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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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Floor Show At St. Peter's Church Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 8

A Spanish polka and a Bronte dance in period costumes and the presentation of ten debutantes will be attractions at…

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Playing Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 4

By Dorothy Goodwin, 13, of Moira-street, Adamstown. Ten points…

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For Women . . . Will Introduce New Dance Routines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 4

The latest English styles of musical comedy dance) routines will be introduced to Australian dancing students by Mrs. Edith Lynton, a Melbourne teacher, who has recently returned from England…

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£250 Band Contest For Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 2

Newcastle City Council Band and Orchestral Committee decided last night to hold a band contest for Newcastle amateur bands. Prize…

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Northern Visit By Lakeside Band

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 3

Swansea-Belmont District Band will make the first of a series of goodwill visits to Northern towns next Sunday. It will go to…

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Goossens, Dawson for Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 7

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eunene Goossens, with the baritone, Peter Dawson, would appear at the A.B.C's first celebrity…

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Ban on Pictures of Princess

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 3

FLORENCE, May 5. A.A.P.—Princess Margaret, after having been forced to stay indoors yesterday because of bad weather, left the…

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Highland Concert Held at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 3

A Highland concert, arranged by the Management Committee of Stockton Presbyterian Church, was held in the Church of England…

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Lake Band Visits Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Thirty members of Swansea-Belmont District Band, conducted by Mr. F. J. Baker, paid a goodwill visit to Singleton. The band…

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Anglican Ball At Dungog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 2

The Lord and Lady Mayoress of Newcastle (Ald. and Mrs. Quinlan received 15 debutantes at the annual Church of England ball at…

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St. Peter's C. of E. Ball Debutantes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 10

DEBUTANTES to be presented at St. Peter's Church of England Ball tomorrow night at the City Hall.—Front row: Norma Brien, June Carroll, Betty Marshall, Mrs. G. Harrison (Matron of Honor), Patricia Lewis, Marjorie Watson. Back row: Pearl Vines. Norma Scaife, Ena Rowbotham, Jean Stewart and Ruth Reld…

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Remembrance Ball at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 7

Over 300 attended Ce[?]nock War Memorial Committee's Remembrance Ball last night. Among the guests were the…

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Spectacular Floor Show at C. of E. Ball

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 8

The elegant manners and elaborate frocking of the early Victorian era were captured in a spectacular floor show, the "Spanish Polka," a cameo from the well-known film "Pride and Prejudice," at St. Peter's…

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For Women Polka Danced At Ball Floor Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 6

Ten couples wearing period costumes and wigs provided the floor show at the Hamilton Church of England Parish ball at the City Hall last night…

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Symphony Orchestra Leaves For Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Sydney Symphony Orchestra left to-night for a tour of Northern New South Wales…

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Importing U.S. Orchestra May Be Costly Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 4

LONDON, May 22. A.A.P.— The concert promoter Harold Fielding is wondering how he is going to come out over his venture…

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Concert for Queen Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 5

A concert will be held in the Central Hall, King-street, on Wednesday night, for Miss Pam Whitelaw, a candidate in the queen…

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Golf Ball Lands in Pocket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 8

WAGGA, Monday.—A 200yd. drive by Gordon Amos, of Aubury at Wagga golf links to-day finished in one of the…

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Scouts' Bugle Band Planned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 4

A bugle band will be added to the 1st Stockton Sea Scout troop if sufficient bugles can be obtained…

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Symphony Orchestra Concert To-night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 4

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will give its first concert of the Newcastle A.B.C. celebrity season in the Century Theatre at 8 o'clock…

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