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Illawarra · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1954

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Male Ballet Caused Fun At Hawalian Ball

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

Four "Hawalians" attired in grass skirts and brilliantly hued cottons and leis, caused a lot of fun with their unorthodox dancing at Marcus Clark's Social Club Ball at the R.S.L. Hall on April 3…

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Wollongong City Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 6

Next weekend the majority of members of the Wollongong City Band will be visiting Rockdale to…

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Theatre Safe Stolen, S.m. Told; Baker for Trial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 5

A man, asked for a reason why his finger prints had been found in a Thirroul theatre, replied, "There is a good reason. I broke into the theatre," a…

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Woonona-Bulli Citizens' Band Doings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

The band has received word from R.S.L. Sydney, that the Woonona-Bulli Citizens' and will lead the the 7th Division in…

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Theatre Safe Theft Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 20

At Wollongong Court on Tuesday, a 25 year old laborer, Ronald Raymond Love, of Euroa, Victoria, was committed for trial at…

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Steelworks Band Competing In Rockdale Contest

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 4

The Steelworks Band will be strongly represented at Rockdale this week-end as members of the…

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Modern Dance Music

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

A committee of young men plan to bring modern dance music to Wollongong, as it has never been done…

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Steelworks Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 7

The Steelworks Band is Starting classes for boys and youths on Friday nights. Instruments are…

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Wollongong Pipe Band Successful At Newcastle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 4

The Wollongong and District Highland Pipe Band won a number of prizes at the Newcastle Highland…

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A.b.c. Concert Tickets

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 11

Next Thursday's the last opportunity to obtain Subscription tickets for the A.B.C. Concerts. Seats are…

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Steelworks Band

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 20

The Band is starting, class for boys and youths on Friday nights. Instruments are supplied and parents who have…

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Port Kembla Band

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Port Kembla Town Band will be held in the Port Kembla Band Hall…

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Protest Against Band Hall

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 16

A petition containing 35 signatures has been lodged with the City Council in protest against a proposal to allow a…

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Society's Pictures of the Month

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Illawarra Society of Artists at its meeting on April 14 selected three "pictures of the month" from the work of its…

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Box Plan Opens For A.B.C. Concert

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

The box plan for the first concert of the A.B.C.'s 1954 International Celebrita Concert Series in…

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Albion Park Junior Farmers' Ball

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 7

The Albion Park annual Junior Farmers' Ball was again a most enjoyable social function at which…

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Five Years' Gaol for Man Who Broke Into Thirroul Theatre

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

MAITLAND, Tues.—Judge Amsberg, in sentencing a 26 year old man to five years' gaol, told the man today his "catalogue of crimes" was alarming…

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Illawarra Pipe Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 8

Last Sunday the band led the 24th Batt. in the annual Anzac Day march in Sydney. The marchers…

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Wollongong Pipe Band Notes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 8

On Easter Monday the band journeyed to Newcastle to compete in the Highland gathering there…

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A.B.C. Concerts' Bookings Extended

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

Bookings for the 1954 Subscribers' concerts for the Australian Broadcasting Commission have…

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