Brass Bands' Contest.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 445, 27 October 1904, Page 5

Brass Bands' Contest.

The ninth contest under the auspices of the Otago and Southland Brass Bands' Association was held at Gore on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. There was a good muster of bands, 13 taking part in the Quickstep. Locally, a good deal of interest was taken in the contest, owing to the fact that for the first time in its history the Alexandra Band competed, and the belief generally expressel that our bandsmen would acquit themselves creditably was quite realised. The Band was unfortunate in that the draw for places gave tlem first place, and, as in nearly every case the members were appearing at the contest for the first time, the players no doubt •were more nervous and played witl less confidence than would hav< been the case; had they been placec further down the list. Moreover, i heavy gale was blowing at the time which later on died away, to the ad vantage of the other bands. Unde the circumstances, it must be concede that the Alexandra Band did remark ably well. In the Selection the Ban showed to better advantage, tiein with Milton for fourth place, thei score being only four points behind tfc winners.. In the B B-flat bass solo, M J. E, Gftllie secured an easy firs

! scoring 37 points out of a possible 40, and he is to be congratulated on bis performance. The following players represented the Alexandra Band:—B flat cornets, W Bringans, T M'Kersey, D Sinclair, Alf Larsen, Arthur Larsen and C M'Eachen; E flat, H Kobins; tenor horns, R Fraser, W i.hurstain, J Neill and H Bellamy ; baritones, L Jhur chill andJFrater; euphonium, A M'Eachen ; trombones, A A Briasco, A G Murphv, and J Dumsday ; B B flat bass, J Gallie; B flat bass, G Campbell and G Farqubarson; bass drum, F C Smith,

Qoickstep Competition, " Amicizia (Paris Chambers). First prize, £l2 second, £6; third, £4.

Following is the detailed result of :he Quickstep Competition :

The following table concerning the drill is interesting. The maximum points allowed for each is 20, or 80 for the whdle:—

Tbsi Skmction, «' La Cenerentola " (Rossini). First Prize, £35 ; second, £2O ; third, £lO. Points. Mornington ... 74 ... 1 Gore ._ ... 72 ... 2 Port Chalmers 1 71 „ Cromwell j "' tl '" a Alexandra 1 7n . Milton j - 70 - 4 Bluff ... ... 69 ... 5 Queenstown ... 68 .„ 6 Tuapeka ... ._ 67 ... 7 Winton .. ... 65 ... 8 Riverton ... r % . 64 ... 9 . SOLO COMPETITIONS. On Thursday morning the solo competitions took place, (maximum, 40 points) with the following results : Drums: H Montgomery and A Peters (Port Chalmers), 38pts, 1 ; J Sutherland and F A Miller (Tuapeka), 37pts, 2. There were two other competitors. B-flat bass : J B Gallie (Alexandra) 37pts, 1 ; D Flanagan (Mornington), 35pt5,2; 3 Keinan (Bluff), 33pts. 3. J 0 Brown and J Auld (Tuapeka), entered for this competition, but did not compete. E-flatbass: A Salter (Port Chalmers), 38pts, I;FG Hall (Mornington), 37pts, 2; A M'Stay (Tuapeka), 36|pts, 3 ; S.Nunna (Tuapeka) and T Bryce (Milton), 36pts, 4, Nine corn* petitors. Baritone: T Marshall (Cromwell), 37pts, 1 ; W Newman - (Bluff), 36pt, 2. Six competitors.

Trombone: J Oongalton (Mornington), 37pts, 1; J C Green (Port Chalmers), 36pts, 2 ; T Marshall (Cromwell), 35pts, 3. Euphonium : C Green (Queenstown) 38pts. 1; J Simpson (Mornington), 37Jpts, 2 ; W Haughton (Tuapeka), S7pts, 3. Four competitors. Tenorhorn : R Green (Mornington), 37pts, 1; D M'Gorkindale (Tuapeka), 36pts, 2; J Russell (Tuapeka), 34pts, 3. Four competitors.

Soprano cornet: A M'Nish (Bluff), 35pts, 1; A Tait (Port Chalmers), 34 pts, 2 ; Jas M'Ara (Tuapeka), 33pta 3. B-flat cornet : W Wurr (Tuapeka), 35pta, 1 ; Jas Thomas (Cromwell), and G Paterson (Mornington), 34pts, 2. Six competed. Quartet: Mornington, 37pts, 1; Milton, 34pts, 2 ; Riverton, 33pts, 3 ; Oromwell, 30pts, 4.

A meeting of the Bands' Associatiou was held on Ihursday morning, the 14 bands being represented After approval of the report and balance-sheet and electing officers it was agreed to hold the next contest at Winton. It was resolved that new by-laws and rules be drawn up and adopted ! before next contest.

A notice of motion by the Milton delegate to the effect that no band within a radius of 10 miles of Oamaru, Dunedin or Invercargill, be allowed to compete at future contests was referred to the committee set up to revip the rules. It was decided to pro|W next year's contest music from "mith's journal, London.

pulling, their fellow-townsmen would do the pushing, and by such a combination, they would doubtless be placed at any future Band Contest for which they might enter. The bandsmen were then invited to the Bendigo to partake of slight refreshments.

Music. Drill. Total Balclutha ... 75 m- • 147* Queenstown ... 74 72f- • 146| Mornington ... 76 68*144* Bluff ... ... m 69£144 Gore .- 74 69 — 143 Cromwell ... 70 72J - 142£ Port Chalmers ... 77 64 — 1.41 Taapeka ... n. 68 — 139 Wintoa ... 73 65i138| Milton... ... 72 65f — 137f Orepuki ... 66 67 — 133 Alexandra ... 65 65 — 13) Riverton ... 62 54 — 116

"3 si o 3 SI -a" "5 B CO 1) K S,| £3 o a 35 a a a MM Q A* H O <U Queenstown ... 14 2 a 4 3 7i 703 1-4 Balclutha i§ 2 3 1 74 72| Cromwell 2 2 3i 0 74 724 Bluff 3 2 4 14 10i 694 Gore 4 2 3 2 11 69 Morning ton ... 14 2 6 2 Hi 68i Tuapeka 1 3 4 4 12 68 OrepuM 3 3 5i 14 13 67 Milton 4 2 i .8 l*i 65f Winton *a 2 1 7 14§ 65| Alexandra 4 3 3 5 15 65 Port Chalmers 24 9 3 16 64 Riverton 5 4 13 4 26 54