13-YEAR-OLD BOY DOUBLE B CHAMPION

Chronicle (Levin), 1 March 1947, Page 7

13-YEAR-OLD BOY DOUBLE B CHAMPION

WANGANUI, Feb. 28. A boy of 13 years won the double B flat bass solo at the afternoon's band contest session. He was D. B. Dewe, of the Feilding Municipal Band, and gave a fine performance indeed. The placings were: D. B. jDewe (Feilding Municipal) 49, 1; M. A. Connors (Wanganui Garrison) 44, 2; K. E. Oliver (Ashburton Silver) 43, 3; W. Deere (Christchurch Municipal) 42, 4. The C grade own choice band eliam pionship test was piayed tonight on Cook's Gardens, and resulted: Hawera Municipal Auxiliary, 147 points, 1 ; Crichton Cobbers (Toe H) of Christ cliurch, 143 points, 2; Auckland City Boys, 142 points, 3; Wellington Boys Institute, 140 points; 4;> Rangiora Brass, .137 points, 5; Patea Municipal, 135 points, (5. >Six bands competed. Full responsibility „for the disquahli cation of the four bands — Falmerslon Xorth Garrison, Westport Municipal. Auckland Watersiders Junior and Tara naki Regimental and Xew Flymouth Municipal (Conibiued) — wliieh competed in the hynin test at the opening of, the New Zealand Brass Bands con test here last Bunday, was taken by the president of -the New Zealaud \ssociation (Mr. J'. F. O. Bkoglunc; . Wellington. He said rules were rulos and had to be observed. That was so in other compctitive fields. The subject was raised at the annual neeting today of the Neiv Zealan .irass Bands Associalion. The delegates vho protested about the disqualifieation mid that if the bands had not observed the rules they should not liave been allowed to piay. Wliat did happen was that they were allowed to play bui got no niarks on the score slieet. A suggestion was made to the executiv>' that it-seleet say 50 hymns from whic'n the bands can make their own choice and so save confusion. The confcrenee instructed the exeri tive to endeavour to afrango a Do minion contest for junior bands in thc Sejttcniber school liolidays anuually. The remit camo from the Wellington Watersiders Silver Band which urged that the contest be hehl during thc school liolidays os that young bandsmei would not lose school timfe. Thc 1948 New Zealand brass bands contest will be hehl in Dunedin. This was decided at the annual nieeting of the New Zealand Bands Association here today. Dunedin 's application was the onlv one received. The ' elcction of olficers resulted: President, Mr. J. P. O. Bl;oglund (Wellington); vice-presidents, Messrs F. W. G. klcLeod (Palmerston North), G. 11. Bailev (Christchurch), P. L. W. H. Brady (Wellington) ancl II. llarris (Dunedin); executive, lMessrs A. G. Ilorncr (Dunedin), W. Btevenson (Christchurch), G. C. Baker (Timaru) , j R. K. Bclgrave (Palmerston North), j. •J. Drew (Wellington) and H. O. Trowheela (Auckland) ; secretary-treasurer, Mr. J. G. Osborne (Wellington). Thc only new oflicers are Messrs Bclgrave anii Trcwhheela. klr. II. ■ Gladstone llill (Plimmerton) was proposed as president but II r. Bkoglund was reelected by a large niajority in the ballot.