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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1917

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Mount St. Mary's College. Annual Juvenile Ball. Distribution of Prizes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3

"There were sounds of mirth on the night air rining, And- jamps from every casement shone, While voices blithe within were singing…

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Leura Literary Institute Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 7

The concert hold in St. Alban's hall on Thursday, in aid of the Leura Literary Institute, could not, by any stretch of imagination, be called an unqualified success,…

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Crackers Concert at Leura

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 7

On Friday last, the Leura Crackers tendered to the widow of the late Harry Craft a complimentar. benefit concert, the function being held in St. Alban's hall…

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"The Music of the Band."

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 2

At the taking of Baupanme, the assulting troops who had been fighting for some time and were weary, were greatly invigorated by a military band marching through the hall of…

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Katoomba Baby Cot Fund Successful Benefit Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 5

The concert in aid of the above fund did not draw the house the excellence of the programme merited. The night was bitterly cold, and scores shied at the snow who would…

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Fancy Dress Ball at Woodford

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 5

Woodford is progressing: At the soldiers Home a fancy dress ball was in full swing on Tuesday evening. There "Wood ford had gathered her beauty and here chivalry"…

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Complimentary Concert at Leura to Mr. Harry Drake

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 3

The complimentary concert tendered to Mr. Harry Drake by the residents of leura was an unqualified success, there being a good house and a programme full of merit,…

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The Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 1

It was a capacity house which greeted the Mosman Merrrymakers who had journeyed to Leura to give their services in the cause of patriotism, and Miss M. Thomas may well be…

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Miss Watson's Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 7

"St. Hllda's Parish Paper" makes the following reference to the above concert:—"Our anticipations of Miss concert were fully met…

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St. Hilda's Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 1

The concert organisation by Miss Florence Walson to help St. Hilda's Church building fund was a great success. The audience was thoroughly in sympathy with the…

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The Ryan Testimonial Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 2

The success of the Ryan testimonial concert exceeded expectations, and the organisers there of are well entitled to the sincere praise which is Voiced on all…

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Grand Miscellaneous Concert. an Autistic Treat

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

Music—lovers of the Mountain Capital have, in the past, been indebted to Miss. Ida Gurney for many a classic, and on Thursday lady she placed another substantial…

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Grand Classical Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 2

Music lovers on the Mountains and there are many, despite what croakers Bay to the contrary—are in store for a real treat on Wednesday 5th December. When a grand classical…

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Lawson Concert

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 4

On Friday evening one of the best musical entertainments over heard at Lawson was held in the Literary Institute in aid of the fete in connection with the liquidation of the debt on…

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