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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1955

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Infants’ Ball Next Friday New President Elected For Mothers’ Club

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1955 · page 1

The Infants’ Ball will be held in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall next Friday night and final arrangements for it were made at…

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Music Club Reaches Its Target at Popular Concert

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1955 · page 2

More than 300 people attended Yass Music Club’s Popular Concert in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Friday…

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Crazy Dance Proceeds

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 May 1955 · page 2

Mrs. C. Carey and Miss O. Clifton have received letters of thanks from Gilgandra Shire Council and Narrabri Municipal…

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Yass Music Club One Act Opera at Next Concert

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 May 1955 · page 8

Menotti’s one-act opera “The Telephone,” which runs for about 40 minutes, will form the second half of the…

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Diggers’ Ball In August

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1955 · page 3

Yass R.S.L. on Saturday decided to hold the annual Diggers’ Ball in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Friday, August 26…

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Reunion Race Meeting On Saturday Ball Next Monday Night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1955 · page 2

Ninety nominations . have been received for the Reunion Races on Marchmont Racecourse next Saturday and with the course…

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150 Chidren in Fancy Costumes Brilliant Scene At Infants’ Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 May 1955 · page 2

With 14 seta of eight and many individual costumes the Central School's Infants’ Fancy Dress Ball in the Memorial Hall On Friday was an animated and gaily coloured scene…

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Scottish Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1955 · page 1

One of the features at the annual Scottish Ball to be held in Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Friday, May 27, will be a piano…

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Central School Infants’ Ball Children In Prize Winning Sets

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 May 1955 · page 1

Pupils who took part in the winning sets of eight at the Central School’s Infants’ Ball on Friday night were:…

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Scottish Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 May 1955 · page 2

Realising that Scottish dancing may be spectacular to only a comparative few, the organising committee has decided to restrict this…

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11 Debs. At Re-Union Ball To-night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 May 1955 · page 2

Eleven debutantes will be presented to Licut.-Commander Mathews and Mrs. Mathews at the annual Re-Union Ball to be held in…

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Eleven Debutantes Presented at Re-union Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 6

Eleven debutantes who were presented at the Re-union Ball, in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Monday night, to Lieut. J. Williams, of Harman Naval Station, Canberra, and Mrs. Williams. BACK ROW: Misses Leila Rudd, Marjoris' Duffy, Denise O’Connor, Patricia Patmore, Shirley Grieves, Joy Kershaw. FRONT ROW: Misses Marjorie Garrety, Paula White, Daphne Reid, Joan Heffernan and Margaret Shaw. The girls were photographed on the stage of Mount Carmel College Hall, where they had a final rehearsal before…

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Spectacular Success Of Re-union Ball Clever Nautical Decor For 600 Dancers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 7

Nautical motifs in pale blue and white formed the effective setting for this year’s Re-union Ball last Monday…

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Re-union Ball Pictures

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 1

The sisters of Mount Carmel College, specially requested Mr. Sid Hardy, of Yass Photographic Service, to take pictures of the…

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Scottish Ball Pipe Band To Parade In Cooma Street

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 2

This year’s Scottish Ball promises to be even better than ever and detailed preparation has been put into organising the Ball. It…

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Music Club Concert the Telephone Was Described As a Two-headed Monster

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 1

Menotti’s one-act comic opera “The Telephone” was received with delighted applause-and almost continuous…

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Haggis Piped in at Scottish Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 May 1955 · page 2

True to Scottish tradition, the haggis was piped in during supper at the Scottish Ball in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Friday night…

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Dancers at the Scottish Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 June 1955 · page 1

With Kilts and skirt flying two visitors from Canberra danced a reel with gaiety and energy at the Scottish Ball in the Yass Soldiers’ Memorial Hall last Friday night. There were about 500 at the ball which many thought the most successful…

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School’s First Secondary Ball

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 June 1955 · page 6

Yass Central School will hold a Secondary Ball in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Friday, August 5, for senior and…

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Diggers’ Ball Secretaries, Committee Elected

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 June 1955 · page 3

Mr. K. Hartigan is the secretary of the Annual Diggers’ Ball to be held in the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall…

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