EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 16 January 1907, Page 3

EXHIBITION BAND CONT EST

CONCERT JIAI.C C.NSITT.UiI.K. pitorosKD usK ok kotcniu. Special to -Daily New.-."' Chrislclmrch, January 1.1. After icariiu; tlie !!»■«'» o" the liarn linnd in the Kxhihiiion eoiu-rf lmil, tlie officials are conviaccd it is no place for tlie performance of the selections at tin- coining giv.it band contest. The IV-ses' lone and beauty are lost ill llic concert hall, and' the brilliant ciisembU-s are a jumble. On the other hand, the lieges sound roalIv niaguiliceul on the specially built rotunda on ihe -ports ground, tr.c sounding properties of which are perfect. Conductor Owen has request id that his band sheuU not again be

asked to play in the bah. He ex pri-sed his admiration of the rotunda, and experts are satisfied that the contest bands will be heard to great advantage in the rotunda, while in the conceit mill the performance, would be most unsatisfactory. Mr W. S. Kill" a wellknown band authority, has'.leveled time to studying the efforts of the Ucssc, playing in the hall ami the rotunda., and unhesitatingly pronounced in favour of the selections bene held on the rotunda lie ex

pi- -'-..s the opinion tlial bandsmen would he dismaliv disappointed wii M a full ha ml replevin;.' in lie.' hal\ To ilav lie .iiicial, conferred, ami a "-nils niunicitioii was .cut to u.e X..i ill Is laml I'.ras- Hands' A-snriation ini|iiir \ nii it that body airr.-os will, the p."-po-ii t» hold Hie selection event on !i,,, rotund.. If wul have .■ pr-p-r >ere"H placed en the rotunda fur n as a wind or snn shelter. The -land is brilliantly li.rht-.d, and musicians and experts lc-rc are delimited with the exccl'i'iii .-■■ Mills of the "pena.r playin;:. .Mr Kin-, who i.as h.iiiilsiiH'irs interests at heart, urues all eompetitov.s to ajrvee to the proposal. Of course, in the went of wet weather, the srleetions would prohahlv have to be heal in the conceit hall. ' It will he known deli Hitch- in the course of a day or two what'decision |,,.„, hern com,- to. lln

the mtimda, the |>uri!y and richness of the llc-s.-s' tone is i|iulc a remark ulih- f.-atur-. and no matter, piano or forte pas-aees. tec detail is obs.-rv iiblc ill anv part of the "/round. Expens have'not advised thai the soldiions .should be played in the open, without careful consideration of a practical nature. |

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