Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1926, international ballet dancer Anna Pavlova toured New Zealand. She performed at the Palmerston North Opera House on 11 June 1926.
Creator: Russell Poole
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 9, 2023
The programme for a dance performance which included a ballet recounting the story of Cinderella and performances of Irish and Highland dancing by the Thistle Caledonian Society. After two performances at the Municipal Opera House in Palmerston No...
Creator: Palmerston North Dance Association
Date: September 1979
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 August 1961 "Three of the Royal Academy graduands from the Broadway School of Dancing in graceful pose at the rehearsal of "Les Sylphides" to be performed in the Palm...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 5, 1961
This is the programme for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 12 May and 17 May 1947. The competition categories included elocution...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1947
This is the programme for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 8 and 13 May 1950. The competition categories included elocution (sp...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1950
This is the programme for the Thirty-Second Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Repertory and All Saints' Halls between 9 and 14 May 1955. The competition categories included elocution (speech a...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1955
This is the programme for the Twenty-Eighth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 7 and 12 May 1951. The competition categories included speech and dra...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1951
This is the programme for the Thirty-Third Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and All Saints' Hall between 7 and 12 May 1956. The competition categories included speech and dram...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1956
Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983), third from the left, was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas fo...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Date: circa 1960
Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a...
Date: 1955 to 1965
Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a...
Date: 1955 to 1965
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1971
This is the programme for the Forty-Ninth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held at the Opera House, Baptist Hall, Y.W.C.A. Hall and St Andrew's Hall between 6 May and 11 May 1972. The competition categories included ...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1972
This is the programme for the Fourth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Municipal Hall between 30 July and 5 August 1925. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama), da...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: July 1925
This is the programme for the Fifty-First Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held at the Opera House, Concert Chamber and St Andrew's Hall between 20 May and 23 May 1974. The competition categories included speech and ...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1974
This is the programme for the Forty-Fifth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held at the Opera House, Concert Chamber, Baptist Church Hall and St Andrew's Hall between 4 May and 10 May 1968. The competition categories ...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1968
This is the programme for the Twenty-Ninth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House and Municipal Hall between 12 May and 17 May 1952. The competition categories included elocution (speech and drama),...
Creator: Manawatū Competitions Society
Date: May 1952