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Performance TitleAll World Mardi Gras Night, in aid of The National Playing Fields Association
Performance Date5 December 1954
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRosa Carmentina,
Kendall School of Dancing,
The Modernaires,
The Amazon Girls,
Chez Paree Girls,
All Girl Team of Rhythm Gymnasts,
12th Battalion WRACS,
Tally Ho Girls,
Alma Rippon School of Dancing,
D Claringbull Aubrey School of Dancing,
Warrant Officer D Nightingale,
Hampshire London Ballet School,
Les Belles,
Acro-Belles,
The Can-Can Girls,
Tahni Sugando,
New Orleans Pageant Company,
Plaza Detoro Girls,
El Inglis (Vincent Hitchcock),
Viking Sports Club Ladies' Judo Team,
Sevillanes,
Lalagia Estudio De Baile Clasico Espanol,
Mya Mya,
Colman School of Dancing,
Don Poster,
Owen F Batchelor

Letitia West - piano
Orchestra or BandEdmundo Ros and His Latin American Orchestra,
WMC Symphony Orchestra,
North London Banjo and Mandolin Club
ChoirsHarris Lebus Choir,
Caribbean Folk Singers,
Burmese Singers and Musicians
ConductorsEdmundo Ros,
Roy Budden,
Gerald Dowling,
W J Downie
Set ListNew York - Don Poster,
Spain - El Toro Dance, Rosa Carmentina,
Hollywood - Modern Rhythm Dance (Kendall School of Dancing, The Modernaires),
Polish Fantasia - 'Halka Fantasie', St. Moniuszko, 'Warsaw Concerto', Addisall (West, WMC Symphony Orchestra),
Brazil - Primitive Dance, arr. Hampshire Ballet School (Amazon Girls),
Portugal and Spain - 'Pedro The Fisherman', 'Granada' (Harris Lebus Choir),
The Continent - arr. D.Claringbull (Aubrey School of Dancing, Chez Paree Girls),
Britain - Hoop Display, arr. Warrant Officer D Nightingale (All Girl Team of Rhythm Gymnasts, 12th Battalion WRACS),
Kentucky - Hunting Dance, arr. Alma Rippon School of Dancing (Tally Ho Girls),
Jamaica - 'Linstead Market', 'Chant of The Workers', 'West Indian Song' (Batchelor, Caribbean Folk Singers),
Paris - 'Les Belles Parisiennes', arr. Hampshire London Ballet School (Les Belles),
Mississippi - 'Showboat', Kern (North London Banjo and Mandolin Club),
London - Acro-Moderne, arr. D Claringbull (Aubrey School of Dancing, Acro-Belles),
Burma - 'Dance of The Jasmine Flower' (Burmese Singers and Mya Mya),
Las Vegas - Can-Can (Can-Can Girls),
Hawaii - Hula-Hula (Sugando),
New Orleans - 'Mardi-Gras' (New Orleans Pageant Company),
Polish Fantasia - 'Andante Polonaise', St. Moniuszko, 'Polonaise Militaire', Chopin (West, WMC Symphony Orchestra),
Madrid - Dance of The Spanish Bullring, arr. Colman School of Dancing (Plaza Detoro Girls),
Russ Hardy "Star of the Year" Contest, El Inglis (Hitchcock),
World - Display, arr. S C Hall (Viking Sports Club Ladies' Judo Team),
Seville - Special Spanish Item, arr. Lalagia (Sevillanes, Edmundo Ros and His Latin American Orchestra),
Spain - 'Jota Aragonesa' (Lalagia Estudio De Baile Clasico Espanol),
'Land of Hope and Glory' (WMC Symphony Orchestra),
'Auld Lang Syne' (WMC Symphony Orchestra)
Performance Notes*Language Warning: Some of the racist language contained in this record some viewers may find offensive. For the historic record we have chosen not to remove or hide contentious language but instead retain and address its inclusion for research.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/172)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/172All World Mardi Gras Night in aid of The National Playing Fields Association5 December 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oihoryleah_BugAll World Mardi Gras Night, in aid of The National Playing Fields Association1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2947Ros; Edmundo William (1910-2011); OBE; Trinidadian musician, singer, bandleader
DS/UK/18450Budden; Roy (1913-2009); British conductor
DS/UK/18553West; Letitia (fl 1954); British pianist
DS/UK/18552Downie; W.J (fl 1954); British conductor
DS/UK/18551Dowling; Gerald (fl 1954); British conductor
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