EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8361, 18 February 1907, Page 5

EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST.

QUICKSTEP COMPETITION. WANGANUI FIRST. MASTERTON SECOND. KAIKORAI SCORES THE POSSIBLE POINTS IN MUSIC. By Telegraph—Press Association. . CHRISTCHURCH, February 16. The ExihbitionVßand Contest closed to-day with the Quickstep Competition. The following were the awards (the possible points being-r----drill 200, music 60, total 260): — Drill. Music. Tl. Wanganui ... 174$ 55 229$ Masterton Municipal 170 59 229 Auckland First Battalion ... ... 172 53 225 Kaikorai 163$ 60 223$ Auckland Garrison 168 55 223 Taranaki, drill 1665, music 52, total 218$; Woolston, 131 J, 40, 2175; Timaru Garrison, 168$, 46, 2145; Invercargill Municipal, 164 J, 50, 2145; Waihi Federal, 1555, 59, 214J; Palmerston North, 169, 45, 214; Derry's Private, 1535, 59, 2125; Newcastle City, 1475, 58, 2055; Denniston, 153, 51, 204; Gisborne City, 1525, 50, 2025; Greymouth Battalion, 157, 45, 202: Nelson Garrison, 151$, 47, 198$; Tuapeka, 148, 47, 195; Wellington Garrison, 135, 58, 193; Dunedin Navals, 145, 44, 189; Jupp's (Wellington), 130$, 57, 187$; Hastings Town, 134, 50, 184; Timaru Marine, 144, 36, 180; Dunedin Citizens, 1325, 47, 1795; Ruahine (Woodville), 140, 39, 179; Napier Garrison, 131$, 40, 171$.

THE WANGANUI BAND. The following are the principal achievements of the Wanganui Band during the past nine years:— 1898. —Napier: Second in test selection and first in marching competition. 1899.—Palmerston North: Second in test selection, and also in marching competition. 1900. —Wellington: Second in test selection and second in marching competition. 1901. —New Plymouth: Highest aggregate for music throughout contest, and won the Besson shield. 1902. —Wanganui: First in test selection, first in marching competition, and won the Besson shield. 1903. —Masterton: Second in test selection and first injnarching competition. 1904: Timaru: First in test selection and first in marching competition. The band did not compete at the contest held in Palmerston North, at which Kaikorai won the test selections, marching, and Besson Shield. 1905.—Auckland: First in test selection, first in marching competition, and won the Besson shield. 1906. Hawera: Won the test selection, the marching competition, and the Besson shield. 1907. —Exhibition Contest: Won the test selection and marching competition.

The following is the pei-sonnel of the Wanganui t and Kaikorai Bands, who were first and second, respectively, in the test selections: — Wanganui Garrison. Conductor, Mr J. Crichton. Soprani?, J. Trussell; solo cornet, G, Buckley; first cornets, C. Perrett, A. Rodgers and S. M'Neill; repiano, H. Northey; second cornet, F. Trbunson; third cornets, P. Grady and R. M'Cann; first flugel, E. Gould; third flugel, R. Law; solo horn, C. Forrest; first horn, D. Williams; second horn, N. Miller; third horn, E. Beadle; first baritone, G. Jepsen; second . baritones, S. Garner and C. Staffern; solo' euphonium, W. Hickman; second Blythe; first B flat trombone, T. Gray; second B flat trombone, S. Sly; G. trombone, G. Boyd; E flat bombardons, S. Signal and F. Schultz; B flat bass, 0. Allowes, BB flat bass, A. Guthrie; bass drum, J. Adamson; side drum, C. Cooper. Drum-major, Sergeant-major Anderson. Kaikorai. —Conductor, Mr G. B. Laidlaw. Soprano, E. Hunter; solo cornet, E. Kerr; first cornet, H. Hofland; repiano, James jPatterson; second cornet, G. Laidlaw; third cornet, G. M'Lean; first flugel, G. Bauchop; 'second flugel, H. Freeman; third flugel, J. Currie; solo horn, D. Whelan; first horn, H. Davie; second horn, A. Thomson; third horns, R. Coughlan and James Smith; first baritone, R. Little,; second baritone, J. Black; solo euphonium, J. O'Brieß; first B flat trombone, J. M'Lean; second B flat trombone, S. Trownson; G trombone, J. M'Kenzie; E flat bombardons, W. P. Coughlan and A. Salter; B flat bass, C. Webster; BB flat bass, £. P. Chisholm; bass drum, J. Davie; side drum, J. G. Osborne. Drum-major. Hilmer Davie. The Kaikorai (Dunedin) Band, who scored the possible number of marks for music in the Quickstep, obtained the highest number of marks for music in the two selections and the Quickstep, beating Wanganui by three points,