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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1951

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Panic After Explosion in City Theatre

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday, Panic-stricken, about 450 people scrambled for the exits at the Lyceum Theatre this afternoon after a terrific explosion rocked the building, injuring two…

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A.B.C. Band Personalities The Trombonists

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 8

Trombone section of the A.B.C. Military Band. The players are Jack Remfrey (1st trombone); Leonard Jones (2nd trombone); and Wally Charlesworth (bass trombone)…

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Gay Sidelights At Corrimal Surf Club Dance

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 14

Three members of Corrimal Surf Club—Les Buchanan, Stan Law and Neville Johnson—put on a clever and amusing turn…

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Coronation Fanfares in Band Recital

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

Fanfares sounded at the coronation of the present King and Queen were features of the concert given in the Savoy Theatre…

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Big Plans For Combined Surf Clubs Ball

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 12

A combined meeting of delegates from Bellambi, Corrimal, and Towradgi Surf Clubs and Women's Auxiliaries on…

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Behind the Scenes in the "Old Vic" Theatre

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

The great permanent British theatre companies such as the Festival Company at Stratford-on-Avon and those at Co vent Garden, Sadlers Wells and the Old Vic find it better to make their scenery and costumes in their own workshops…

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Plan Opens For Jubilee Ball

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

Reservations for the Jubilee Ball, to be held in the Soldiers' Hall on Thursday, March 15, open at Palings on Thursday…

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Surf Clubs prepare For Combined Ball

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 16

The Combined Surf Club Ball to be held on April 6 in the Diggers' Hall, Wollongong, promises to be one of the…

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Plans for surf ball going well

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 29

The Combined Surf Ball to be held in the Soldiers' Hall Wollongong on April 6, promises to be one of the highlights of the…

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The Social Spotlight Large Crowd at Surf Club Dance

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 28

The Towradgi Surf Club dance held on Saturday of night at the Scout's hall drew a large crowed and was a huge success…

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Square Dance Popularity Grows In Wollongong

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

Square dancing, which was introduced to Wollongong late last year, has been gaining in popularity during the summer months and it looks like becoming the informal dancing…

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Scottish Country Dance Society

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1951 · page 2

At a meeting of the Scottish Country Dance Society held in the Guide Hall last night it was decided to go into recess during…

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Last Concert by Arturo Toscanini

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

Famous conductor, Arturo Toscanini, 83, recently directed what will probably be his last public concert…

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Jubilee Ball Bookings

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 8

Bookings may be made for the Jubilee Ball, to be held in the Wollongong Soldiers' Hall on Thursday, Match 15, at…

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benefit Dance For Surfer of Corrimal Club

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 13

At a meeting, held by the Women's Auxiliary of the Corrimal Surf Club, it was decided after much discussion to hold…

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FILMS News of the Motion Picture Industry Square Dance Added to My Blue Heaven'

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 2

Square dance devotees have scored a victory. Acceding to thousands of requests in a mail campaign, Betty Grable and Dan Dailey will now add their interpretation of the highly popular folk routine to their latest 20th Century-Fox musical, "My Blue…

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Surf Clubs' Ball Committee "On the Ball"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 4

Mr. Tas Riley was present at a Combined Surf Ball Committee meeting held on Monday night to offer suggestions, but…

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Jubilee Ball Tickets

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 2

Tickets will be available from next Monday from Palings, Keira Street, Wollongong, for the Jubilee Ball, to be held in the…

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Cliff Carr to Open Surf Club Ball

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 8

The secretary of the Combined Bellambi-Corrimal-Towradgi Surf Clubs Ball Committee (Mr. N. Jarvis) has…

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New Talkie Equipment at Wollongong Savoy Theatre

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 14

New sound equipment installed at the Wollongong "Savoy" Theatre is the best procurable. A great improvement in the standard of presentation of…

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