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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1957

36 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Championship Win to Local Dance STUDENt

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 January 1957 · page 3

Several young Queanbeyan dancers were successful in passing with high honours the dancing examinations conducted recently at the Albert Hall,…

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New Session at Star Theatre Proves Popular

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 January 1957 · page 4

The new afternoon session introduced to the Star Theatre Queanbeyan on Saturday proved to be immediately…

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Work Started on New Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 February 1957 · page 4

Work has commenced on the new £30,000 theatre Captain’s Flat. The theatre is being built…

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Box Plans for ABC Celebrity Concert Season

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1957 · page 1

Subscribers to the ABC’s International Celebrity Concert Series in Canberra may renew their present seats…

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Concert Organisers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1957 · page 1

THE A B.C.’s Federal Concert Manager (Mr. Roy Lamb) and Federal Concert Executive, Miss Joyce Carter, examine a problem of conceit organisation. The A.B.C.’s Celebrity Concert Series opens at Canberra on March 4…

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Captain’s Flat Anglican Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 February 1957 · page 1

The High Commissioner for Canada (Mr. Cornet) and his wife together with the Governor General’s Secretary…

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Polish Society Children to Perform Dance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 March 1957 · page 2

Children of the Polish Society will perform one of their national dances in full costume as part of the display…

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Celebrity Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 March 1957 · page 1

JULIUS KATCHEN, brilliant young American pianist, and one of the best of his generation, gives the third concert in the ABC’s 1957 International Celebrity Concert series in Canberra, on Thursday, June 13…

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School Concert at Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 March 1957 · page 2

To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, the pupils, of St. Brigid’s School, Captains Flat, will hold a concert in the Savoy…

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Triumph Theatre to Re-open on

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 3

Something of historic interest Is associated-with the reopening of the Triumph Theatre next Thursday. For the past 44 years this house has played its part in…

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High Comedy for First Night Triumph Theatre to Re-open on

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1957 · page 4

The Ambassador’s Daughter, a light hearted comedy dealing with G.I.s and their girls in Paris, has been selected by the management of the Triumph Theatre Queanbeyan as the film to be screened in…

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New Look for Old Theatre

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1957 · page 2

RENOVATIONS to the Triumph Theatre are nearing completion. Wednesday, April 24 has been named by the…

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Triumph Theatre to Open Tomorrow Night

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1957 · page 3

The Triumph Theatre will re-open tomorrow night, April 24, at 8 o'clock. Plans to re-open the theatre after extensive…

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Catholic Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 1

The Annual Catholic Ball will be held in the Church of England Parish Hall Crawford, Street, Queanbeyan on Friday…

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Queanbeyan Band Played at Church Anniversary

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1957 · page 2

Queanbeyan Municipal Band provided the music on Sunday when the Bishop of Canberra-Goulburn (Rt. Rev. E. H,…

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Barbecue and Dance Proves Very Popular

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1957 · page 1

The barbecue and dance held at Mr. Dick Bingley’s residence, “Panhandle,” Bungendore, in aid of Queen…

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Large Crowd At Catholic Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1957 · page 1

The Annual Catholic Ball held at the Parish Hall Friday night, was a financial and social success for the…

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Debutantes at Catholic Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1957 · page 1

DEBUTANTES at the Catholic Ball on Friday night photographed at the supper table with their escorts and Matron of Honour, Mrs. A. J. Rolfe. The debutantes, left to right, are: Kitty West, Judith McTiernan, Josephine Roach, Joan…

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10th Annual Sheep Show Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1957 · page 6

Large numbers of country visitors will again form the bulk of those present at this year’s Sheep Show Ball to be…

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Record Crowd at Anglican’s Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 June 1957 · page 1

What is believed to be a record crowd, over 300 people attended the Annual Church of England Debutantes’ Ball on Friday night…

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