A CHAMPION BAND CREATOR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 19 April 1913, Page 9

A CHAMPION BAND CREATOR.

-' ' ' MR.''ALBERT WADE.- '''"' '~ ' Mr. Albert Wade, a brass band adjiidt cater, who is well known both in Ensland and Australia, arrived from Sydney by the Warrimoo on Thursday on hji. way to his home in Wanganui. Mr. Wade has just returned from judging Hie music at the Charters Towers (Queensland) Ei-teddfod. which is the seventeenth muvical compel ition at which he has lidiuilieated since ho came from Drilah under .eiigegeineiit lu the -management 'of the South Slrec; Ballaral, i-ompoitiions in Itili'i. ;■; "I irained'ilie champion band of Eng' land-ih;'. Wike 'lVmporaiiee Band." Mr Wade 'aid in the course of an inleiview "After ilinl. I went to Scotland toniluelor of the famous Broxburn Band, which 1 left with i-hammmi-hip hoi.onrs from Scotland, f went In Wales and trained the I loyal Oakley Ham! until it: won the i-iinmpioiisiiiii in I!lir>. The si me year I enino out to .Au-lralin as judge at the Bnllnrat. competitions, ami-after-ward- inn!; ui> the cnmlueloi'-liip of the Ballaral. City "Hand. I'n till then it had never won a prize. Whin 1 kit it it. was the champion bamV «f the State. I left. Ballaral. in V.IOS lip- New.Zealand and took over the AVanpanni Band,- and in 1910 we went to Ballnrni ami won the championship. So that I can now siy that I have conducted the champion band's of England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, and Xew Zealand."

When in Australia, Mr. Wado was asked when the Wanganui Band was iroing to make a bid for the Australinsinn championship. His reply was ilint, tho last trip had cost .ClOllii; It was too "real an expense—even for championship honours, in addition to the groat, loss "of Timi? incurred by-the bandsmen, lie thought thai: tho Waugumii Band had holier, wait until an Australian bapd came overliere and beat us. There would be a good opportunity provided in the big band corjlest (o lie held'ill-February of-next.rear at Auckland in conjunction with tho'Exhibition. Tho prir.es would be the lament over offered in Australasia; Ho assured Australian bandsmen that, if fhev- came over they could lw sure of a right roval Welcome.