EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7

EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST.

. THE SOLO COMPETITIONS. • (By Telegraph,—Press -Association.) ' ' Auckland, February 10. ,-!At- tho, .Exhibition' band contest last. evening the,results .were:—. ; ' B-flat Trombone Solo, Old English L.yric', "Flowers That Blow" (Ti Linlei') —W. Lanham'(Woolstoh), 88'. '1: J. Sooihill .(Marton), 87, 2. B-flat Cornet Solo, Cavatina and Romance from Robert Bruce /Rossini) .— W. Bowman (Wellington City Band), 1 96, 1; W..H. Osborne (2nd Canterbury Regiment), 94, 2. ' \| ' Additional 'band confpst results:—• B-flat Euphonium Solo; "Mad Form," arranged by 11. .Puroell—C./ Austin (Taranaki Rifles), 96 . points, 1; F. _ Clarke (Gisborne City), 95, and : TV.' Hickman (Wanganiii Garrison), ' 95, equal, 2. 1 E Flat- cornet solo—K: Wills" (Invercargill Hibernian), 90, 1; W. Frances. (Wanganui- Garrison), BG, 2. There, were seven other competitors. , B Flat bass 'solo—T- AVilliams (St. Kilda Municipal), ; 100, 1; T: Barton (Marton Royal), 98, 2., Thero were'two other competitors. The judge spoke enthusiastically of tho' performance of Williams;-,.who. gained the maximum of marks. . TJie First A Grade and First B Grade cohte'ste. took place to-night: Twelve bands wero'entered for tho"A Grade Contest, which was not completed until after midnight. The B Grado contest resulted (possible points ; : 150) Invrrcargill Hibernian, 147 1 Oiiehunga,i-145 2 Whangarei, 145 ... 3 Marton, 138 4 Other - competitors:—Waikato.- ]36; Taranaki, Rifles. 133 : Hawera, 133: Napier. City, 128: Wellington Watersiders, 126; Dargaville, 117.,. ' ;