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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1976

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Lord Mayor at Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 September 1976 · page 3

The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Aid Leo Port and Mrs Port, will be guests of honor at the…

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Theatre— The Floating World

Tharunka · Wednesday 8 September 1976 · page 15

Ian Tasker, director of the Green Room Society’s latest venture, “The Floating World”, is to be praised for “getting it all together in about four weeks” as the cast will tell you he did. In my opinion he really did…

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Theatre ‘The Praise of Love’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 September 1976 · page 23

Terrence Rattigan’s “The Praise of Love” is an excellent play and the latest production of the…

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Holroyd to try for band title

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 21 September 1976 · page 4

HOLROYD Municipal Band will compete in the State brass band championships at Gunnedah on October 2, 3 and 4…

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THEATRE “Alphabetical order”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 September 1976 · page 53

Michael Frayn used his journalistic experiences as the basis of making fun of some idiosyhcracies of a provincial newspaper (or any newspaper for that matter). Into the chaotic world of…

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“Concert for W’chairs”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 September 1976 · page 53

Principal singers of the Australian Opera Chorus gave a highly successful concert at the Lodge Home last week to support the “Operation Wheelchairs Committee of NSW.”…

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Band Boss Picked

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 September 1976 · page 4

MY sincerer congratulations go to Alderman Warren Try on his unanimous election the…

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Theatre. "A Doll's House"

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 September 1976 · page 18

Henrik Ibsen has written about ever-present problems in a challenging manner with an often old-fashioned style. Nevertheless, it is a great mistake to “up-date" his style to suit his subject…

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PACT & Environmental Theatre Promoting Australian Theatre

Tharunka · Wednesday 6 October 1976 · page 26

The set is quiet just now. It’s curved wall, [?]andmnrk of early Sydney, protrudes into a nois, city, elfishly avoiding the expansive squeeze of muddy excavations for new expressways. In that…

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Successful Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 October 1976 · page 23

Masada College Funds were swelled by a record amount of $3,500 as a result of the Tenth Anniversary…

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Theatre "Equus"

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 October 1976 · page 15

Peter Shaeffer's compelling play once more presented by the Old Tote Company is providing Seymour Centre audiences with a most compelling night of theatre…

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Yiddish theatre to be formed

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 October 1976 · page 14

JERUSALEM: Israel Becker, of Habima, has been charged with the task of creating a Yiddish…

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Good effort by band at titles

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 October 1976 · page 3

HOLROYD Municipal Band has established itself as one off the most promising bands in NSW. The band won a first and…

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Sydney Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 October 1976 · page 15

Well-known Israeli conductor, Elyakum Shapirra, appeared with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in…

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At the Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 October 1976 · page 22

The Israeli Consul General and Mrs Nassie were official guests at the recent International Ball, together with representatives of 28 countries. The ball, held at the Wentworth Hotel, was opened by the Governor of NSW and Lady Cutler. Pictured above shows Mrs Yehuda Nassie, Maj Gen Paul…

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Theatre “Wonder Women”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 October 1976 · page 19

Reg Livermore has been a rare phenomenon on the Australian stage as Betty Blokk Buster. His wonder women are not as impressive as their…

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Theatre the Sea

Tharunka · Wednesday 27 October 1976 · page 30

Regrettably, “The Sea” (presented by the Sydney University Dramatic Society at the Seymour Centre, downstairs) does not live up to its author (Edward Bond)’s introduction. Said “Author’s Notes” prepare us…

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REVIEWS SEEGER-MacCOLL Concert: Folk with Feeung Peggy Seeger - Ewan MacColl Australian Tour - sponsored by Amalgamated Metal Workers Union

Tribune · Wednesday 27 October 1976 · page 8

Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger make their aim perfectly clear right at the start, by their casual arrival on stage. They're here to perform, not to dazzle with stage theatricals…

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Theatre Party

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 October 1976 · page 15

Friends of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra Younger Set are arranging a theatre party to the play “The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin” which stars Gordon Chater. The theatre party will be…

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THEATRE 'School for Scandal'

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 October 1976 · page 17

The Genesian Theatre has maintained its high standard with its latest production, “The School for Scandal” by Richard Sheridan. The play is an interesting…

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