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Performance TitleJoy to the World - A Celebration of Christmas, in aid of Royal Marsden Children's Cancer Unit, ICAN (Invalid Children's Aid Nationwide), and the Chicken Shed Theatre Company
Performance Date16 December 1993
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersBob Holness,
Lon Satton,
Nanette Newman,
Diana Rigg,
Jimmy Tarbuck,
Paul Goddard,
Dr Kenneth Farquhar,
Jean Boht

National Youth Ballet of Great Britain,
Chicken Shed Theatre Company

Lesley Garrett, Stephen Pollard, Clarke Peters, Helen Parkinson, Timothy Button, Paul Nicholas - vocals,
Larry Adler - harmonica,
Osian Ellis - harp
Secondary PerformersLord Colwyn,
Lord Brougham and Vaux,
Lord Preston,
Lord Carter,
Lord Tordoff,
Lord Addington,
Lord St. John,
Lord Broadbridge,
Lord Redesdale,
Viscount Torrington - Members of the House of Lords
Orchestra or BandPipes and Drums of 1st Battalion Irish Guards,
Pipers of the Scots Guards Association, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Branch,
Massed Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division,
English Philharmonia Orchestra,
Lon Satton's Musicians,
Chicken Shed Theatre Company Band
ChoirsLondon Oriana Choir,
London Pro Arte Choir,
Wembley Gospel Choir
ConductorsLeon Lovett
Set ListeFanfare,
'A Christmas Fanfare', arr. Lovett,
'Little Donkey', Eric Boswell,
'O Come All Ye Faithful', F J Wade, arr. David Willcocks,
'Unto Us is Born a Son' (Piae Cantiones, 1582), arr. Willcocks,
'Every Time I Feel a Spirit', arr. Lon Satton,
'Gonna Build a Mountain', Bricusse, Newley, arr. Lon Satton (Lon Satton, Members of the Wembley Gospel Choir),
'Come to Bethlehem', Peter Warlock,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem', arr. Vaughan Williams, desc. Thomas Armstrong,
'Merry Christmas Everyone' (Nanette Newman),
'Gloria', from Vespers, Rachmaninoff,
'The Cowboy Carol', Cecil Broadhurst, arr. Leon Lovett (National Youth Ballet of Great Britain),
'Let the Bright Seraphim', Handel (Lesley Garrett),
'See Amid the Winter's Snow', John Goss, arr. David Willcocks,
'Blessed are the Men who Fear Him' from Elijah, Mendelssohn,
'Nativity' (Chicken Shed Theatre Company),
'I Don't Know if I Believe in Christmas', Jo Collins,
'Journey',
'World Born', arr. Liz Kitchen,
'Joy to the World', Handel, arr. Lowell Mason (Lesley Garrett)
INTERVAL
'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen', arr. Willcocks,
'The Cherry Tree Carol' (Stephen Pollard, Osian Ellis),
'Little Donkey', Eric Boswell, Adam Boon,
'The Donkey', G.K.Chesterton (Diana Rigg),
'Coventry Carol' from Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, arr. Martin Shaw,
'12 Days of Christmas' (Jimmy Tarbuck),
'Ring Out, Wild Bells', Percy E Fletcher,
Appeal (Nanette Newman),
'The First Nowell', arr. Willcocks,
'Once in Royal David's City', J Gauntlett, harm. A H Mann, desc. Willcocks (Timothy Button, Helen Parkinson),
'It Ain't Necessarily So' from Porgy and Bess, Gershwin (Larry Adler, Clarke Peters),
'Angel's Carol', arr. John Rutter (Helen Parkinson, Timothy Button),
'Good King Wenceslas', J M Neale, arr. Jacque, Lovett (Jean Boht, Stephen Pollard) ((Letter by Michael Green and Rosemary Anne Sisson),
'Stille Nacht', Franz Gruber, arr. Lovett,
'Away in a Manger', W J Kirkpatrick, arr. Willcocks (Helen Parkinson, Timothy Button),
'Any Dream Will Do' from (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lloyd Webber,
'Hosanna' from Jesus Christ Superstar, Lloyd Webber (Paul Nicholas),
'Have a Heart at Christmas', Jo Collins (Larry Adler, Chicken Shed Theatre Company),
Arrival of Father Christmas,
'Jingle Bells', J Pierpoint, arr. Willcocks,
'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing', Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks,
'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', arr. Arthur Warrel,
'We Need a Little Christmas!', Jerry Herman
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Margaret
Performance NotesFashion designer Amanda Wakely supplied the fabric for the shepherd costumes and fashion designer Nicole Farhi supplied the fabric for the rest of the Nativity costumes.

The Hon. Mrs Whitehead was in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1993/151),
Transparencies (RAHE/3/14/24)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1993 /151xxxx16 December 1993
RAHE/3/14/24Joy to the World16 December 1993
RAHE/3/1993/7Photographs of Joy to the World - A Celebration of Christmas,16 December 1993
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cnoxalad_Zown'Joy to the World' - A Celebration of Christmas, in aid of Royal Marsden Children's Cancer Unit, ICAN (Invalid Children's Aid Nationwide), and the Chicken Shed Theatre Company1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5095Peters; Clarke (1952-); American actor, singer, writer, director
DS/UK/14466Rigg; Dame; Diana (1938-2020); DBE; English actress
DS/UK/17484National Youth Ballet of Great Britain; 1988-; British youth ballet company
DS/UK/17474Newman; Nanette (1934-); English actress, author
DS/UK/15511Holness; Bob (1928-2012); British radio and television presenter
DS/UK/11920Satton; Lon (1929-); American actor, composer
DS/UK/3123Tarbuck; Jimmy (1940-); OBE; English comedian
DS/UK/16551Boht; Jean (6 March 1932-12 September 2023); English actress
DS/UK/1076Garrett; Lesley (10 April 1955); CBE; English soprano singer, musician and broadcaster
DS/UK/3181Adler; Larry (10 February 1914-6 August 2001); American harmonica player
DS/UK/7359Ellis; Osian Gwynn (1928-2021); Welsh harpist, composer, teacher
DS/UK/10411London Oriana Choir; 1973-; British choir
DS/UK/9148Lovett; Leon (fl 1980s-); English conductor
DS/UK/19638London Pro Arte Choir; fl 1950s-; British choir
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