China Ball

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Event China Ball
Venue Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, NSW
First Date 28 October 1944
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Nine hundred dancers, many in vivid Chinese costumes, were at the China Ball at the Town Hall organised by the women's auxiliary committee of the Chinese Comforts Fund. To provide supper dishes of "Chao fun" or Chinese fried rice for the hundreds of dancers, Chinese citizens in Sydney gave up some of their rice ration. An auction was conducted by Max Lawson, with Dr Hsu Mo giving a 200-years-old vase.
Primary Genre Dance
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Max Lawson Auctioneer
Hsu Mo Donor
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Sun, 29 October 1944, p. 10, digitised to Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 168908