Sydney Jazz Band for Wollongong
The Port JacKson Jazz Band is to visit Wollongong on Friday, March 3, and will appear in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1950
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Plans For A.B.C. 1950 Concert Season
The City of Greater Wollongong branch of the A.B.C. International Celebrity Concert Committee is holding a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talented Vocalist with Port Jackson Band
Georgina do Leon, talented young coloured vocalist, with the Port Jackson Band, has achieved, great success in Australia's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lux Radio Theatre "Georgia Story"
On Sunday, March 5th., 1950, the Lux Radio Theatre will broadcast over 2WL "Georgia Story" by Constance Cox…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hutchens, Evans for Orchestra Concert
Australia's brilliant and popular pianists, Frank Hutchens and Lindley Evans, will be the soloists at the orchestral…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£100 for Illawarra Orchestra
The City Council last night voted £100 to the Illawarra Orchestral Society for this year. The Joint Coal Board has made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Crowd at Coledale Benefit Dance
Over 500 dancers crowded Coledale R.S.L. Hall last Thursday for the Charlie Richardson Benefit Dance. These included busloads from both Wollongong and Helensburgh, as well as parties from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Noted Musicians To Play With Orchestra
Two great Australian pianists, Frank Hutchens and Lindley Evans, have contributed very largely to the musical wealth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.B.C. Concert Series; Meeting Tonight
The Australian Broadcasting Commission will again present an International Celebrity Concert series in Wollongong this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goossens' First Concerts Since Return
Eugene Goossens will make his first appearance since his return from his 'busman's holiday' abroad, when he conducts the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Four A.b.c. Concerts This Season
Details of the series of A.B.C. celebrity concerts to be staged in Wollongong this season were reviewed at a public meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Balgownie Band Appeal
The Balgownie Band benefit considerably as a result of the carnival and Garden Fete kindly arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We Met the Port Jackson Jazz Band
Jazz history was made in Wollongong last Friday, 3rd March, when the famous Port Jackson Dixieland Jazz Band played a one-night stand at the Soldiers' Memorial Hall. Followers of modern music…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Tax Act Fines for Tatler Theatre
SYDNEY, Monday.—Roy Darling, proprietor of the Tatler Theatre, was fined a total of £70 by Mr. Isles, S.M., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duo-pianists Brilliant at Civic Concert
Frank Hutchens and Lindley Evans, duo-pianists, were the guest artists at the first concert of the 1950 series by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Music Lovers' 57th CONCERT
Etta Jurjens and and Edna Walker opened the Wollongong Music Lovers' 57th Concert at the Methodist Church on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Famous Artists for Bumper Wollongong Concert Season Box Plans Open March 24
SUBSCRIBERS to the ABC's International Series may renew their bookings for the 1950 season at the Crown-Theatre, Wollongong, from Friday, March 24, until Thursday, March, 30. New subscribers may book their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Band To Play At Migrants' Party
Wollongong City Band has accepted an invitation to play at the Greater Wollongong welcome to New Australians to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Variety Concert
The Variety Concert held in the Kiama Cinema on Friday, 3rd March was deserving of better support than it received although there were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Choral Society at Church Concert
Members of the Illawarra Choral Society assisted the West Wollongong Methodist Church in its anniversary concert…
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