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Sydney Trocadero
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	Sydney's Trocadero in 1937
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Location	George Street, Sydney
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The Sydney Trocadero was a large Art Deco dance and concert hall that operated between 1936 and 1971 in Sydney, Australia. It was the main venue of Big Band jazz orchestras, with the resident Trocadero Orchestra under the baton of Frank Coughlan, and the All Girl Trocadero Band. Often referred to as "The Troc", it was once regarded as the "most glamorous dance palace in Sydney and accommodated up to 2,000 people".^[1] It was the favored venue for university and school 'formals', and hosted many important local rock and pop concerts during the 1960s.

Location

The Trocadero was located on the western side of George Street, south of Bathurst Street, next door to the now demolished Hoyts Regent Theatre.^[2]

History

The venue opened with a full-dress gala on 3 April 1936.^[3] It was one of a number of venues in Sydney for balls. Others included the Palais Royale, the David Jones Auditorium and the Blaxland Galleries. Art Students' Balls and Artists' Balls continued to be held at the Trocadero through the 1950s and up till the early 1960s over a period when dance music encompassed a wide range of styles including swing and Australian jazz in the early years, to foxtrot, waltz and tango in the later ones.^[1]

The Sydney Trocadero was closed on 5 February 1971;^[2] the building was demolished and replaced by a modernist cinema complex owned by the Hoyts group.

1,500 Guests Jostle At Artists' Ball - Hundreds of people thronged the pavements outside the Trocadero last night to watch the guests, many of whom were wellknown cartoonists, artists, actors, models, and radio personalities, arrive at the annual Artists' Ball. At 10 o'clock, an hour after the dance started, about 1,500 people jostled one another on the floor. Some dancers were in elegant evening clothes, some in street wear, but the majority wore the "fanciest" of fancy costumes that their ingenuity could devise. Murals designed by the president of the ball committee, Mr Stanley Cross, and executed by students of the Technical College decorated the walls. Guests also used ingenuity in decorating the tables, one of which sprouted a row of five-foot high palm trees, another effigies of scarecrows, and a third a table-length model of an illuminated ferry-boat. The ball was in aid of a Graphic Art Centre, where the work of creative and commercial artists can be co-ordinated. The Sydney Morning Herald 5 November 1949.^[4]

Cultural references

The closure of the venue is commemorated in the song "Deep Water" by Australian singer-songwriter Richard Clapton.

References

^ ^a ^b Beck, Deborah (July–August 2013). "Scandalous Nights". Inside History (17). Ben Mercer: 58. ISSN 1838-5044.
^ ^a ^b Dictionary of Sydney - Trocadero
^ "Trocadero Opens". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 April 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
^ "1,500 Guests Jostle At Artists' Ball". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 November 1949. p. 7.

Bibliography

Ford, Joan (1995) Meet me at the Trocadero Cowra, NSW. ISBN 0646220179

External links

[Beck-1] Beck, Deborah (July–August 2013). "Scandalous Nights". Inside History (17). Ben Mercer: 58. ISSN 1838-5044.

[dos-2] Dictionary of Sydney - Trocadero

[3] "Trocadero Opens". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 April 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 4 March 2010.

[4] "1,500 Guests Jostle At Artists' Ball". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 November 1949. p. 7.

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+The '''Sydney Trocadero''' was a large [[Art Deco]] dance and concert hall that operated between 1936 and 1971 in [[Sydney]], Australia.  It was the main venue of [[Big Band]] jazz orchestras, with the resident Trocadero Orchestra under the baton of [[Frank Coughlan]], and the All Girl Trocadero Band. Often referred to as "The Troc", it was once regarded as the "most glamorous dance palace in Sydney and accommodated up to 2,000 people".<ref name=Beck>{{cite journal|last=Beck|first=Deborah|title=Scandalous Nights|journal=Inside History|date=July–August 2013|issue=17|page=58|publisher=Ben Mercer|issn=1838-5044}}</ref>  It was the favored venue for university and school 'formals', and hosted many important local rock and pop concerts during the 1960s.
 ==Location==
+The Trocadero was located on the western side of [[George Street, Sydney|George Street]], south of [[Bathurst Street, Sydney|Bathurst Street]], next door to the now demolished [[Regent Theatre (Sydney)|Hoyts Regent Theatre]].<ref name=dos>[http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/trocadero Dictionary of Sydney - Trocadero]</ref>
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-At 10 o'clock, an hour after the dance started, about 1,500 people jostled one another on the floor.
-Some dancers were in elegant evening clothes, some in street wear, but the majority wore the "fanciest" of fancy costumes that their ingenuity could devise.
-Murals designed by the president of the ball committee, Mr Stanley Cross, and executed by students of the Technical College   decorated the walls.
-Guests also used ingenuity in decorating the tables, one of which sprouted a row of five-foot high palm trees, another effigies of scarecrows, and a third a table-length model of an illuminated ferry-boat.
-The ball was in aid of a Graphic Art Centre, where the work of creative and commercial artists can be co-ordinated.
-''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' 5 November 1949.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18134694 |title=1,500 Guests Jostle At Artists' Ball. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=5 November 1949 |accessdate=9 July 2013 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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-The Trocadero was located on the western side of [[George Street, Sydney|George Street]], south of [[Bathurst Street, Sydney|Bathurst Street]], next door to the now demolished [[Regent Theatre (Sydney)|Hoyts Regent Theatre]].<ref name=dos>[http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/trocadero Trocadero]</ref>
 ==History==
-The venue opened with a full-dress gala on 3 April 1936.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Trocadero Opens | date=1936-04-04 | publisher= | url =http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17323227 | work =Sydney Morning Herald | pages =11 | accessdate = 2010-03-04 | language = }}</ref> It was one of a number of venues in Sydney for balls. Others included the [[Palais Royale (Sydney)|Palais Royale]], the [[David Jones Limited|David Jones]] Auditorium and the Blaxland Galleries. Art Students' Balls and Artists' Balls continued to be held at the Trocadero through the 1950s and up till the early 1960s over a period when dance music encompassed a wide range of styles including [[swing (dance)|swing]] and [[Australian jazz]] in the early years, to [[foxtrot]], [[waltz]] and [[tango]] in the later ones.<ref name=Beck/>
+The venue opened with a full-dress gala on 3 April 1936.<ref>{{cite news | title=Trocadero Opens | date=1936-04-04 | url =http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17323227 | work =Sydney Morning Herald | pages =11 | access-date = 2010-03-04 }}</ref> It was one of a number of venues in Sydney for balls. Others included the [[Palais Royale (Sydney)|Palais Royale]], the [[David Jones Limited|David Jones]] Auditorium and the Blaxland Galleries. Art Students' Balls and Artists' Balls continued to be held at the Trocadero through the 1950s and up till the early 1960s over a period when dance music encompassed a wide range of styles including [[swing (dance)|swing]] and [[Australian jazz]] in the early years, to [[foxtrot]], [[waltz]] and [[tango]] in the later ones.<ref name=Beck/>
 The Sydney Trocadero was closed on 5 February 1971;<ref name=dos/> the building was demolished and replaced by a modernist cinema complex owned by the [[Hoyts]] group.
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+At 10 o'clock, an hour after the dance started, about 1,500 people jostled one another on the floor. Some dancers were in elegant evening clothes, some in street wear, but the majority wore the "fanciest" of fancy costumes that their ingenuity could devise. Murals designed by the president of the ball committee, Mr Stanley Cross, and executed by students of the Technical College   decorated the walls. Guests also used ingenuity in decorating the tables, one of which sprouted a row of five-foot high palm trees, another effigies of scarecrows, and a third a table-length model of an illuminated ferry-boat. The ball was in aid of a Graphic Art Centre, where the work of creative and commercial artists can be co-ordinated. ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' 5 November 1949.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18134694 |title=1,500 Guests Jostle At Artists' Ball. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=5 November 1949 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>}}
 ==Cultural references==
 The closure of the venue is commemorated in the song "Deep Water" by Australian singer-songwriter [[Richard Clapton]].
-==Bibliography==
+== See also ==
+{{stack|}}
-Ford, Joan (1995) ''Meet me at the Trocadero'' Cowra, NSW. ISBN 0646220179
+*[[107-109 Bathurst Street, Sydney#The development of the city block and Sydney Square precinct|107-109 Bathurst Street, Sydney]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
+===Bibliography===
+Ford, Joan (1995) ''Meet me at the Trocadero'' Cowra, NSW. {{ISBN|0646220179}}
+==External links==
-{{coord missing|New South Wales}}
+{{Commons category|Trocadero, Sydney}}
 [[Category:Former buildings and structures in Sydney]]
 [[Category:Theatres in Sydney]]
-[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Australia]]
+[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Sydney]]
 [[Category:Dance venues]]