Format: | Sacred, March, Set Test and Own Choice Contest |
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Test Piece: | Themes from Symphony no. 5 [Tchaikovsky, arr. Ball] 1948 |
Adjudicators: | Frank Wright |
Venue: | Ballarat Oval, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Position | Band | Conductor | Music | Test Piece | Own Choice | Stage March | Total |
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1 | St. Kilda | Ken Smith |
An Epic Symphony
1926
|
88 | 90 | 169 | 347 |
2 | City of Ballarat | Alfred Rowell | 85 | 85 | 171 | 341 | |
Brisbane Excelsior | James Compton | 87 | |||||
South Australian Police | Alex Radcliffe |
Fri 28th Oct - Test Piece (afternoon, City Oval)
Sat 29th Oct - Own Choice (9.30 AM), Quickstep (2.45 PM), Street March (7.15 PM, through city to the City Oval), Special Night Quickstep (7.45 PM)
Special Quickstep:
1 South Australian Police 85
2 St. Kilda 84
Street March (Combined A and B Grades)
1 Ballarat Soldiers' Memorial Band 36
2 St. Kilda 34
Solo competitions (judge Frank Wright)
Soprano Cornet: Ian Bassett (St Kilda) by 5 pts
Cornet: Ken Smith (St Kilda) by 4 pts
Duet: Ken Smith and G. R. Mowat (St Kilda) by 4 pts
8 bands played.
Source: St Kilda 1961 Diamond Jubilee booklet (available online: http://www.stkildabrass.org.nz/pdfs/1901-1961.pdf, pp. 16-19)