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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1906

3,664 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 184

Sydney Charities' Orchestra. Entertaining Everywhere

The Australian Star · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

Members of the Sydney Charities Orchestra have been Busy rounding the suburbs, giving free concerts at various nubile institutions with the greatest success. Their…

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Burns' Festival Concert

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

The concert given by the combined Scottish societies of Sydney in the Town Hall last night in celebration of Burns' anniversary was well attended. An attractive programme was…

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Burns Festival Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 6

Although there was a considerable audience at the Town Hall last night, the heavy rain-storm prevented the overflowing attendance needed, at the generous tariff adopted, to meet the expneses of the…

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Irish Concert at the Town-hall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

The programme for the Irish concert at the Town-hall to-night is an attractive one, and there should be a large audience. Some of the oldest of the melodies of Ireland will be…

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Band Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 11

The Wanganui Garrison Band won the North Island band contest held at Hawera…

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Professional Musicians' Band

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

"Fairplay" writes:— Last week I received a circular that was signed by the secretary of the professional Musicians' Union (a body affiliated with the Trades and Labour. Council),…

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Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 13
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

New songs, dances, etc., have been introduced into the pantomime "Sinbad the Sailor," at the Theatre Royal, and were well received by crowded audiences at the matinee and the…

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Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

Frank Harvey's five-act Adelphi drama, "Shall We Forgive Her?" will be revived by Mr. Charles Holloway's Company at the Criterion Theatre to-night for the last six nights of the season. This well-known…

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Tivoli Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

This afternoon and evening Mr. Harry Rickards will make his reappearance on the stage of the Tivoli Theatre after a considerable absence, when he will bring forward the new songs and characters…

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A Rozelle Brass Band

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

A meeting was held on Tuesday, at St. Paul's School Hall, Weston-road, for the purpose of forming a brass band at Rozelle. Mr…

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Mouse Attends a Concert. Alarm in a Theatre

The World's News · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

An unrehearsed and exciting incident marked night. Happily, it was attended by nothing —if it did not mar—the performance of a sacred concert in a theatre at Exeter (Eng.), the other…

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N.s.w. State Military Band

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

The second annual meeting and invitation concert of the N.S.W. State Military Band will be held on Tuesday next in the Protestant Hall. A musical programme will be contributed to by the band and…

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Amusements. Her Majesty's Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

An important "first night" will be furnished at Her Majesty's Theatre this evening by the production of "Veronique," a French comic opera, by Messrs. Messager, Vanloo, and Duval, adapted to the English…

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"The J.p.," at the Palace Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

After an absence of three months, during which they have toured New Zealand, Mr. J. J. Dallas and Miss Florence Lloyd arrived in Sydney yesterday, and this evening they will make their reappearance in Fenton…

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Irish Melody Concert

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 5

A very large and highly appreciative gathering filled the Town Hall last night. The occa-sion was an. Irish concert. It was promoted for the dual purpose of raising funds for a railing…

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Echoes of Erin. Concert at the Town Hall. Fine Singing and Great Enthusiasm

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 8

Unlike the Scots on Thursday, the promoters of the Irish Concert in the Town Hall last night had weather conditions entirely in their favour. There was a very large…

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Irish Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 10

There was a large, representative, and very appreciative audience at the Town-hall last night, when a purely Irish concert was held for the dual purpose of raising additional funds…

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Irish National Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 16

The engagement of first-rate artists, and the choice of a great number of beautiful and unhackneyed bardic melodies, gave genuine interest to the Irish national concert organised at the Town Hall last night…

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Wests' Pictures and the Brescians

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1906 · page 2

[?] Hayward, joint manager, with Mr. West for the West-Brescian Company, produced some figures for the benefit of a Press interviewer which amply justifies the description of the New Zealand…

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