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Undertones1968
Jan 5 The Sterling Showband
Jan 6 The Sterling Showband
Feb 16 The Sterling International Showband
Feb 17 The Sterling International Showband
Apr 24 Wednesday
The North’s “Top Teenagers” will be on show at the Pavilion. Dance to the swinging sounds of the The Sterling International Showband.
Grand Finals night in the exciting “Top Teenager” competition @ 11 p.m.
The Teenagers (boy and girl) to represent Strathpeffer will be chosen and will join the heat winners from Bonar Bridge, Rosemarkie, Balintore, Resolis, Dingwall and Evanton to be judged by Ian MacNeill and the Ross County team for the first prize of £20 cash (teenage boy) £20 cash (teenage girl) 9.30 – 1.30 6/-
Apr 26 The Sterling International Showband
Apr 27 The Sterling International Showband
May 4 Tain Town Hall The Searchers and The Pedestrians
May 11 Tain Town Hall Horror Night Floribunda Rose
May 15 Tain Town Hall Wayne Fontana with The Oppression
Plus The T Set
May 31 The Capri Showband
Jun 1 The Capri Showband
Advert Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday Highland Cabaret 5/-
Compère Charlie Bulloch
Irene Brown (a song for everyone)
The Bogan (the North’s top comedian)
The ‘Kylesku’ Man – Argo Cameron
The Ben Wyvis troupe of Highland Dancers plus Pipe Major S. Innes
The Strathpeffer Spa Dance Band
Jun 7 The Capri Showband
Jun 8 The Capri Showband
Jun 14 The Capri Showband
Jun 15 The Capri Showband
The following advert appeared in the Ross Shire Journal.
Ireland’s youngest showband The Pasadenas, just finished a successful
German tour, will be appearing at Strathpeffer Ballroom on
21 – 22 and 28 – 29 June.
The band are free on Sun 23 and Sun 30 June and would be interested to hear from promoters for these dates.
Contact Ted Parvis, 11a Chichester Street, Belfast 1 (Tel 31120 or after hours 59744)
In the event they do not appear to have played on the 21st and 22nd.
Jun 21 The Rico Showband
Jun 22 The Rico Showband
Jun 28 The Pasado
Jun 29 The Pasado
Davy Smyth joined The Pasado Showband in 1967and played his first gig supporting The Who!
A succession of other gigs followed supporting, among others, The Fortunes, Love Affair and
The Tremoloes, who were all to play at the Pavilion. The Pasado Showband toured all over Ireland
and Scotland before eventually changing their name to 'Candy'. When Davy stopped touring
he opened Wizard Sound Studios at Anne Street, Belfast, and went on to record and produce
many artists. He produced Teenage Kicks for the Undertones, who went on to
become major artists. John Peel cited Teenage Kicks as his favourite record of all time.
The
Undertones
Jul 5 The return of The Sterling Showband
Jul 6 The Sterling Showband
Jul 27 Tain Town Hall The Mindbenders
Sept 18 Tain Town Hall Wed 5/-
The Blend The only professional Highland beat group just back from a highly successful 3 month tour of Germany. (Hear their new single ‘State of flux’)
Sep 25 End of season cabaret.
Sep 28 Last performance of the pipe band 8 p.m.
Massed band display. Dingwall British Legion Pipe Band and Ardgay / Bonar Pipe Band
Oct 4 Advert for new Smelter MacBaco £37 million.
“We’re going to be here for a long time”
Oct 25 Dingwall Town Hall Alexander Brothers and Johnny Beattie 7/6 and 6/-
Nov 1 Advert Spa Pavilion invites clubs and organisations to submit applications for dances for 1969 by 15 November.
Dec 24 Christmas Eve dance sponsored by Strathpeffer Tourist Association on behalf of the fund for the dependants of Detective Sergeant Evan Lumsden and Constable Iain Ritchie.
I am told they were police officers who drowned in the course of their duty while carrying out diving manoeuvres at Fort William.
Dec 27 The Sterling Showband 7/6
Dec 28 The Sterling Showband 6/-