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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1909

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School Concert at Leura

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 13

A very successful concert was given in the Leura Hall on Friday night last, February 26th, in aid of Public School Piano Fund, and was well attended and proved a great success. Mr. Gollan was…

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Annual Ball at the Hydro, Medlow Bath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

St. Patrick's night at the Hydro, Medlow, is one of carnival, and the many visitors who journeyed there on Wednesday evening, when the annual staff ball took…

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Mt. St. Mary's College Concert. a Magnificent Audience and Grand Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 7

One of the largest and best audiences that has ever filled the old Masonic Hall assembled on Wednesday evening last to witness the Japanese Operetta in three acts by the pupils and ex-pupils…

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Elsie Thorncroft's Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 5

Quite a large audience greeted Miss Thorn croft on Wednesday evening, but not nearly so large as her entertainment deserved, for she had the assistance of Mr. Ernest Hoskings, who is a whole host…

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Masque and Fancy Dress Ball at the Hydro

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 9

The Hydro Majestic carried a full house during Easter week, and the festivities for which this palatial resort is noted were on a scale of much brilliancy. Drives, motoring, and theatricals were…

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First Grand Concert by the Katoomba Musical Society

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 5

The Katoomba Musical Society, which has been at work for the past three months, have wisely refrained from appearing in public until they were sure of making a successful debut. The time has…

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The Musical Society's Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

'Twas a brilliant audience that gathered at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening to listen to the first concert given by the Society, and that it was a most…

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Congregational Church Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 5

A large and appreciative audience gathered at the Congregational Church, Katoomba. on Wednesday evening to enjoy a concert organised to swell the general fund…

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Mt. St. Mary's Concert at Blackheath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 8

What may be justly claimed as one of the best and most enjoyable entertainments ever given in Blackheath took place at the Public Hall of Wednesday evening last, when the pupils of Mt.St…

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Chrysanthemum Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 5

Leap year has left us some time now, but the ladies of Katoomba turned the tables and commenced the season by inviting the gentlemen to a Chrysanthemum Dance in the Masonic Hall on…

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Charity Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 5

As a famous author once said, "it were well to do so much for charity," and with the end in view of swelling the funds of the District Benevolent Society Miss Mabel Long has for some weeks…

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The World's Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 4

On Tuesday evening next at the Masonic Hall, Katoomba, residents will have an opportunity of not only witnessing some of the very finest pictures ever produced, but…

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Meeting of the Band Committee

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 5

The Committee appointed by the Council to be a permanent Band Committee met at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening for the purpose of considering…

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Lawson. Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

The entertainment of Friday evening being such a success the visiting members of the Sydney Philharmonic Society consented to remain over and give a concert of a more varied character for…

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The Grand Concert at Lawson. Unqualified Success

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 10

The attendance at the concert and dramatic entertainment which took place last Friday evening in the Mechanics' Institute Hall was sufficiently large and enthusiastic to satisfy the most sanguine…

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Lawson. the Benefit Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 12

A fairly good audience attended at the Mechanics' Institute on Friday evening last to witness a repetition of that sparkling little comedy, "The Rivals," which was presented a few weeks…

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The Masonic Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 6

Lodge Victoria, No. 118, held its annual ball this year at the Carrington, where its large and magnificent dining hall gave ample room for such a splendid gathering…

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Congregational Church Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 5

One of the most enjoyable concerts held for some time was that at the above church on Wednesday evening. There was not even standing room at 8.30, which is a…

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New Theatre for Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 8

The plans and specifications for the new theatre for Katoomba are now complete, and are to be in the contractor's hands in a week. While the building is to be…

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Cinderella Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 5

A Cinderella dance in aid of St. Canice's Catholic Bazaar and Exhibition was held in the new hall of the Convent last Tuesday night, and was a great success…

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