Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir Collection 1947-2017

Portraits of some members of the choir from 1947-1973 and in 1976, some labelled. The creator of the collection and the exact date the collection was created are unknown.

Spreadsheet containing an alphabetical list of ex-choristers from 1947-1977. Details include name, time in the choir, voice type (eg. alto, soprano) and status (soloist or not). The creator of the collection is unknown.

History of the choir. Material includes copies of photographs, newspaper articles, correspondence, memoirs as well as compiled histories and lists. Material has been compiled by Catriona McCartney.

Includes a brief history plus information about founder and conductor Alan H. Moxey (1947-1966).

Conductors:

• John Villaume, conductor 1966-1973
• Judith Johnson, conductor 1973-1976
• Bev O'Neill conductor 1976-1977

Accompanists:

• Helene Baird/Jones
• Shirley Golding/Bernays
• Val Golding/Matheson
• Beris Robson
• Beverley Ferguson/Taylor
• Carmel Lynch/Reid
• Fay Brennan
• Alison Don/O'Malley

Also includes material related to 

• Uniforms
• Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir trips
• Concerts and music
• Eisteddfod results
• Constitution of the Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir.

 Recollections and a diary of choristers experiences with the choir. Choristers include Alison Fites/Muirhead, Barbara Dean/Willcocks, Alison Don/O'Malley, Beverley Ferguson/Taylor, Carol Joy/Mann/Kent, Denise Brown/Oxborough, Desley Chamberlain/Smith, Diana Walker/Morphew, Elva Dean/Shaw, Gillian Applegate/Simpson, Gloria Renton/Burrows, Helen Gilmore/Draper, Jan Lyall/Peacock, Jane Ramsay/Brown, Janice Williams/Bolton, Jean Sears/Schneider, Joan Gilmore/Galloway, Joyce Sears/Kelly, Judy Izatt/Rough, Judy Draper/Acton, Judy Tegner/Greenwood, June Hart/Whitlock, Kathie Hammond/Shean, Kerry Mc Kee/Blair, Marion Doolan/McMillan, Ruth Williamson/Cooper, Sandra Few/Robinson, Sandy Mc Allister/Handfield, Sue Winsen/Harvey, Tom Watson and Val Hackwood/Ashworth.

Information regarding the formation and activities of the choir from its formation in 1947 to 1949 which includes copies of letters, lists, minutes, newspaper articles, photographs and a report. 

• Members of the original choir
• Minutes of the 1947 Inaugural Committee Meeting
• First Annual Report in 1948
• Australia Day Floats
• Eisteddfods such as the Queensland (Toowoomba, 1949) and Sydney (1948). 

 Information regarding the activities of the choir during the 1950s which includes copies of concert programs, eisteddfod entry forms and results, correspondence, lists, newspaper articles, photographs, telegrams and travel souvenirs.

• Australia Day Floats (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959)
• Eisteddfod trips including Ballarat (1953, 1955, 1957), Brisbane (1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958), Grafton (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959), Lismore (1950, 1953), Mackay (1956), Queensland (Blackstone-Ipswich (1950), Brisbane (1953), Bundaberg (1954, 1958), Maryborough (1952)), and Sydney (1950)
• Other concerts such as the Princess Chrysanthemum operetta (1951, 1957). 

Information regarding the activities of the choir's New Zealand trip in 1960 which includes copies of concert programs, itineraries, letters, newspaper articles, photographs, travel souvenirs. 

Information regarding the activities of the choir from 1960 to 1964 which includes includes copies of concert programs, eisteddfod results, letters, lists, newspaper articles, photographs and travel souvenirs.

• Australia Day Floats (1960, 1961)
• Eisteddfod trips including Ballarat (1962), Brisbane (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964), Grafton (1960), Queensland (Ipswich (1960), Maryborough (1963) and Sydney (1961)
• Adelaide Festival of Arts concert (1964)
• Princess of Music fundraiser (1963). 

Information regarding the activities of the choir from 1965 to 1969 which includes copies of concert programs and tickets, eisteddfod results, letters, newspaper articles, photographs and travel souvenirs. 

• Anzac Day (1967)
• Australia Day Float (1965, 1966, 1967)
• Eisteddfod trips including Ballarat (1965, 1968), Brisbane (1967, 1968, 1969), Queensland (Bundaberg (1966), Nambour (1969))
• The death of Mr Alan H. Moxey (1966)
• President Johnson's visit and Warana (1967). .

Information regarding activities of the choir during the 1970's which includes copies of concert programs, photographs, concert tickets, newspaper articles, correspondence and travel souvenirs. 

•  Eisteddfod trips including Port Moresby (New Guinea), Queensland (Bundaberg (1973), Maryborough (1972), Toowoomba (1973)
•  National Choral Festival, Tasmania (1976)
• Toowoomba Youth Arts Festival (1970)
• "Sailors Galore" (1975).
• Material on the weddings of ex-choristers. 

Information about choir activities 1966-1972. Includes concert programs and tickets, correspondence, newspaper clippings poster and travel souvenirs. Alison Don was a member and accompanist of the choir.

Information regarding choir activities 1955-1963 from Andrew Graham who was a member of the choir. Includes a 1955 Blue ribbon, 1960 luggage sticker and copies of photos from the 1961 Sydney Eisteddfod trip and Brisbane City Hall 1963 with some of the faces identified. 

Contains photographs of choristers. Some photographs are accompanied by signatures. Betty Mann was a member of the choir.

Information about choral activities such as the 1955 and 1957 Ballarat Eisteddfod trips and 1960 New Zealand trip. Beverley Ferguson was a member and accompanist of the choir.

Includes photographs. Beverley Moyle was a member of the choir.

 Carmel Lynch's memorabilia includes photographs. Carmel Lynch was an accompanist to the choir.

Sybil "Daphnie" Fry was a committee member of the Western Suburbs School Choir which became the Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir. She was a committee member from the first meeting of the Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir on 31 October 1947 and worked on the Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir committee as Treasurer until the choir folded in 1977. This collection contains a copy of the Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir constitution and a book keeping ledger for 1962-1979.

Includes a photo of the New Zealand choir and of the choir arriving in South Brisbane from New Zealand. Elva Dean was a member of the choir.

 A cassette tape of Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir music, "Young Australia", 1970 and Port Moresby 1970. Fay Brennan was a member and accompanist of the choir.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, travel mementoes and concert programs. Heather Pollock was a member of the choir. 

Book titled "Nora Baird M.B.E. (1900-1991)" by Dan O'Donnell (published 1992) plus photographs of Helene Baird in 2007. Helene Baird was an accompanist to the choir. 

Contains information about the 1967 "A Grand concert", 1969 "Engelsberg State School Grand Concert" program and tickets,1970 "Annual Concert" program plus 1950s and 1960s style Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir spoons. Jan Lyall was a member of the choir.

Information about choral activities 1950-1953. This collection contains a copy of a photo of a visit to the Sydney Botanical Gardens 1950 and copies of photos of the 1953 Ballarat Eisteddfod trip. Janice Williams was a member of the choir.

Information about choral activities 1965-1970 such as the 1967 Ballarat Eisteddfod trip and the 1970 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Eisteddfod trip. Jenny Vallis was a member of the choir. 

Photos (printed and on CD) and CD music recording of the choir's performance at the wedding of Ray and Jill Pannach, "All Souls" Anglican Church, Gaythorne, May 15 1968. Jill Thompson was a member of the choir 1956-1961.

Contains a program for the 1968 "Coming of Age" concert and a ticket to A.H. Moxey Memorial Concert 1966. Jocelyn Parry was a member of the choir. 

Information regarding the 1951 Australia Day Float and the 1953 and 1955 trips to the Ballarat Eisteddfod. Joyce Sears was a member of the choir. 

Includes choir related correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs. June Williamson was a member of the choir. 

Newspaper clippings, photographs and travel souvenirs from the 1965 and 1968 trips to the Ballarat Eisteddfod. Keith Borrows was a member of the choir.

Includes choir photographs. Lorraine Belicke was a member of the choir. 

Includes pages from a scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper clippings and concert programs and tickets. Lorraine Wilson was a member of the choir.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and concert programs of choir activities 1955-1962. Lyn Paton was a member of the choir.

Concert programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings and travel souvenirs covering a range of choral activities including the New Zealand trip in 1960. Marion Watts was a member of the choir.

Information regarding choir activities 1955-1956. The collection contains copies of photos of the 1955 Ballarat Eisteddfod trip and the stop at Casino en-route to Grafton 1956. Merle Svensen was a member of the choir.

Photographs and photocopies of clippings about choral activities including 1960 New Zealand trip. Noela Waugh was a member of the choir.

Pages from a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, travel souvenirs, correspondence and a concert program plus further newspaper clippings. Patricia Arnold was a soprano with the choir 1960-1966.

Robert McCartney was a soloist in the choir. Information about choir activities ca 1950-1972. Activities are documented in pages from a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and there is also additional items - a red pennant for the "Eighteenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod 1969", the 1965 Ballarat Eisteddfod trip, the 1966 "Alan H. Moxey Memorial Concert", the 1972 "The Silver Jubilee Concert", photographs, concert programs, Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir badges and a 1950's style Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir spoon.

Photographs of Port Moresby New Guinea Eisteddfod trip 1970 and Maryborough 1972 and Bundaberg 1973 trips. Sandra Pollock was a member of the choir.

Record of a selection of songs sung by the choir titled "Choral Favourites". It includes excerpts from the Alan H. Moxey Memorial Concert 1966. The collection also contains 2 "Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir" badges, 1 "Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir" badge attached to a "Committee member" badge and a card from their mother, Evelyn Rees, explaining the children's involvement in the choir. Both Sandra and Lee Rees were members of the choir.

Includes sheet music from choir. Shirley Golding was a member of the choir.

Range of concert programs from 1960-1972.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs and travel souvenirs of choir activities. Ursula Heller was a member of the choir.

Concert programs and photographs related to choral activities 1952-1954 including the Ballarat Eisteddfod trip 1953 and 1954 "Concert". Val Golding was an accompanist to the choir.

Information about choral activities such as the Australian National Choral Festival, Hobart. Val Heywood was a member of the choir.

Badge sewn into blazer/jacket pocket. Wendy Haynes was a member of the choir.

Blue pennant awarded to the choir in the Sixteenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1967, for coming first for "Folk singing, Secondary School's and Juvenile Choirs under 18 years".

Blue pennant awarded to the choir in the Sixteenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1967, for coming first for "Children's choral under 14 years".

Blue pennant awarded to the choir in the Seventeenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1968, for coming first for "Folk singing, Secondary School's and Juvenile Choirs".
 

Purple pennant awarded to the choir in the Seventeenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1968, for coming first for "Champion choir, under 18 years".

Blue pennant awarded to the choir in the Eighteenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1969, for coming first for "Folk singing, Secondary School's and Juvenile Choirs, 30-60 voices".

Purple pennant awarded to the choir in the Eighteenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1969, for "Champion choir, under 18 years, 30-60 voices".

Blue pennant awarded to the choir in the Nineteenth City of Brisbane Eisteddfod, 1970, for coming first for "Folk singing, Secondary School's and Juvenile Choirs, under 18 years, 30-60 voices".

Blue Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir "Princess of Music" sash, "Princess of Music" crown and a copy of a photo of the winner, Allison Fites, in costume.

Maroon Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir blazer (with badge sewn onto pocket) and two maroon blazer pockets with the Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir material badge sewn on.

Leather Brisbane Eisteddfod Junior Choir bag.

Brown-grey travel beret.