Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration
Performance Date6 May 1938
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersRt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood (Grand Master),
Lady Wood,
Lord Ebbisham (Primrose League Chancellor and Treasurer),
Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Inskip,
Brig-Gen Sir Henry Page Croft,
Viscount Castleragh - speakers
Secondary PerformersR Arnold Greir - organ
ConductorsMr H L Balfour
Set ListMusic Recital:
Organ Solo (R Arnold Greir),
Unison Song: 'Our River Thames' (Jewell Hennessy),
Two-Part Song: 'We Love To Sing' (Percy E Fletcher),
Organ Solo (R Arnold Greir),
Unison Song 'There's An Empire' (W T Ganderton Bennett),
Two-Part Song 'Daffodils and Violets' (R Bernard Elliott),
Action Song: 'Red,White and Blue' (Henry Russell),
Song and Chorus: 'We'll Stand By The Primrose League' (Peter Dawson),
Organ Solo and Chorus: 'Land of Hope and Glory' (R Arnold Greir)

National Anthem: 'God Save the King'
Performance NotesThe first Primrose League Demonstration with the Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood as the new Grand Master, the position having been held by Lord Stanley Baldwin since 1924.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1938/41)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1938/41The Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration6 May 1938
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Osariorysif_SGrand Habitation Demonstration Demonstration1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/2657Inskip; Sir; Thomas Walker Hobart (1876-1947); 1st Viscount Caldecote; British politician
DS/UK/3608Kingsley Wood; Sir; Howard (1881-1943); English Conservative politician
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
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