Bendigo Performance of Simon Preston (organ recital) April 10th - with penciled annotation of ''? 86''. Programme (2 copies).arts bendigo, simon preston

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.A Festival of Lessons and Carols. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: X.5523, Record cover, Paper sleeve, 1 vinyl disk. Cover notes, no author listed. Recording at King's College Chapel, Cambridge Christmas Eve 1958. Directed by David Willcocks, Simon Preston, Organ. Choir of 16 Kings College members.lp, sound recording

Various Inwards Correspondence from; Crafers Organ and Choral Music Society re Simon Preston; Bendigo Woollen Mills re Craft exhibition; Craft Council of Victoria; Sandhurst Trustees re sponsorship of Craft Exhibition; Regional Arts Victoria re 2001 closure of Arts Bendigo; Bendigo Advertiser re 1988 Annual Supplement; Don Mackay - 2001 congratulatory letter to AB; Barry Ackerman (Mayor) with congratulations to AB 2001; John Little congratulations 2001 to AB; Roman Rudnytsky (pianist) re forthcoming visit 1997; Marketing Images & Technology re visit of Simon Preston 1988 (with supplementary material); William Feasley- guitar?- re confirmation of Bendigo performance (no stated year); Geelong Society of Operatic and Dramatic Art re information as to their use of Plaza Theatre, Geelong; Public Record Office Victoria re application for Local History Grants Program; sue Prain re possible appointment as coordinator/rehearsal leader of Bells and Brass Project; Victorian Arts Council (1981) re performance of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''; Australian Dance Theatre re details of trip to Bendigo October 1987; Sandhurst Trustees Bendigo Easter Fair Festival (1997) re inclusion of AB/BRAC event - ''Facing the Music''; Victorian Arts Council re letter of agreement for ''Wish You Were Here'' (1993).choral music society, arts bendigo, merle hall collection

This booklet is a compilation by Carrol Preston, of photos and articles in various publications, principally the Snowy River Mail (published in Orbost). These articles relate to the loss of two Orbost young men, Simon Bommer aged 25, and Peter Savoury 27. On the 10 September 1967, these young men were last seen in a small boat at the Snowy River entrance, and were never seen again.This booklet is significant because is records most of the printed reports from 1967 of the deaths of two young men from the Orbost district who were lost in a boating accident near the mouth of the Snowy River. Spiral bound booklet. Front cover has a blue background which is actually a colour photo of the sky and estuary at Marlo. The faces of two males are at the top of the cover, both in oval shapes. The male faces are in b/w.In Memory of SIMON BOMMER and PETER SAVOURY, lost at sea at Marlo, 10th September 1967. Forever loved and remembered. Articles from the Snowy River Mail - Orbost simon bommer, peter savoury, deaths, drowning