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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1922, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS. gTRATFORD JJARDI QRAS. STRATFORD’S GREATEST FRIVOL, THE MARDI GRAS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. A day of cutting loose, as it were. The time of the big joyburst when Stratford lets itself go as it never went before, when it will stick its hat on the side of its head and think itself just the fellow. Prepare for the MARDI GRAS PROCESSION. MARDI GRAS PROCESSION. Enter any display you care about. Entries are now being received, and remember, there is no entrance fee, but you may win a two-guinea prize just the same. BIG SPECTACULAR PAGEANT. * Leading to the Showgrounds, the Mecca of happy people. Great programme of attractions on the ground, including the Mardi Gras QUICK-STEP CONTEST. QUICK STEP CONTEST. Five Brass Bands competing, and 'twill be an inspiring day. Everybody and Everything will be joyful. HURRY, SCURRY, HAPPINESS. Get the Carnival spirit—a feeling of exhilaration as breezy and lofty as the top of Mount Egmont! Drive away the wrinkles of worry and creases of care. HAIL THE MARDI GRAS! A DAY AND NIGHT OF JOY. The Day Function commences on Broadway, Stratford, at 12 o’clock, and the great throng of high-grade happiness and jollity wends its way to the A. & P. SHOWGROUNDS. A. & P. SHOWGROUNDS. The Big Joy Day will culminate ON BROADWAY AT 7 O’CLOCK, • in a BRILLIANT NIGHT FUNCTION. BRILLIANT NIGHT FUNCTION. A novelty for Stratford, but a fascinating novelty, the CHINESE LANTERN PARADE. CHINESE LANTERN PARADE. A Lantern Parade is one of the most novel and picturesque events which can be presented. Everybody secure a Chinese Lantern in the meantime. Tell you more, about it later on. The night programme includes the MARDI GRAS MOONLIGHT JAZZ. MARDI GRAS MOONLIGHT JAZZ. It will be a gay night. Buy your lantern now and get your fancy costume ready for the FANCY COSTUME MASQUERADE. FANCY COSTUME MASQUERADE. And all this shall transpire on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. Get ready for the BRIGHT, GAY TIME. MARDI GRAS DAY AND NIGHT. QUEEN ELECTION CLOSES 10 O’CLOCK ON MARDI GRAS NIGHT. Open voting for the last three hours At 7 o’clock, on the night of the 30th, we will reveal the figures. Jazzing for votes; merrymakers; brass bands, and general genial jollity and hilarity will mark the final three hours of the Mardi Gras. WHO SHALL-BE QUEEN? WHO SHALL BE QUEEN? Set yourself out for a big holiday frivol on Thursday, November 30. Even if you have to scoot home to do the milking, scoot quickly and then scoot back to Stratford again for the unsurpassable* NIGHT OF YOUR LIVES. STRATFORD’S MARDI GRAS Sets the pace and the standard for Taranaki’s carnivals. MAKE SURE OF THE DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 30.

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