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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 6

Young Ballet Dancers In Vila

p. 157 · Read in the full issue

Applause and flowers worthy of a Covent Garden first night were the reward of Mme.

Currie-Fryer and her School of Ballet on the occasion of her first concert held at the Cine Pacific, Vila, New Hebrides, on November 25. The programme, an ambitious one after only eight months' training, went through without a hitch and included "Their First

Ballet", "Can Can", "Haut Ecole", "Apache" and "March of the Toys" (picture) with (I to r), Sandra Richardson, Giselle and Josette Noellat, Catherine Noellat, Isobelle Joudrain and Marie-Luce Pommadere. Mme.

Currie-Fryer, formerly of the famous Sadlers Wells Ballet, professed herself delighted with her pupils. Photo: Fung Kuei.

Above; This is how police-boys of the old Mandated Territory police force looked.

Below left: Fijian policemen in their smart uniforms.