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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1883

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Balmain Rowing Club Ball

Evening News · Thursday 12 July 1883 · page 3

The annual ball of the Balmain Rowing Club will be held to-morrow evening at the Town Hall, Sydney. The committee have made every arrangement for the comfort of visitors, and two special steamers will leave for Balmain…

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Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1883 · page 6

During the past week "Jo" has been "moving on" at the Theatie Royal to good houses; Miss Lee's wonderfully clever and pathstically time picture of the poor city Arab, touching nightly the hearts of all who witness…

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Scotch Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 10

The first annual bull in connection with the Sydney Thistle Club was held last evening, in the Protestant Hall. The ball was numerously attended by "Scotch bodies," and was of a thorouthly national character. It was opened in…

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Thistle Club Ball

Evening News · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 5

This gathering, which came off last evening in the Protestant Hall, proved thoroughly Scottish in character. There were just a few too many dancers to make the exercise comfortable; but, with that…

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Balmain Rowing Club Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 10
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One of the most vigorous and prosperous rowing clubs in the colony is that at Balmain, despite its youth and so it might have been expected that its second annual ball, given at the Town Hull last night would be well attended but the festivity…

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Ladies' Page. Gipsy's Notes. American Ball

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 28

ON Wednesday, the "glorious 4th" of Jnly, one of the most brilliant (and there have been many this winter) balls of the season was given by the countrymen of Washington in Need's Rooms. The entrance…

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Concert at St. Peter's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 15

OUR friends at St. Peter's, Surry Wills, evidently know how to manage parochial affairs. The Wednesday on Wednesday evening in aid of the church fund was a proof of this, for the…

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Signor Giorza's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 10

This afternoon, at the Protestant Hall, Signor Giorz[?] will give his farewell concert in Sydney prior to his departure for Italy. The programme has been so freely advertised that all amateurs of music must have seen it;…

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Our Concert Stall

Sydney Punch · Saturday 14 July 1883 · page 2

THE success of the Euphonic Quartette Society's soiree, last Saturday, shows what can be accomplished in the way of high-class music, even in young countries, when heart and soul are in the work. Arne's sterling old overture to "Artaxerxes"…

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The Ball to the Mayor

Evening News · Monday 16 July 1883 · page 2

The committee appointed to carry out the arrangements in connection with the proposed ball to the mayor, have appointed Mr. L. E. Harcus as their secretary. Great progress has been made, and the…

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Sacred Concert at Tamworth. TAMWORTH

Evening News · Monday 16 July 1883 · page 2

Last night the London Opera Bouffe Company gave a concert of sacred music in the Oddfellows' hall in aid of the funds of the local hospital. The hall was crowded, and the performance was…

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Amusements. Signor Giorza's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 July 1883 · page 6

During the last 11 years no musician has been more widely known in Now South Wales and Victoria than Signor Paolo Giorza has, and his work here, as composer, conductor, organist, and pianist has been all through…

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Amusements. Signor Giorza's Farewell Concert

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 July 1883 · page 3

Signor Giorza 's farewell concert at the Protestant Hall, on Saturday afternoon, was in every sense of the word a brilliant affair. There was a large and fashionable audience present. The…

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Highland Musical Union's Concert

Evening News · Tuesday 17 July 1883 · page 3

A complimentary concert was tendered last night by the members and friends of the Highland Musical Union to Mr. N. G. Gehde, the talented conductor of that society. The concert was given in the…

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Amusements. Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 July 1883 · page 3

This place or amusement, which has been close a for some time past, will be re-opened for a dramatic season on Saturday night, Herr Bandmanu's London company beginning the, season by…

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Amusements. Mrs. Colborne Fraser's Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 July 1883 · page 8

A concert in aid of the funds of the Liverpool-street Literary and Musical Society was given last night at the Unitarian Church Liverpool-street, by Mrs. Colborne Fraser ane her pupils, assisted by Singora Clari, late of the…

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Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 July 1883 · page 12

This evening the Gaiety Theatre, which has been closed for some time, will be reopened under the management of Herr Bandmann, who brings with him a London comedy company, and will open in the drama "Proof." This piece…

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Amusements. Theatre Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 July 1883 · page 12

"The Grasshopper," a three-act comedy adapted by Mr. J. P. Burnett from the French play "La Cigale," will be produced to-night at the Theatre Royal, the name part being assumed by Miss Jennie Lee, who in the course…

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Concert at Trinity Schoolroom

Evening News · Saturday 21 July 1883 · page 4

A concert was circa ia the Trinity Church school-room, Lower Fort-street, on Thursday evening last by the St. Mark's hand-bollringers in aid of the funds of the Trinity Young Men's Institute. The…

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