Bangalow A&I hall Centenary Ball
Centenary Ball October 15th 2011
Background:
Bangalow's iconic hall turns 100! On Saturday October 15 the A and I Hall Board of Management are winding back the clock and inviting you on a journey to the heady days of 1911 when the hall was born.
In the early days much of Bangalow's Community life centred around the “commodious barn” that was the Exhibition Pavilion because the focus was agricultural development. In 1911 the A & I Committee decided it was time to upgrade their facilities and the double gabled, pressed metal structure built by W.S. Rays came into being as the Agricultural & Industrial (A & I) Hall.
As well as being used as the show pavilion each year, the hall was used for picture shows, debutante balls, soldier's farewells and welcome homes, concerts. Dances, skating, weddings, bazaars, flower shows, an emergency hospital during the 1919 „flu epidemic' and a host of other activities.
The hall has had a chequered and precarious past, it fell into almost complete disuse in the latter part of the 20th century and its demolition was imminent.
In 1991 the process was begun of revitalising her to her former glory. After a lot of hard work the hall was finally completed and was officially re-opened on the 11th June, 1994.
Since the refurbishment the hall has become the focus of Bangalow's cultural life housing events as diverse as the imagination can conjure.
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The Ball of the Century:
On October 15 the hall will be dressed in its best 1911 finery, with memorabilia spanning the decade transporting guests to its former glory days. The evening will commence with canapés and a string quartet as guests soak up a retrospective exhibition of Bangalow and the hall's history.
The second part of the evening will see guests move into the main hall to enjoy a seven piece band created specially for this occasion. Featuring seven stellar musicians who all live locally the music will be a mixed menu of danceable popular standards from Broadway to Bossa Nova and feature the extraordinary vocal artistry of 2 of Australia's finest singers, Sharny Russell and Elizabeth Lord. Joining them will be John Hoffman on flugelhorn, Martha Baartz on saxophone, Steve Russell on piano, Jack Thorncraft on bass and Dave Sanders on drums.
Professional dancers will be bringing the dance floor to life and helping you get your dancing shoes moving! Dinner will be served at specially created food stations during the band's performance.
Guests are invited to come dressed in early 1900's costume. We would love guests to use their imagination and come dressed in different areas of society at that time. Such
as soldiers, entertainers, formal wear, beach wear, clowns, actors, sports men or even a local personality! A specially designed „dress up box' with a stylist to help you accessorize your outfit will be on offer to get everyone looking fabulous and in the mood.
Tickets are $45 which includes all food and are available from Barebones Art Space
44 Byron St Bangalow ph: 6687 1393.
There will be a fully licensed bar. Please note: no BYO
Doors Open 6.30pm
Canapes from 7pm
Dancing from 8pm
Carriages 12pm
1911 Costume Inspiration
We are encouraging you to be creative and think of all the areas in society that can be embodied. Now is the time to get out the DVD of „Titanic' and watch those re-runs of „Downton Abbey' to get some costuming inspiration
Women:
  
Early Art Deco (1911-1929)
This was a period of immense social upheaval, particularly for women. The period from 1911 to 1919 saw the crescendo of the Women's movement, culminating in the passage of the Suffrage amendment. This was also the decade of World War I, which both shook apart the previous social order, and also called upon women to step into roles never before filled by women, as men went off to war. After the war, there was an explosion of exuberance in style, as a youthful generation took center stage amid a decade of prosperity. The excitement of Jazz Age life, prohibition, and the idealization of college men and coeds in the US gave a youthful emphasis to fashion.
Between 1911 and 1919, dress forms moved to a narrow, relaxed, almost semi-fitted silhouette reminiscent of the Directoire and Empire period. Although many women
continued the habit of wearing corsets, the tubular clothing silhouette no longer required it. Hemlines also began to climb from ankle length in 1910 (right) to mid-calf by 1919 (left)-- and all the way up to the knee by 1925. The waistline essentially disappeared. Before 1919, it was high, just below the bustline; by 1920 it had settled at the hips.
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Costume Hire
Byron Bay
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Shop 4 The Epicentre Border St, Byron Bay
0413 489 013
Mullumbimby
Taylors Props & Fancy Dress Hire
Mullumbimby NSW 2482
ph: (02) 6684 2978
Ballina
Masquerade Fancy Dress Hire Shop 9 The Boulevard River St, Ballina NSW 2478 ph: 0413 234 779
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ph: (02) 6622 8533
Media
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0412 853 543.
A & I Hall
Station Street
Bangalow, NSW, 2479
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