and novel, proposals involving amalgamation in one organization of all bands in Wellington City. For some time past Mr Bennett has been convinced that brass band talent here has been dissipated by the existence of so many units each seeking to secure the best players and so preventing the possibility of the formation of one really first class brass band. His scheme for Wellington proposes the assembling of all the bands under one organization forming a first class civic band and a number of graded bands. Mr Bennett believes that if this could be brought about, it would make possible the engagement of a first class conductor from overseas, who would not only conduct the Civic Band but would train the grade bands and would also be responsible for the annual classification. He also proposes that the senior or civic Band not be eligible for contests.
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Southland Times, Issue 21894, 21 December 1932, Page 7
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