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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1960

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Outstanding Rotary Ball

The Biz · Wednesday 20 April 1960 · page 19

More than 250 people attended the Annual Rotary Hall on April 8, at the Civic Hall, Cabramatta. Fairfield Rotary Club president, Mr. Gordon…

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Rotary Club Ball

The Biz · Wednesday 20 April 1960 · page 1

A charming line-up of Fairfield womanhood at the Rotary Club Ball last week. From left to right: Mrs. John Ditou, Miss June Wenban, Miss Dawn Braford, and Mrs. Maurcon Carr…

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S.A. band to visit Katoomba

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1960 · page 6

Granville Salvation Army Band will be visiting Katoomba over Anzac weekend, and…

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International guests at Sydney's May Day Gala Ball

Tribune · Wednesday 20 April 1960 · page 3

SYDNEY: The May Day Gala Festival in the Sydney Town Hall on April 29 this-year will be attended by international visitors from the Soviet Union, England and the World Federation of Trade Unions…

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Little Arts Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 April 1960 · page 11

Dramatic Group: Starts Mon., May 2. All interested please attend 8 p.m. Ballroom Dancing: Ten…

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Australiana Concert van de "Good Neighbour Council"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 22 April 1960 · page 2

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Concert Plans Saved From Upset

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 April 1960 · page 2

Overlapping organisation recently almost wrecked arrangements for the participation of the 115-member National Youth Symphony Orchestra in this month's Gala Festival Concert to mark the 12th anniversary of…

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Granville school dance

The Biz · Wednesday 27 April 1960 · page 8

Granville Boys' High School Old Boys' Union will hold a dance in the school gymnasium next Friday…

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Social dance for athletic club

The Biz · Wednesday 27 April 1960 · page 22

A social dance will be held at the clubhouse. Makepeace Oval, Vine St. on Saturday night at 8 p.m. A good pianist to…

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New Theatre National Conference

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1960 · page 7

"IN the 28 years of its existence the New Theatre movement has endeavoured to be a theatre of the people,…

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Brisbane New Theatre presents The Crucible

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1960 · page 7

IN Salem, and throughout Massachusetts, USA, in the year 1692 nearly 500 people stood in the shadow of the…

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Rotary Ball

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 April 1960 · page 6

Complete and efficient arrangements are being made for Penrith Rotary Ball, which will be held at the Log Cabin…

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Theatre Review

Tharunka · Thursday 28 April 1960 · page 3

Hugh Hunt’s latest production of T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" at the…

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Young Elizabethans Bring Theatre to Schools

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 April 1960 · page 2

Penrith High School assembly hall was a vast stage with a hundred or more enthusiastic theatregoers clamouring for actors' autographs. The time was 1 p.m. last…

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Little Arts Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 April 1960 · page 11

Dramatic Group: Starts Mon., May 2. All interested please attend 8 p.m. Ballroom Dancing: Ten…

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1600 at Town Hall Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 April 1960 · page 1

About 1600 people on Tuesday attended the Israel Independence Day concert in the Sydney Town Hall. Officials described the concert as one of the…

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Club holds dance

The Biz · Wednesday 4 May 1960 · page 22

Last Saturday night, April 30, the Fairfield Athletic Club held another successful dance…

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Ex-employers farewelled at dance

The Biz · Wednesday 4 May 1960 · page 5

Messrs. Tom and Alex Thompson entertained ex-members of their staff and friends at a bright and cheery buffet dance held on Friday evening, April…

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Catholic Ball

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 May 1960 · page 1

Ten beautifully dressed debutantes walked gracefully through a flower covered arch and down the red carpet at…

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Make Up Your Own Party For Rotary Ball

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 May 1960 · page 1

Wednesday night, May 18, has been selected as the night for Penrith Rotary Club's Ball. It will be held at Log Cabin, and…

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