WELLINGTON BANDS.
AMALGAMATION PROPOSED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 20. Mr H. D. Bennett, president of the New Zealand Bands’ Association, has launched important and novel propo r sals involving the amalgamation in one organisation of all the bands in Wellington city. • For some time past Mr Bennett has been convinced that brass band talent here has been dissipated by the existence of so many units, each seeking to secure the best players and so preventing the possibility of the formation of one, really first-class brass band. His scheme for Wellington proposes the assembling of all the band talent under cue organisation, forming a first-class civic band and a number of graded bands. Mr Bennett believes that if this could be brought about it would make possible the engagement of a first-class conductor from overseas, who would not only conduct the civic band, but would train the grade bands and would also be responsible for an annual classification. He also proposes that the senior or civic band should not be eligible for contests.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 21, 21 December 1932, Page 5
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173WELLINGTON BANDS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 21, 21 December 1932, Page 5
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