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1956-10-24 Brass Solo and Party Contests

24th October, 1956

Held in Civic Hall

6 Bb Euphonium Solo "Prelude and Scherzo" (Ernest S. Williams)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
R	Lower	Broken Hill	New South Wales	90.00	1st
Donald	Lock	Preston	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Mark	Porter	Sydney	New South Wales	81.00	3rd
V	Fryar	Hawthorn	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Frank	Menner	Yallourn	Victoria		None
Kenneth	Stevens	Malvern	Victoria		None
Harold	Hewson	Tranmere	South Australia		None

4 Flugel Horn Solo "Cheanango Schottische" (Ernest S. Williams)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
K	Billing	Broken Hill	New South Wales	84.00	1st
Kevin	Hickey	North Carlton	Victoria	83.00	2nd
S	Coffa	Hawthorn	Victoria	82.00	3rd
John	Rance	East Prahran	Victoria		None
Raymond	Johnson	St. Arnaud	Victoria		None
Peter	Davison	Preston	Victoria		None

12 Septette for any Seven Instruments - Own Choice

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Bentley, Haron, Austen, Hansen, Deves, Griffiths, Mitchell	Sydney	New South Wales	91.00	1st
Preston Municipal Band "C" Party	Preston	Victoria	90.00	2nd
Allan, Button, Beazley, Cross, Porter, McCarthy, McRonald	Sydney	New South Wales	86.00	3rd
Broken Hill City Band No.1 Party	Broken Hill	New South Wales	84.00	Honourable Mention
Wayne Manallack, Ronald Sutherland, Keith Stancombe, Ian Fowler, John Rowlton, Anthony Foster, George Freeman	Footsracy	Victoria		None
City of Ballarat Band No 1 Party	Ballarat	Victoria		None

7 Bb Tenor Trombone Solo "Lend Me Your Aid" (Gounod)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Harley	Axford	Malvern	Victoria	92.00	1st
Edward	Pollard	Preston	Victoria	90.00	2nd
Jack	McCarthy	Sydney	New South Wales	88.00	3rd
S	Inglis	Hawthorn	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention
Keith	Norford	Sydney	New South Wales	87.00	Honourable Mention
Neil	Bates	Melbourne	Victoria		None
Alexander	Henderson	Mornington	Victoria		None
Bram	Hanna	Sydney	New South Wales		None
Alan	Mewitt	Malvern	Victoria		None
Arthur	O'Brien	Yallourn	Victoria		None
William	Howell	Ballarat	Victoria		None
D.	Watson	Maffra	Victoria		None
Horace	Philpott	Malvern	Victoria		None
Dudley	Madden	Brunswick	Victoria		None
Anthony	Foster	Yarraville	Victoria		None
Brian	Kemp	Melbourne	Victoria		None
Jomes	Grace	Melbourne	Victoria		None

10 Duet for any Two Instruments - Own Choice

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Arthur Withers and Harold Tierney	Preston	Victoria	92.00	1st
John Blake and Kevin Hickey	North Carlton	Victoria	87.00	2nd
Harry and Horace Philpott	Malvern	Victoria	86.00	3rd
Donald Lock and Edward Pollard	Preston	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Keith Norford and Michael Maher	Sydney	New South Wales	85.00	Honourable Mention
E. Kennedy	Melbourne	Victoria		None

2 Eb Soprano Solo "Bordogni's Works" (Jaques Lafont)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Harold	Tierney	Preston	Victoria	88.00	1st
Perry	Axford	Malvern	Victoria	83.00	2nd
Arthur	Turner	Stawell	Victoria	82.00	3rd
Robert	Grant	Kiama	New South Wales	80.00	Honourable Mention
Keith	Howell	Ballarat	Victoria		None

Champion of Champions Open to all

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Brian	Kirby	Brunswick	Victoria	97.00	1st
Arthur	Withers	Preston	Victoria	96.00	2nd
R	Lower	Broken Hill	New South Wales	95.00	3rd
Peter	McRonald	Sydney	New South Wales	94.00	Honourable Mention
Authur	Flowers	Castlemaine	Victoria		None
K.	Gordon	Brisbane	Queensland		None
K.	Billing	Broken hill	New South Wales		None
Harley	Axford	Malvern	Victoria		None