Record

Performance TitleDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League - Twenty Second Annual Fete
Performance Date17 January 1914
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersDuke of Somerset,
Duchess of Somerset,
Rev. Prebendary F S Webster - speakers,
John C Turvey - organ,
William Stone - trombone,
Sailor Boys from the Watts Naval Training School,
The Barnardo Troop of Boy Scouts,
Girls' Village Home
Orchestra or BandBarnardo Boys' Home Band
ChoirsChoir of 1200
ConductorsHenry T Dunkerton
Set ListOverture, 'Light Cavalry', Suppe (John C Turvey),
Overture: 'Glorial', E Hazel (Boy's Band),
'Dawn', A E Matt (John C Turvey),
'Pomp and Circumstance', E Elgar (John C Turvey),
Procession to the Platform
Chair will be taken by The Duke of Somerset
'I Waited for the Lord' (Choir),
'Gavotte', E Beyer (Boy's Band),
A Display of Rifles and Cutlass Drill (Trainees)
'Hail! Festal Day!' (Choir),
Display: Suspension Bridge (The Barnardo Troop of Boy Scouts),
'The Gay Butterfly' ('A Bevy of Maidens from the Girls' Village Home'),
Display: Fancy and Figure Drills and Actions,
The Choir (with hornpipe)
'A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea',
'Lend me your aid', Gounod (William Stone),
Rev Prebendary F S Webster speaks on Umbrella Christians, Wigwam Christians, Firmament Christians
The Collection:
Handbell Selection: 'The Boys of the Old Brigade', Middleton,
Ocarina Selection: 'The Shepherds' Dance' (Henry VIII), E German,
The Duchess of Somerset recieves purses on behalf of YHL and awards badges and bars to companions and officers and will present banners to following Habitations: Reading, Bitterne Park, Blandford, Walton and Aintree, Putney
Music: Some Old Nursery Favourites,
A Gymnastic Display, including a Sword Swinging exhibition, (Sailor Boys from the Watts Naval Training School),
'Caller Herrin' (Choir),
Display of drill and fancy evolutions (The Barnardo Troop of Boy Scouts),
'Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' Series of Electric Light Pictures Harwood Nash
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1914/3)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/.Ec.Zt0.MHdPb
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1914/3Young Helpers' League - Twenty Second Annul Fete17 January 1914
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OmafozeapitasDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League Twenty Second Annual Fete1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2114Seymour; Algernon (1846-1923); 15th Duke of Somerset (1894-1923); British landed gentry
DS/UK/4181Seymour; Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon (fl 1877-1936); Duchess of Somerset; British wife of Algernon Seymour
DS/UK/4771Webster; F. S. (fl 1910s); British Reverend
DS/UK/1913Turvey; John C. (fl 1910s-1920s); English organist
DS/UK/4772Dunkerton; Henry T. (fl 1899-1910s); British military band conductor
DS/UK/2117Dr Barnardo's Homes; The Girls' Village Home; 1876-1991; British charity home for girls
DS/UK/1597Dr Barnardo's Homes; Watts Naval School; 1903-1953; British charity training school
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