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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1905

204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 11

Band Contest at Gympie

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

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

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Federal Band Wins. Gympie

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 6

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

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Gympie Band Contest. GYMPIE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 6

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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Federal Band's Victory. Arranging a Welcome

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

With the view of arranging a welcome to the members of the Federal Baud on their return from Queensland, whence they have been so remarkably successful in the…

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Some Good Advice. Glamour of the Concert Platform

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 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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