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Blue Mountains · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1930

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Concert at Lawson Well Arranged Programme

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 2

Lawson residents should keep the night of March 14 free from engagement, so that they will be able to attend the musical and dramatic…

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Katoomba Band Programme for Month

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 2

Bandmaster Wheeler, in a letter to Council received at the meeting on Tuesday night last, set forth his programme for the…

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Eucre and Dance Red Cross Society Springwood

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 2

It was most disappointing that the euchre party and dance organised by the ladies', committee of the Red Cross Society…

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Euchre Party and Dance Successful "Diggers" at Town Hall

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 2

Everyone will agree that Thursday night was ideal for dancing, and those who attended the dance and euchre party in…

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Successful Concert At. Methodist Hall WOODFORD

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 1

A concert organised by Miss M. Clarke, assisted by Miss McKinnon, was given in the Woodford Methodist Hall on…

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Talented Singer Big Sydney Concert BLACKHEATH

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 1

Emily Hutchinson Cooper, the noted soprano, born at Blackheatli, where her aged mother still resides, is giving another of her popular…

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Cheero Club Tuesday Night's Dance

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 7

Cheero Club members are holding a dance at the Town Hall, Katoomba, on Tuesday, March 25…

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Successful Lawson Concert Crowded Home Praise for Organisers

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 1

On Friday night of last week the Lawson School of Arts Hall was filled to its utmost, when a dramatic and musical…

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Financial Statement Sunday Night's Concert McGARRITY APPEAL

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 2

Following is a financial statement and balance-sheet of the sacred concert held in the Empire Theatre on Sunday night last, the proceeds of…

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Charms of Music Magnificent Sacred Concert Grand Benefit Concert

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 4

Music is the most popular of all the arts, and the one in which the active principle of growth is strongest, for almost every other art seems stationary or on the down grade. Such happy contention was fully realised at the special…

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The "Star's" Special Literary Section Candid Talks Our Sunday Evenings Sacred Concert Boon of "Monkey Parade"

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 4

A Sunday evening in winter time is pretty dismal. In most Australian cities it is appalling. The smaller towns and villages are, if anything, worse. The great need is for sacred concerts after church hours,…

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Big Scotch Concert to Aid Hospital

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 7

If you want to hear the latest in Scotch jokes attend the big Scotch concert to be held in the Katoomba Town Hall on Friday,…

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The Band (To the Editor)

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 29 March 1930 · page 8

Sir,--In last Friday's issue of the "Daily" there are statements made by aldermen Booth and Shaw which are so far from the truth that I…

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Talented Singer Big Sydney Concert

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 29 March 1930 · page 1

Emily Hutchinson Cooper, a noted soprano, born at Mount Victoria, where her aged mother (Mrs Cooper, of Cooper's Grand Hotel) still…

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Grand Concert Enjoyable Programme SPRINGWOOD

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 29 March 1930 · page 1

A splendid concert was given by the Methodist Young People's Society in the Springwood Hall on Friday last…

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Orchestral Concert to Aid Diggers' Distress Fund

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 29 March 1930 · page 8

Watch out for Friday, 11th of April, for that is the date of the next big orchestra concert. It is to be held in the Town Hall,…

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Leading Sydney Entertainers to Visit Katoomba Will Give Concert to Help Far West Children's Health Scheme

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 29 March 1930 · page 5

Last year a party of Sydney's leading professional entertainers donated a week of their holidays to giving concerts in a number of…

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Band Enthusiasts Music Helps Funds Wentworth Fal[?]

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 3

Messrs Horace [?] and Montgomery are band enthusiasts, and are keenly interested in the organisation and efficiency…

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Golf Ball at Grand Hotel Mt. Victoria

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 8

Mr John Twinn, proprietor of Cooper's Grand Hotel, Mt. Victoria, has just returned after a strenous week in Sydney, completing the final…

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Correspondence Scotch Concert Sequel (To the Editor.)

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 1

Sir,--Kindly allow me a space in your valuable paper re the Scotch concert. To Mr. Dash (of Leura) and the…

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