WORLD-FAMOUS BAND

Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1948, Page 4

WORLD-FAMOUS BAND

levin To Be First Stop On Dominion Tour - The world-famous Hawthorn. Salvati'ori Afm'y B'Uii'd frohi Aus- » tfalik, uhder fchfe baton of Bandmaster H. V! Stevens, will give a short recital in Levin on ThUrsday. It will be: the band's first stop in the .course of its Dominion tour, ahd Citizens will welcome ! the opportunity of hearing this renowned musical combination. f T .V " Arfiving at" 10 a.m., the bahd will ■fee nlet by ihe Mayor, Mr. H; B. • Bufdfekin, and thh SalvUtion Army bffider ih Levih, Adjutaht Elliott • Major. The visitors will be enter- . - Major. A civid Whlhdffite will be tendered, A platform is to be erected ih Queen Street, dutsMe the AUto- . fii'obile Association's office, and from there the band will give a programme of music extending oveb 20 hiinutes or half an hour.

Before departing members of the band* Will'be eiltertuine'd at mbfning tea. .. . The-' Hawthorn Salvation Army Band niay be regarded as one Of the pioneer Salvation Ahmy Bahds in . -Australia, as it has been " in Bxistehce since the year 1883. It is recoghised as one of the front Tank aggreghtions, either m or outside of the Salvation Army, The band has traVefied all over Australia ahd has completed . some 28,000 miles of musical meahdefings. It has had some unusual features inasmuch as it was for some time the 39th Battalion Band as well as a Salvation Army combination, and in that circumstance was able to win 15 out of 18 military contests for which it entered, ahd of being A grade champions " for several years. They were colloqUially known. as the "39th Battalion Salvos." Bandmaster H. V. Stevens is a bandmaster who mduoes brilliance in his combination, and throughout the years has delighted many with his musical skill. The bahd ariives in Wellington on Wednesday. The meh are versatile, for in addition to the brass band work, the band possesses some splendid vocalists and instihmehtalists,.