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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1951

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Song and Dance on the Murray

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 4

PERHAPS IT IS because most Australians are shyly self-conscious that so many people are feeling there is a little too much song-and-dance about the elaborate re-enactment of Sturt's explorations of the Murrumbidge and the Murray…

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Pipe Band Will Lead Thirroul March Past

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 15

South Coast surf clubs are expected to be well represented in the March Past—highlight of the Thirroul Surf Club's annual carnival, at Thirroul, next Saturday…

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Northern Chatter 400 New Year's Eve Revellers at Coledale Dance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 8

A crowd estimated at approximately lour hundred, sang the old year out and the new year in at the Coledale R.S.L. dance…

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Sydney Square Dance Team Demonstrate at Wollongong Tomorrow (Tuesday) Night

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

The Texas Stars, a team of eight fully-trained square dancers will come from Sydney to the Southern Cross Hall, Wollongong to-morrow night (Tuesday) to demonstrate this new rage to local dancers…

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Big Roll-up at Corrimal Bowling Club Concert

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Over 100 bowlers and supporters attended the Corrimal Bowling Club's New Year's Eve concert in the clubrooms. Visitors, from Kurri Kurri…

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Shipboard Dance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 2

Last Saturday's dance evening arranged on the training ship Chantala at Port Kembla was a happy gathering…

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Four Celebrity Concerts Arranged

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 8

The Secretary of the Illawarra Orchestral Society (Mr. H. Box) has been advised by the A.B.C., Concert Manager…

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A.b.c. Celebrity Concerts

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 4

Four celebrity concerts will be held in Wollongong during 1951. In a letter to Mr. H. [?] secretary of the local committee…

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Concert At Lake South For Spastic Centre

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 3

An open air concert at Mr. Bert Elliott's "Woodford Park," Lake Illawarra South during the holidays raised £22/17/- for…

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Sunday Night Dance At Corrimal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 6

A happy crowd of young people danced to the strains of Freddy Radloff's orchestra on Sunday night at the Corrimal East Hall…

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Graeme Bell's Band in Union Trouble

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Graeme Bell's Australian jazz band may be stopped from giving performances in London…

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Military Band Coming

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 4

UNDER THE direction of the famous British Army s Bandmaster, Lieur.-Colonell H. E. Adkins, the A.B.C. Military Band will visit Wollongong on Thursday, February 8, to play at the Crown Theatre The majority of the players…

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Concert and Regatta At Minnumurra

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 4

Once again the campers at Minnamurra for the Christmas and New Year holidays held their annual Concert which was again interrupted…

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£50 To Orchestra

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

The Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. has donated £60 to the Illawarra Orchestral Society…

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Orchestral Society Concert Dates

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

The committee of the Illawarra Orchestral Society is busy preparing plans for the 1951 concert season…

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Highland Band Coming Here

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—The Black "Watch Band (The Royal Highland Regiment) left London yesterday in the Maloja…

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A.b.c. Military Band to Visit Wollongong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 10

Under the direction of the visiting British Army bandmaster, lieut. Col. H. E. Adkins, the A.B.C. Millitary Band trill visit Wollongong on Thursday, February 8, to play at the Crown Theatre. The majority of the players, numbering 31, fought in either the first or second world…

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Over 100 At Corrimal Surf Club Dance

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 6

Over 100 people attended the Corrimal Surf Club Women's Auxiliary dance, held on Sunday night in the Corrimal East Hall…

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'Wollongong Pictures Not Catering for the Deaf'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 4

An almost totally deaf man complained yesterday that some Wollongong theatres were not catering for the deaf by supplying special hearing aids in the theatres…

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CONCERT At Gerringong

Kiama Independent · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 5

The Gerringong Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. held a very successful concert in the Town Hall on Friday night. Despite most…

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