CORONATION BALL
The committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the Coronation ball has lost no time in taking preliminary steps. and patrons are promised something that will be worthy of the occasion A dance of this description, to be effective. must have s distinctive setting, and to this end the work of producing the decorations has been left in the hands of Mr J. D. Charlton Edgar d Mr Les. Hill These two men were mainly responsible for the decorations at the arts ball. The main theme decided on for this occasion is a regal and imperialistic one. for which' *he Town Hall is admirably adapted. Special attention has been paid to the orchestra. Mr M'Clatchy has been entrusted w’*h the assembling of the best dance band artists in Dunedin One of the diversions of the evening will be the welcome reappearance of Stan Lawson’s ballet. Mr Lawson and his ssociate. Miss Powail, have iust returned from Auckland, where their training of ballets created something of a furore. This will be the ballet’s first public appearance since its return No Coronation function would be complete without a regimental band, and. through the courtesy of Colonel Macpherson, the officer commanding the Otago Regiment, the Regimental Band will participate in the function in an appropriate manner
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23161, 10 April 1937, Page 11
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216CORONATION BALL Otago Daily Times, Issue 23161, 10 April 1937, Page 11
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