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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

67 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Xmas Eve Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 1

The Country Women's Association held their usual Xmas Eve dance in aid of the local Hospital at the Institute. It proved to be a very happy…

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Band Instruments For Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

The instruments of the now defunct Burrowa Town Band are to be valued and sold. This was decided at the last meeting of the Burrowa…

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New Year's Eve Ball Outstanding Success

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

The annual ball in aid of the Literary Institute Building Fund was held on 31st December. It was well patronised, being the most successful…

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Brass Band for German Camp

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 3

A request from Australian prisoners of war at Stalag 344, Germany (formerly Stalag VIIIB) for instruments to complete a brass band was…

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National Theatre Saturday, 5th FEB., at 2 & 8 p.m. Diana Barrymore & Robert Cummins in Between Us Girls

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

Diana pretends she's a kid—to kid Bob along! But when she grows up, brother, she ain't kiddin'! Her mother warned her about men like this…

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Costly Punch Near Bungendore Dance Hall Defendant to Pay £15/1/6

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 1

When Ernie Follett, of Captain’s Flat, left that centre to attend a dance at Bungendore on January 21st he…

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Pictures for Show Nights

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

At the National Theatre on Show nights excellent programmes will be screened, with a complete change of programme each night. On Friday…

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“Stars of the Air” Ten Years with the N.m. Band

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

ONE hot day in 1934 Stephen Yorke was rehearsing the band or the Gloucestershire Regiment, under an enormous banyan,…

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Ball of Fire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 2

The story of an attractive cabaret hoofer who invades the den of eight professors engaged in the production of an encyclopaedia as a perfect…

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The Show Bate Takings Best for Years Ball Attendance a Record

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 2

The Braidwood Show of 1944 opened on Friday under decidedly adverse conditions. A protracted dry spell had given the district a severe gruelling…

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Braidwood Show Grand Exhibition Under Adverse Conditions. Gate Takings and Ball Create New Records

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

ALMOST any Show Society can Stage a successful exhibition under favourable conditions. The real test of the solidity of a district and…

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Air Race Dance at Major's Creek

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

Organised by Mrs. J. Rankin the dance at Major's Creek on Friday night in aid of the Red Cross Aerial Race was a big success, a profit of…

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“Stars of the Air” Sergeant Anton Sorgato in New Guinea ’Cellist From A.b.c. Symphony Orchestra in Army Concert Party

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 4

SGT. SORGATO (Toni to the troops) conducted the band of the A.I.P 11th Division Concert Party in New Guinea. His unit…

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Next Thursday’s Concert For Red Cross Society

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 1

Much interest has been aroused in Queanbeyan by the announcement of a concert to be held in the Triumph Theatre next Thursday…

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Concert for Red Gross

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 1

Organised by girls of the Census Staff the concert in the Triumph Theatre last night was a decided success. The items presented were varied…

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Loan Rally Concert Leading Australian Artists to Appear

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 1

Strella Wilson, one of the most popular stars the Australian stage has ever known, will appear to night at the Parish Hall, Queanbeyan, at…

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C.w.a. Younger Set Dance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 2

The 20 members of the C.W.A. Younger Set are to be cangratulated on the success of their dance, their first held In the Literary…

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Speaking of Stars*** Lovely Zorina proves to Hollywood that she cannot only dance but act in Paramount's fun frolic in Technicolor, "Louisiana Purchase"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 4

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St. Bede's Dance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 3

The euchre party and dance held in St. Bede's Hall on Wednesday night last attracted a big crowd of dancers. Quite a number of boys home on leave…

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Here and There Successful Dance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 3

The gathering, supper and the music supplied by Miss O. Byrne and Len Mutton air Combined to make the evening a great success at the…

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