The Hamilton Lamb Memorial Hall committee held a successful 60th-anniversary dance on August 10.
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A happy crowd of about 100 people celebrated and danced the night away to old-time music, interspersed with Rock 'n' Roll and line dancing.
The band, Key Change, gave the night a real old-time dance ambience.
Special guest Tony Lamb (Hamilton Lamb's son) and Tony's daughter Emma, travelled from Melbourne to attend. After cutting the anniversary cake, Tony spoke about his father and thanked the hall committee for its work.
Ian Ballinger, whose family was involved with the building of the hall in the 1950s and further renovations in the 1970s, gave the crowd a short history of the hall.
Gowns from the 1950s and display boards, with snapshots of the 60-year history of the hall, were on display in the foyer and around the hall, to pay homage to past committees and hall users, as well as to Lt George Hamilton Lamb MLA, after whom the hall is named.
Murray Minne was MC for the evening.
Don Papst introduced the dance program. Bruce Beattie filmed the night, as well as playing film of past dances, which created extra interest.
Bruce and Susanne were kept busy encouraging the crowd to dance and partake in the different dance styles. Many people brought along a plate of supper to share.
Elsbeth, Michael, Norma and Pam did a great job organising the kitchen. Elsbeth and Michael made the anniversary cake and it was beautifully decorated by James Schwarz. Thank you to all who contributed to supper and the clean up after! All committee members were in attendance on the night and this ensured the evening went well. Special thanks to the ladies that helped with the judging for the costume prize.
Everyone attending got into the “Dress to Impress/or get out your 1950s gear” mode to make the night special. We hope everyone enjoyed the night and we would be pleased to see you back at the hall dancing sometime soon!
It is great to see the hall getting a “facelift” in its 60th year and the committee thanks the Horsham Rural City Council and its contractors for having the new frontage and sign ready for our celebrations. Still more renovations to go, but starting to look good for the next 60!
