"Jubilee Jive" At Canvas Theatre
"Jubilee Jive," a musical revue especially written for the Jubilee year, will open at Sorlies Canvas Theatre next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1951
580 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 29
Theatre Employees Get Pay Rise
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Theatrical employers of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania have agreed to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pictures Chosen For Art Contests
SYDNEY, Friday.—Of 175 paintings submitted for the Archibald Prize, 86 were chosen by the judges to-night to be hung on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Actress Back In Pictures After Decade
HOLLYWOOD, Fri. (O.S.R.).—It was homecoming at Paramount for Gertrude Michael, the talented stage and screen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hassett Censured For "Idolatry" Of The New Ball
SYDNEY (From R. S. Whitington): But for Australian captain Lindsay Kassett's idolatry of the new ball yesterday the position at stumps after the first day of the vital Third Test would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Move For Concerts In Civic Park
A proposal to hold "Music Out of Doors" concerts in Civic Park instead of King Edward Park, and to transfer the music shell to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lack of Dance Halls Feared
Mr. J. E. Cummins, a dance promoter, last night urged Newcastle Council Library Committee not to convert the Civic Wintergarden into a central library for Newcastle, but to retain it as a dance hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concert to Be Held in Civic Park
Newcastle Out-of-Doors Music Committee will stage its next concert in Civic Park on Sunday, March 11, at 2.45 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Odd Visitors At Ball
Inhabitants of another world enter London on a flying saucer—one of the striking tableaux seen at the Chelsea Arts Ball. Thousands of revellers filled the Albert Hall for the ball…
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COLUMN IN AIR: You are looking at this picture upside down. Actually all the girls are hanging by their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theatre Festival For Jubilee
Newcastle may miss out on Antill's "Corroboree"—but its theatrical attractions for the Commonwealth Jubilee will include two popular musical comedies and at least two outstanding straight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Club Dance
The British Social Club will hold a social and dance in the Y.M.C.A. Hall, King-street, at eight o'clock to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Talks On Orchestra For Newcastle
Proposals for the establishment of a permanent orchestra for Newcastle will be discussed at the City Hall tonight. A special meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story of Halle Orchestra Told By Conductor
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The story of Manchester's famed Halle Orchestra was told by its conductor, Sir John Barbirolli, in a broadcast to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jazz Band Levied By Union
LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Graeme Bell's Australian Jazz band, here on a £20,000 twelvemonth contract, may be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Band Festival At Belmont For Jubilee
Main attraction of Belmont's Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations will be the Second Belmont Band Festival on Saturday, March 10,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World Premiere Of 'Waltzing Matilda' Dance
CANBERRA: A new Australian folk dance will have its world premier in Canberra during the Citizenship Convention…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dropped First Ball, Then Scored 108 n.o
Alan Johnston, dropped off the first ball, scored 108 not out for Northern District against Central when the Hunter River District…
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The presentation of John Antill's Ballet, "Corroboree" in Newcastle during the Jubilee Celebrations may depend on whether the Sydney Symphony Orchestra can be brought to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Move For Symphony Orchestra
Newcastle Music Out of Doors Committee last night appointed a select committee to ascertain whether financial…
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