SOMETHING NEW

Southland Times, Issue 22734, 9 November 1935, Page 10

SOMETHING NEW

BATTALION BAND CONCERT.

TO-MORROW EVENING’S J?RO-

GRAMME.

Something entirely different in the way of band concerts will be given in the Regent Theatre to-morrow evening when the Battalion Band, under its new conductor, Mr R. Simpson, will play a programme which should appeal to all tastes. Mr Simpson believes in plenty of brightness and verve; and a treat is in store for music lovers.

The programme will open with a brilliant fanfare of trumpeting followed by “The Jolly Coppersmith,” a lively march with vocal and novel effects. At the roll of the drums the theatre will be put into complete darkness, when the hymn, “Lead Kindly Light,” will be heard, directed from an electric baton by the conductor. Then will follow a selection of the best known gems from the opera “Carmen.” This selection is the test piece for the Oamaru contest, at which the band will take part on November 16. The next item will be a song, “Arise O Sun,” by Mr Walter Smith. This will be followed by a “Post Horn Solo” with full band accompaniment, followed by a short selection of Scottish Airs set to a national atmosphere. Then the trombone section of the band will be heard to advantage in a rendition of the “Red, White and Blue” Patrol. Mr T. A. Clark will give a baritone solo, after which the band will introduce a composition by Mr E. Horman, of Invercargill, entitled “Underneath the Eastern Moon,” which has been specially arranged for the band by Mr Simpson. The next item will be a change of variety by the bandsmen featuring mutes, breaks, etc. In the rendition of the hymn, “Rock of Ages,” an introduction and finale have been added with an unusual quartet for the comet section. The concluding item will be the march to be played by the Band at the Oamaru contest, “Gill Bridge,” featuring the drummers, who will lead the band into the strains of the National Anthem with a flourish of trumpeting by Mr J. E. Cowley. The concert is in aid of the Oamaru contest fund. This is the band’s only appeal to the people for the contest.