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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950

379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 19

New Pictures As Prizes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

For some time the Coffs Harbour PSAAA Association Has provided pictures as prises at the annual sports, These are…

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Coff's Band Needs More Instruments

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR.--Coff's Harbour and District Band has developed rapidly during the past three years, and has now…

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Marching Band

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

Another good crowd was attracted to the South Grafton Boulevard last night to the carnival being conducted to enable…

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Unesco Concerts For Young Composers

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 3

PARIS. -- Young and unknown music composers of all nations will present concerts of their works at UNESCO House, once a…

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Band Committee's Apathy Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Sir, -- As a ship without a captain, so is a band without an organiser. A special meeting was called…

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Band Contests At Festival Week

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 6

Suggestions for a more extensive band contest in and around festival week, were made at Tuesday night's meeting of the…

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Bright Night at Show Ball

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 1

The Coffs Harbour Show Society organised the first ball of the season, which was held on Friday night as a climax to…

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Practise Room For Boys' Band

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

The Grafton District Boys' Band has been granted the use of the brick building in Fitzroy street, formerly known as…

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Offensive Behaviour at Dance

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

Offensive behaviour at a dance at Woolgoolga on November 12 last resulted in Arthur OToole, a young man,…

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Ambulance Dance

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 2

A non-stop dance was held at Swan Creek on Thursday in aid of the Grafton District Ambulance Service. A large crowd…

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Ambulance Ball at Lower Bucca

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

The ball held at Lower Bucca last Friday night in aid of the Coffs Harbour New Ambulance Appeal was very…

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Entertainments Irish National Concert

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 4

To-night in the Garden Theatre the Irish national concert will be presented by the students of St. Mary's College and St. Mary's Primary and Infants…

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Band Competitions At Jacaranda Time

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 3

Frank discussion was the order at last night's meeting of the Jacaranda Festivals Committee on a proposal to conduct band contests before and during festival week…

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Big Audience Enjoys Irish National Concert

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 4

THE Garden Theatre, Grafton, was filled to capacity last night with an audience which generously applauded a fine Irish national concert presented by the students of St. Mary's College and St. Mary's Primary and Infants' Schools…

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Pleasing Prospects For First Show Ball

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

Pleasing prospects for the success of the inaugural ball of the Clarence P. and A. Society were revealed at yesterday's…

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Big District Revival in Rugby League FOOlBALL

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 8

The stage is all set for the biggest revival in district Rugby League football since pre-war days. A meeting of Bellingen, Urunga, Dorrigo Nambucca, Macks ville, Bowraville and Coifs Harbour clubs…

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Behind Scenes At Irish Concert

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 4

Four pretty little girls of St. Mary's Infants’ School prepare for their item "Gingham Time in Fairy Land." This took place at the Grand Irish National Concert in Grafton on Tuesday night. The infants were warmly applauded by the packed house for their…

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Hang Heads In Shame, If No Place For Pictures

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 2

On being informed that difficulty was being experienced in finding rooms in which to display National Art gallery…

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Dorrigo District Band

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

Great improvement has been made in the standard of music in recent months, and Dorrigo people have reason to be…

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Buses for Dance Passengers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 8

The controversal subject of bus runs to convey patrons to dances within the Bellingen Shire and took that area…

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