NEW ZEALAND BAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 712, 7 January 1903, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND BAND.

TO PLAY IN ENGLAND By Telegraph—Preßß Association. Wellington, last night. Lieutenant Herd has mado the final selection of the band that will lcavo Now Zealand for England by tho Corinthic on tho 19th March. Tho personnel is as follows : Conductor, Lioutonant T. Herd, bandmaster Wellington Garrison Band ; soprano cornet, W. Sneddon, Wellington Garrison Band; B flat cornets and fugel horns : E. C. Derry, band master, Christchurch ; J. W. Glonuie, solo cornet, Southland Battalion Band , E. Kerr, solo cornet, Kaikorai Band , r. W. Hopkinson, bandmastor, Denniston ; !'• W. G. Macleod, bandmastor, Mastcrton, and lato solo cornet, Oainaru Garrison Band ; L. T. King, lato solo cornet, Wellington Garrison Bund and Pollards orchostra; G. M. Nichol, solo cornot, Bluff Naval Band, and L. Macdonald, Wellington Garrison Band. E flat horns : J. McKersey, Denniston, lato Dunedin Navals Band ; A. McNeil, Newtown Bund, lato Kaikorai Band; H. B. Lange, Hauraki Band, conductor Thames Orchestral Society ; F- Me.yrick, bandmaster Palmerston North. Baritones : J. Hint, NorthEast Valley Band, Dunedin ; A. Bryce, Milton Band. Trombones: S. B. Oukea, Wellington Garrison Baud. Tenor: It. Petit, Kaikorai Band. Tonor :J. McKenzie, Dunedin Navals Band. Baas euphoniums: J. A. O’Brien, Kaikorai Band. Solo: A. Ferguson- Southland Battalion Band. 2nd basses: C. J. Davice, Kaikorai Band, B flat, C. Hansen, Southland Battalion Band; B flat, J. Ablett, lato Christehurch Garrison Band ; E Hat, H. Dixon, Mastorton Municipal. E Hat sido druin, A. Reid, Derry’s Band, Christchurch. Bass drum, pianist, and reserve horn or Frombone player, P. Tombs, Palmerston North Band. . , , In regard to the selection of tho, band j and the prospects, Lieut. Herd says : "In , making tho selection I wish it to bo dis- , tinctly understood that at least three gooi playors lost their chance of boing included , in the band, owitg to unwillingness to , play subordinate parts. lam sorry that ] W. 0. King, bandmaster and trom- | bonist, of Oainaru, is unable to make the trip. The question of character, j combined with special musical ability, f has boon very seriously considered. All ( things considered, the band i 3 a very t strong ono, and with diligent practice for ; Four weeks prior to leaving tho colony, and j with six weeks' practice on tho way Elomo, should do honor to New Zealand. t