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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

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St. Hilda's Grammar School. Its First Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

On Tuesday evening, the Town Hall was well filled to hoar the first concert given by the pupils under the Misses. Lovett at St. Hilda's Grammar School. It…

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Frederick Whitlow's Farewell. a Popular Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

The farewell concert to Mr. Frederick Whitlow, held in the Kaktoomba Town Hall on Friday night, was marked by scenes of great enthusiasm, engendered…

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Red Cross Concert. at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

The Red Cross concert organised by Mr. C. P. O'Kelly, was an unqualified success. At an early hour the fine concert ball of the Literary Institute was crowded…

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Comforts Fund Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

Tho concert organised by M. H. Bradley, in aid of Army Medical Comforts Fund, was held in St. Alban's Hall on Thursday last, and netted an appreciable sum for the…

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Local and General. Clinical Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. T. C. Hargraves, hon. sec., notices that a grand classical concert will be held in the King's Theatre on Friday evening, 9th instant, when some Sydney stars, including…

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Miss Linda Young's Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 7

The Mountain weather has been of the political brand lately; that is to say, it has given many promises and broken each pledge with praiseworthy consistency. Saturday…

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A Master Violinist. at Miss O'hare's Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

Miss Agnes O'Hare's plucky enterprise was rewarded with a fair house at the King's Theatre on Friday evening. The programme was a long one, and a fine array of talent…

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The Soldiers' Pictures

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 5

Sir,—The other night I attended the King's Theatre to witness a Red Cross benefit, a feature of which was the production of pictures of Katoomba Soldiers. Judge of…

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Another Calodonian Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 6

The success of the initial concert of the Katoomba and District Calodonian Society is still fresh in the minds of many. There is something inspiriting in the skitl of the…

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Mountain Festivities. Concert and Presentation

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 7

The concert promoted by Mrs. Roberts, and held in the public hall at Mount Victoria on Saturday night, was undoubtedly a huge success. The hall was crowded out, and…

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Merry-Makers at Medlow. Fancy Dress Ball

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 8

The localltes of Medlow Bath were more than surprised at the way in which the staff of the Hydre-Majestic carried through their fancy dress ball in Flanigan's hall on…

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The Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 1

It was not by any means a large audience which assembled in St. Alban's hall on Monday night, it being the occasion of the concer in conjunction with the Ritz Fete,…

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Leura Band Sports

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 6

Loura sports day this year was not by any means up to the standard of the previous venture, but this may be accounted for by the postponement of the date, and the…

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Leichhardt District Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 6

The Leichhardt District Rand umstered its full strength of 30 performres for the Haster tour to Katoomba. The memebers put up a very hard and strennous performance during…

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The Leura Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 6

Sir,—Would you kindly grant the Leura Band space in your columns to explain in reference to the Ritz Fete held on Easter Saturday. In your last issue there are statements…

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Katoomba Fire Brigade. Euchre Party and Dance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 6

The local fire-fighters had a night-out on Friday last, entertaining their guests at a ouchre party and dance in the Town Hall. The attendance was very gratifying, and…

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Leura Brass Band

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

Dear Sir,—Please allow me space in your valuable paper to reply to the letter in your last issue re Band and the late Secretary. At the meeting called for the purpose of putting…

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The Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 3

In the evening, a concert was hold in the King's Theatre, which had been generously handed over for the occasion, free of all cost, by the Katoomba Amusements Co…

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Nationalists at the Town Hall. E. S. CARR and R. T. BALL

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

On Monday evening, the above gentlemen spoke to a well-attended meeting in the Town Hall. In the absvere of Mayor Dash, who was taking part in a meeting elsewhere,…

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The Bathurst Merries. Successful Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

A bitterly cold night greeted the Bathhurst Merries on Saturday, and the talented troupe deserve a V.C. all round for the plucky way they stuck to their work on a stride that was…

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