BAND CONTEST
CENTENNIAL FIXTURE Members of the management committee of ihe New Zealand Brass Bands’ Association from different, parts of the Dominion met. in Wellington on Saturday for the purpose of furthering arrangements in connection with tne New Zealand championship band contest which is to be held in Wellington during the Centennial celebrations, the dates being February 18 to 25, 1940, inclusive. The syllabus will provide for A, B, and C grade championships. The music for the A and B grade bands will be selected tests, and the C grade will be judged on “own choice” selections. All solo music will be “own choice” restricted to time, with the exception of the B flat cornet championship solo, which will be a selected I test. The trio and quartet will also I be selected tests. It is anticipated that the Centennial contest will be the largest band event, which has ever taken place in the Dominion.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 143, 20 June 1939, Page 9
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155BAND CONTEST Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 143, 20 June 1939, Page 9
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