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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1905

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Shearers' Ball at Whissons[?]tt

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 2

A very successful ball was given in Mr. McDonald's wool shed at the conclusion of his shearing on Wednesday night last, 29th ultio, which was…

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Public School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 4

The ball of the Mechanics' Institute was the scene on Wednesday night of a concert given by the pupils of the Singleton Superior Public School, the object being to aid the piano fund. The building was…

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Local News. Concert at Glendon

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 2

On Saturday night a concert will be held at Glendon, in aid of the Glendon C.E. Organ Fund. Tho entertainment will commence at 8 o'clock, and the…

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The Clothesline Dance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 3

The merry wild breezes are swinging The tops of the cottonwood trees, And chimes of the bluebells are fining In beltries built low for the been…

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Band of Mercy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 2

The little folk of the above band held the last of their monthly meeting for the year on Mgnday, nth inst, There was a large attendanpe as there has been with qne expeption…

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Local News. Band in Park

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 4

Weather permitting, the Singleton Town Band (in new uniform) will perform in Burdekin Park to-morrow afternoon at 3 p.m…

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Puplic School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 2

The breaking-up for the Christmas vacation was fittingly celebrated at the Superior Public School for Boys, west Maitland, yesterday, by an entertainment and bicycle race, arranged…

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Singleton Superior Public School. Annual Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 3

On Wednesday night a concert was given in the hall of tho Mechanics' Institute by the pupils of the Singleton Superior Public School, under the…

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The Christmas Vacation. School Concerts and Prize Distributions. Miss Barker's, East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 3

The annual break-up of Miss Barker's school, "Rydal," took place on the evening of Thursday, the 14th, in S. Peter's Hall. The body of the hall was very artistically,…

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Scone Public School. CONCERT

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 2

ON Thursday evening last, one of the most successful, if not the most successful, children's concerts ever held here took place in the Oddfellows'…

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Band Trip to Gympie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 4

Our bandsmen this evening commence their trip to the goldmining Queensland town of Gympie, and we wish them a safe and pleasant journey, a good time, and success in…

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The Kissing Ball

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 3

A green ball to suspend over the Christmas dinner table is made by fastening two keg hoops together, one within the other, turning each way like an…

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A Russian Court Ball

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 8

'A' very interesting article on the Russian Court, written by Mr. Herbert J. Hagerman, formerly of the American Embassy at St.Petersburg…

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Topics of the Day. Gympie Brass Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 4

The Gympie Brass Band Contest is declared to be the largest contest of its kind yet held in Queensland. The night sessions are to be held in the Olympic Hall, on…

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Gympie Band Contest. the Opening Day. Gympie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1905 · page 5

The first day's band contest was opened to-day. The Maitland Band played the selection "Satanella," in fine style, but just as they were finishing, a hurricane blew the top of the stand over, narrowly…

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The Gympie Band Contest. Federal Band Wins. Gympie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 3

The proceedings opened to-day at 9 a.m with an independent march parade by each of the competing bands, at intervals, three minutes, from Jympie Courthouse to…

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Band Contest at Cympie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 2

The Maitland Federal Band, after travelling 700 miles by rail and having the roof of the band-stand blown about their ears while playing the prize selection, and their…

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Some Good Advice. Glamour of the Concert Platform

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 6

A correspondent in "Musical Opinion" for October writes: The glamour of the concert platform is second only to that of the stage. And in a…

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Gympie Band Contest. Maitland Federal Band Successful

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 3

At Gympie (Q.) annual band contests the principal item, the Grand Selection, first prize £100 and Queensland champion cup, valued at 40 guineas,…

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The Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 4

The, "'Gymple Miner," of Wednesday, in its report of the Brass Band contes, won by the Maitland Federal Band on Boxing Day, says :-…

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