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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1969

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Torchbearers for Legacy Annual Ball great success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1969 · page 2

Fashionably formal with soft lights and glitter, the Torchbearers for Queanbeyan Legacy Younger Set staged yet another successful ball last Saturday night…

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Star Theatre No ordinary love story

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1969 · page 2

Franco [?] at the young age of 44, already has been responsible for many of the most…

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Miss Charity Queen to attend ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 August 1969 · page 3

Kay Griddled Miss NSW Charity Queen 1969 will attend the Presentation Ball at which Miss…

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All Eyes on Their Teacher Packed crowd at concert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 August 1969 · page 2

A crowd estimated at over 1000 packed the RSL Memorial Hall to capacity for the Queanbeyan…

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Presentation ball to be telecast

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1969 · page 9

A half-hour telecast of the Miss A.C.T. & Southern Districts Presentation Ball will foe seen through…

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RSL Ball great success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1969 · page 2

A crowd of shout 300 converged on the RSL Memorial Hall on Saturday night for the annual…

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Bowlers’ Ball a Beauty

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1969 · page 2

The Queanbeyan Bowling Club’s annual ball on Saturday night was a brilliant success Well…

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Informality was a ball highlight

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 3

Despite the formal dress of the majority of those attending, the highlight of the Rugby Union Presentation Ball last Friday night was its informality…

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Cubs at Moruya were happy band

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 October 1969 · page 3

Over the long week-end, a party of Queanbeyan Cubs travelled by bus to Moruya, where an enjoyable and interesting two days was spent. Arriving at 11 a.m. we…

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Festival Choral Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 October 1969 · page 7

A combined choral concert will take place this year. All the primary schools in…

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Massive choral concert arranged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 October 1969 · page 2

A massed choir of 300 voices will climax the Schools’ Choral concert to be held in the RSL…

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Huge crowd at choral concert

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 November 1969 · page 3

On Tuesday night over [?] parents and schoolchildren crowded into the RSL Memorial [?] to hear Queanbeyan’s schoolchildren sing. Many were unable to get beyond the vestibule…

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Festival Ball was a glittering success

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 November 1969 · page 8

Saturday night’s Floral Festival Caberet Ball was a brilliant success and was certainly a fitting climax to the crowing ceremony for the 1969 Queen Quest. The RSL Memorial Hall was crowded to capacity and a highlight of the evening was the ballroom dancing championships…

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A first for Bungendore Convent Cabaret Ball a Glittering Success

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 November 1969 · page 4

The annual Convent Ball-held in the War Memorial Hall at Bungendore last Friday night was an outstanding success. It was the first cabaret style ball in Bungendore and the organisers were delighted with the result. Judging by the…

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Marist Bras. Presentation of prizes and Concert

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 November 1969 · page 2

Speaking at the Marist Bros (Queanbeyan) eighth annual presentation of prize the Principal, Brother Thomas-More, FMS, said: “The church’s mission is a pastoral one…

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Last hole birdie for four ball win GOLF

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 December 1969 · page 5

A birdie two on the last hole resulted in Fred Jackson and partner. Tony Ward taking out Sunday’s four hall best ball stableford competition at the Queanbeyan Golf Club…

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