 Event |
The Wakefield Flashes
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| Venue |
Port Wakefield Methodist Church, Port Wakefield, SA |
| First Date |
July 1930 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The Wakefield Flashes was a talented band of musicians from Port Wakefield who played a combination of “Australian” jazz and “real” music. |
| Description Source |
Article |
| Primary Genre |
Music
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| Secondary Genre |
Music
Jazz
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| Organisations |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Articles from the Wooroora Producer (Balaklava) report The Wakefield Flashes performing at a strawberry fete at the Port Wakefield Methodist Church in November 1926 and another fundraising event at the church in July 1930. The inscription on the Hoyleton Hall stage door shows them performing there in August of 1930.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14443058.2023.2203692 |
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| Event Identifier |
209467 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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