The Daily News. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. THE BAND CONTEST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 55, 24 February 1908, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. THE BAND CONTEST.

New Plymouth uaiuiam promises lu m; agog wan o.vcilcnieiil during Hie luxi lew Jays, consequent ou tile holding ol mi' lj.uia Lonu-i jui- luuS .mii nil' J Uiiinipiuiiilup Athletic Caniiuil. -il-i iiK-iuvil iu give evidence iliai the obligations ul me week arc being seriously undertaken. The experience oi the prcviuu-: contest iit-lil in -\v\v I'lyinoiilli was urn iiii.-;in.-nirti>i'y ii'.'iii a financial ' point of view, nmi although the pic-em IlllK'l.'Oll is "II H l«»l'«' aillllilioils 'ink', m- lul\c nu doubt ili.i-:. <*"<-•" laioiaM,-w.-.lt.iel Hulim-liUl".-, II"' lecord "1 lili.' PUIS crak-l in New l'un,oill„ will be ~ mailer i"i- congratulation • I" respect "I till- COIIIc.-l CU'lll.s |«t-i>i»fi-, ui' mink New I-iyimmiii can claim i» ai(„r,l facilities imappi-oached i.y 1.11, town in llii' colony; certainly none can excel (he natural 'conditions existing I"

tlo.- Uccrcaliiiii tivuumU mi llie of contesi liaiid music, should u,e i.rcunistancc, be favorable, the sigiit "n Wednesday and Friday nights. ii"t i" mention Hie militiry competition on Thursdin alteriioon, should be uiMpii' and imp're-suo. Xoiwithstan.lillg a lew ddectioiis from the original list i-l

hands iiominaied, Hie .piality of the coii!pel.iug bauds. i„ comparison with previous contests, suffers not al all. The ah-ence of Wanganui and Kaikorai i-' regrettable, but, fortunately, the standard of baud music is now such that the absence of one or two bands, no mailer how .successful may nave been their records, cannot affect public interest. Notwithstanding the reasons advanced by a certain Dunedin band when withdrawing from the contest, we are optimistic enough to believe thai in the matter of judging events will pas- oil' successfully and pleasantly for the judge, the bandsmen, and the public. All cannot win, and although the-c must be disappointments on that score, we look to unsuccessful bandsmen to take their beating, when it comes, like sports and gentlemen. It, is a malleifor regret that the South Tsland hands which were unfortunate enough, through no fault of their own, to miss the mail I rain at Wellington on Saturday will, if the official programme is adhered to, be debarred from competing in tt>-day's solo competitions. Under the circumstances the Contest Comuiittae would only lie doing a graceful act in revising the order of the programme so as to allow the soloists of the delayed bands mi opportunity of competing.