BAND CONTEST
CHAMPIONSHIP TO WANGANUI WOOLSTON WINS ‘A’ GRADE QUICKSTEP BY Telegraph.—press association. Christchurch, February 28. The band contest was brought to a close on Saturday, when the A grade quickshep was decided, also the final of the B flat cornet championship and competition for the champion of champions in the various solo competitions heard during the contest. The weather was perfect for the quickstep, and a huge crowd witnessed a brilliant spectacle. The winner of this year’s Dominion championship is Queen Alexandra’s Own (Wanganui), with Woolston second and Greymouth third. Tlie contest has been an unqualified success, and is generally conceded to have been one of the best ever held in the Dominion. Saturday’s results are as follow: — A GRADE QUICKSTEP. Woolston, drill 183, music 94 277 Queen Alexandra’s Own (Wanganui), 174}, 91 2659 Wellington Tramways, 178 S, 86 2641 St. Kilda (Dunedin), 184 s, 80 26-11 Greymouth Municipal, 170}, 81 254} Kaikorai (Dunedin), 1771, 74 251} Christchurch Municipal, 165}, 76 ... 241} DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP. Queen Alexandra’s Own, tests 291, quickstep 91, aggregate 382 Woolston, 280, 94 374 Greymouth, 281, 84 365 Wellington Tramways, 274, 8G 3GO Kaikorai, 285, 74 359 St. Kilda, 269, SO 319 Christchurch Municipal, 253, 76 .. 329 B FLAT CORNET CHAMPIONSHIP. T. Goodall (Wellington Tramways), - 98 points 1 G. Bergerson (Queen Alexandra’s Own), 96 points ; 2 H. F. Vincent (Greymouth. Municipal), 93 points 3 CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS. W. P. Coughlan (Kaokirai), E flat bass 89 E. G. Williams (Woolston), trombone 88 11. Simpson (Christchurch Municipal), cornet 85 Also competed: W. J. Nelson (Kaikorai), baritone, 84; W. Smith (St. Kilda), tenor horn, 84; G. Lowry (Kaikorai), flugcl horn, 83; C. S. Hansen (Woolston), BB flat bass, 82; W. Kay (Wellington Tramways), B flat cornet, 71. CONTEST SHIELDS. Queen Alexandra’s Own takes the Dominion championship sh.ield, Doosey trophy, and Besson and Conn shields for the band gaining the highest aggregate points in test selections and music in quickstep. The Hawkes shield, for the band gaining, the highest aggregate points in test selections and the quickstep (including drill), goes to Woolston.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 127, 27 February 1928, Page 10
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342BAND CONTEST Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 127, 27 February 1928, Page 10
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