Bandsmen Show the Way
T is many years since Dunedin was the scene of the Brass Band Championships, and those who have fiot previously attended such an event have now some idea of the tremendous enthusiasm and technical ability which is evidenced among cOmpeting bands. As one who was unfortunately unable to attend many of the events, I was thankful for the broadcast coverage, and especially for the replaying of recordings of the winning bands and soloists. Most of the records were very good ones, and band enthusi-° asts in other centres will await them with interest-for I presume they will be considered good enough to be sent the rounds of the various stations. There is always a great deal of public support available for the brass band, and, it
would seem by the youth of many of the preserit competitors, any number of proficient young bandsmen coming on to provide the necessary talent in the future. Every city and town of any size in New Zealand boasts not one band but several-but how few are the cities and
towns which can support even one mod-erately-sized symphony orchestra! If the support that is accorded the bands (both among audiences and performers) were as widely evidenced among audiences and performers of orchestral music, then the future of amateur music in this country would be rosy.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 454, 5 March 1948, Page 12
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224Bandsmen Show the Way New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 454, 5 March 1948, Page 12
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