The Wilmington morning star., 1942-04-17
Rows And Girls From Twen
ty Five Communities
Compete For Honors

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GREENS BORO, April II
Ip-Working up to a colorful eli
.oy the 23rd annual state hig
abooI music contest and festiva
:. Voman's college here will oh
eorve O. Band Day tomorrow as tn,
" Ios;ng event of the four days o
t.stiyals and contests which began
~, ..rIv Tuesday morning and will
Eve engaged more than 1900 girl
and -. bovs by the time the last bans
* rated tonight.
Uniformed girls and boys, rep
rosentjng the vanguard of the 2!
b9nds which will take part in tt
sorrows competitive and festiva
svents began arriving at noon to
Jar Tomorrow they will star
Having for rating at 8 o'clock il
bycock auditorium with William
\ Revelli, conductor of the Uni
-orsitv of Michigan band, as judge
Grant Fletcher, of the faculty O
Winthrop college. Rock Hill, S. c.
will Judge the bands on sight read
ing.
High light of the day will be
+he traditional band parade anc
festival at 4::30 o'clock tomorrow
af+ernoon. All Is bands are eligible
for participation in the events
which will include a marching con
test drum majors contest anc
a massed band performance
Forming at 4 o'clock on the grass
SQUARE north of music building, the
bands will march west on Walker
avenue to the college hle i {
field for the maneuvers and con.
cert.
Revelli considered one of tn {
outstanding bandmasters in til {
country. will direct the masseo
band in playing five numbers,
.Star-Spangled Banner" 'Ameri'
ca Victorious Legions," Rose.
bkrans; "Invercargill', Lithgow;
and Queen City," Boone.
The contest festival which had
given over the first two days sole.
" to festival features, entered the
competitive state today with q
pianists and two orchestras play.
ing for ratings, Ausin Conrad, out
standing American pianist an
member of the faculty of Peabody
Conservatory, Baltimore, Md,
Judges the piano event, and Nor
val Church. head of the instru.
mental department of Teachers
College, Columbia university. the
orchestras.
Ratings in the piano contest,
which ran throughout the d a y,
we're as follows:
Class C schools, ratings of one,
Lucille Sawyer, New Bern: Mary
Jane Fox, Roxboro; Billy Walters,
Roanoke Rapids; Emily J can
Mathews, Louisburg, and M y
Jane Thomas, Old Town. Ratings
Of two, J. w. Florea, Jr., Moy-
cock; Frances McPhaul, R d
Springs, and Frances Hight, Hen
ierson.
Class B schools, ratings of one,
Frances Kelly. Woodleaf: Martha
Hedrick, Southmont; Elizabeth
Lockhart, Wadesboro, and R h
Watkins, State School for Blind,
Raleigh. Ratings of two, Sa h
Weeks. Mayesville; Sarah Morgan
Farmer, Bailey; Annie l. e
Sprinkle, Childrens' Home, Win
Ston-Salem, and Constance Ed
wards, Trenton.
Class A schools, ratings Of one,
Susan Lupton, Goldsboro; N a ncy
Eagle, Salisbury; Marshall Brit
tain, Greensboro, and Mi r m
Knowles, Rocky Mount. Ratings of
Two, Mary Adams. Alexander Gra-
lam High School, Charlotte; Susan
)arden, Wilson and David Bowers
r., Lenoir.
Eight bands from class c
chools will lead off tomorrow S
ontest. They are Lindley an d
'entral Junior h i 6 h schools of
Mills H me Of
,homasville, Hickory, Wadesboro,
Ionroe, Drexel and Belmont.
Following them Immediately will
We class D school bands, Thomas.
,oro, of Mecklenburg county, and
Roxboro, playing for r ting S
and Marshville for criticism only
Contest between bands fl o m
class B. schools will be t a rteo
turing the morning, with Ashebore
Townsville and Henderson high
'f Charlotte, Shelby, Cherryville,
Hendersonville and Chapel Hi
playing.
Five bands from class A schools
will end the contest when t h y