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Performance TitleGirl Guides Association - All England Rangers Rally: A Cavalcade of Rangering
Performance Date21 October 1950
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersCharles Smart,
Reginald Kemish,
Mary Chater - organ,

E G Varndell,
J Stiles - pianofortes

Alison Mayne (The Guider),
Patricia Flynn (Joan of Arc),
Teresa Smith (Queen Elizabeth I),
Barbara Judkins (Florence Nightingale),
Wendy Cotton (Madame Curie),
Nora Wonters (Queen Victoria),
Angela Middleton (Edith Cavell),
Elsie Hyatt (The Epilogue) - speakers
Secondary PerformersHRH The Princess Royal (President of the Girl Guides Association),
Lady Baden-Powell GBE (Chief Guide),
Hon. Lady Cochrane - speakers
ChoirsRanger and Rover Choir
ConductorsMiss Mary Chater
Set ListArrival of the Guest of Honour, HRH The Princess Royal,
Royal Salute,
Parade of English County Standards,
Song 'England'

Community Singing:
'It's a Long Way to Tipperary',
'Pack Up Your Troubles',
'There'll Always Be An England',
'Old Father Thames',
'Donkey Riding',
'Firm Be The Bond',
'Whoars These Swinging Along the Road',
'Boys Be Prepared',
'It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow',
'The Siegfried Link',
'Roll Out the Barrel',
'O Peaceful England',
'Land of Hope and Glory',
'Trumpet Voluntary',
'Heart of UK',
Speech (Lady Baden-Powell),
Vote of Thanks (Proposed by a Ranger from Lincolnshire, Seconded by a Ranger from the Isle of Man)

INTERVAL

This is Our Heritage - A Pageant (devised and produced by Ralph Reader MBE):
The Epilogue,
'Remember',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'The Broad Highway',
'Wings Over Homeland',
'On the Crest of a Wave',
'Remember',
'Our Evening Hymn' (Patricia Flynn, Teresa Smith, Barbara Judkins, Wendy Cotton, Nora Wonters, Angela Middleton, Elsie Hyatt, John Snagg, Alison Mayne)
Royal PresenceHRH The Princess Margaret
Performance NotesThe event celebrated 40 years if the Girl Guides and 30 years of the Ranger Branch.
The Groups representing the Women's Services were led by Guiders who served in them during the 1939-1945 war.
The Bearers of the International Flags in the finale where, wherever possible, Rangers and Guides from the countries represented. They were led by the World Flag, carried by Guides who at that time had no country of their own, while at the end came a Guide from Germany carrying the flag of the newly constituted German Federal State.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1950/232)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/TeTb6zTbSc-62
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1950/232The Girls Guide Association - All England Ranger Rally 20-21 October 1950
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
ExabidorinowtGirl Guides Association - All England Rangers Rally3
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5971Powell; Olave St Clair Baden- (1889-1977); Baroness Baden-Powell; British Chief Guide, wife of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting and Girl Guides
DS/UK/231HRH Princess Mary (1897-1965); British Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
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