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New Zealand National Championships (A Grade)

Sat 19 Feb 1949



Format: Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece: Gems of Chopin [arr. Catelinet]
Adjudicators: Albert Baile , Dean Goffin , Tom Goodall
Venue: Dunedin Town Hall, Otago, New Zealand

Position Band Conductor Music Total
1 Wellington Boys Institute J. C. King 42
2 Greymouth Municipal Lionel Hall 35
2 Lower Hutt Municipal G. F. Kaye 35
4 Ashburton Silver R. Milligan 30
1st Battalion Auckland Artillery F. B. Smyth
Nelson Garrison Ernest Barton 0
Palmerston North Garrison C. Pike
W Blenheim Regimental
W Hastings Citizens

Two Test Selections
No.1 " Gems of Chopin's Works" (Phil Catelinet) points listed under Test
No.2 " Sinfonietta Pastorale" (Henry

Place Points system to decide Championship
Also
Grading Change
Championship grade introduced
"A" grade became "Championship Grade"
"B" grade divided in to two sections with the top section becoming "A" grade
Lower section remaining "B" grade
"C" grade no change
Bands competed for the first time in their new grade.





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