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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1959

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Carnival Dance Night

The Biz · Wednesday 2 September 1959 · page 24

The carnival and dance night held in the Civic Hall on August 26 proved to be a great…

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Festival dance tonight

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1959 · page 7

Australuco Social Club's Festival Dance, tonight (Wednesday) is…

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Band to Play at Cabra

The Biz · Wednesday 2 September 1959 · page 8

Cabra-Vale Ex-Servicemen's club wrote to the Fairfield Council requesting permission for the Camden…

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Fairfield H.s. Holds Dance

The Biz · Wednesday 2 September 1959 · page 15

For many teenagers Wednesday August 19, was a really memorable occasion -- a night which they will remember all their lives and to which their thoughts will turn in the harder days to come…

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Civic Social Golf Club Ball

The Biz · Wednesday 2 September 1959 · page 3

Attended by over 400 revellers, the second annual major function of the progressive Civic Hotel Social Golf Club, a ball, was an outstanding success…

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I.c.i.a.n.z Ball

The Biz · Wednesday 2 September 1959 · page 16

The annual ball of the Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand was held at…

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First Catholic Dance

The Biz · Wednesday 9 September 1959 · page 24

Over 400 attended the first parish dance held in the new hall of Our Lady of the R[?]sary…

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Successful Legacy Ball

The Biz · Wednesday 9 September 1959 · page 28

The Fairfield Group of, Torchbearers for Legacy held the annual ball last Friday, the last day of Legacy Week, with the usual presentation of debutantes…

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Third All Nations Concert

The Biz · Wednesday 9 September 1959 · page 23

The Fairfield District Branch of Good Neighbour Council New South Wales, is holding it's third "All Nations" Concert in the Civic Hall Cabramatta, on Sunday afternoon, September 20, commencing at 2…

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C.Y.O. Presentation Dance

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 September 1959 · page 5

Last Friday night a very successful C.Y.O. football dance was held in the old school hall. The dance was held in order to…

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Avon Theatre Signs Big Film Contract

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 September 1959 · page 4

Management of Avon Theatre, Penrith, announce that they have finalised contracts with British Empire Films Pty. Ltd.,…

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Legacy Ball Debutantes

The Biz · Wednesday 16 September 1959 · page 19

Yvette Collanna (flower girl), Judith Cook, Barbara Lessells; Daphne Laman, Mrs. Cook (Matron of Honour), Patricia Johnson, Helen Burkhardt, Judith Ramsden, Geoffrey Thorley (page boy)…

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Court decision on dance studio ease

Tribune · Wednesday 16 September 1959 · page 10

IN dismissing last week a charge against the company under a section of the Arbitration Act over the dismissal of an instructor at…

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All Nations Concert

The Biz · Wednesday 16 September 1959 · page 24

Last week we announced some of the artists and groups appearing at the Civic Hall, Cabramatta,…

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Band Notes

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 September 1959 · page 2

Only two weeks to go to the N.S.W. State championships, after weeks of hard work by all concerned, Bandmaster Bill…

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Theatre “Starlight Roof”

Tharunka · Thursday 17 September 1959 · page 6

Produced by Ralton R. James The Tivoli Theatre “Did you see last night's paper?” “No what was in it?”…

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Bowling Club Ball at St. Marys

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 September 1959 · page 3

There had been a lot of preparation for the ball in St. Marys Bowling Clubhouse, which took place last Saturday night. Most of the work was, as usual, done by the women, "but there were some men along…

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Art, Theatre & Music Reviews “Auntie Mame”

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 September 1959 · page 6

The zest and the zanniest of the Auntie Mame that we know from Patrick Dennis’ novel is a great treat on the…

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Overseas Celebrities in Abc Concerts

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 September 1959 · page 7

The internationally-known, Viennese conductor, Josef Krips, on Tuesday, September 29, will conduct a sspecial concert of the Sydney Symph ony Orchestra with the young Frenchviolinist, Devy Erlih, as soloist. The programme will…

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All Nations Concert - Big Success

The Biz · Wednesday 23 September 1959 · page 22

The Civic Hall, Cabramatta, was packed on Sunday afternoon for the third All Nations Concert, organised by Fairfield District Branch of Good Neighbour Council of New South…

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