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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1946

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Many New Gowns Digger’s Ball

The Bega District News · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 2

The dancing season, which is well under way now is showing definite signs of returning to pre-war atmosphere, with each succeeding ball be…

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Bomaderry Card Party and Dance

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 8

The Princess of Bomaderry Nowra, Miss Ailsa Legge, will have the funds for her candidature in the Princess of Youth competition…

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Euchre and Dance at Pyree

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 1

The euchre party and dance organised by Mr. Mac Watts, of Pyree, on Saturday last was most successful. The hall was not as crowded…

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Bright Talent at Amateur Hour Princess Concert The First of a Series to be Held Here

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 12

That the Nowra Town Band is a great acquisition to Nowra was proved on Tuesday night last, when the Band played outside the…

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Wolumla Euchre and Dance

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

The social and euchre party held in the Wolumla hall on Saturday night last, June 29 was a great success, despite the inclement weather…

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At The King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

Fred MacMurray’s past is your laugh-loaded present in “Pardon My Past,” coming to the King’s Theatre on Saturday, starring him with…

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Lyric Theatre “The Last Chance”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

“The Last Chance,” John Hoy, Ray Reagan (now at the Liberty Sydney)—at Lyric Theatre, Berry, next Wednesday night…

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Bermagui Pictures

The Bega District News · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 2

“A Guy Named [?] the new movie coming to the King’s Theatre Bermagui, is a really mellow and different romance, a delightful…

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At The King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 2

A picture which has had record showings at the principal city theatres, “Indiscretion,” comes to the King’s Theatre on Wednesday…

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Debs for Candelo C. of E. Ball

The Bega District News · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 1

Ten charming young ladies are busily preparing for their debut at the Candelo Church of England ball, to be held in Candelo town hall on…

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Crowds Danced Bemboka C. of E. Ball

The Bega District News · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 2

Beneath a golden canopy of [?]ing giant sunflowers ingenious[?] constructed by the use of corn [?]usks, the Bemboka Church of England ball…

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Kangaroo Valley School of Arts Ball

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

The School of Arts Ball, held last Wednesday, 3rd, was a most enjoyable function, although the attendance was not up to the usual standard…

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Kangaroo Valley (From Our Correspondent). Dance at Cambewarra Lookout

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 14

On 29th June, a very successful dance was held at the Cambewarra Lookout, making use for the first time of the delightfull new cabaret…

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At The King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 2

Opening at the King’s Theatre this Saturday is the much awaited, film version of the perennial stage favorite, “The Desert Song” Warner Bros.,…

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Bermagui Pictures

The Bega District News · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

“A song to Remember,” which opens at the King’s Bermagui, on Saturday next [?] the life story of the great [?]mposer, Frederic…

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At The King’s Theatre

The Bega District News · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

The King’s Theatre will present “In Our Time[?] next Wednesday. This remarkable love story, clouded with the hardships of current events,…

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The Candelo C. of E. Ball

The Bega District News · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

From the windswept withering heights of Nimmitabel and Bombala from distant Cobargo from Wolumla Pambula and Narooma dancers came…

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Six Hours of Dance Music

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 8

To keep dance music going continuously for six solid hours is no mean task. This was accomplished with great credit by…

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Pre-War Record Eclipsed! Nearly 900 People Attend Nowra Diggers’ Much Publicizes Social Event “On with the Dance, Let Joy Be Unconfined”

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 8

Mere words will not describe the 1946 Nowra Digger Ball, but al least the above passage from a poem written concerning a Grand Ball of nearly a century ago might have been in the minds of every Digger, Dancer and Debutante present at the…

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The “Starry” Way Second Amateur Concert

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 7

Nowra Princess, Miss Joyce Hewlett, and her committee, by organising amateur contests, are finding quite a number of new “stars” in…

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