Main Performers | Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison PC, MP (Secretary of State and Minsiter of Home Security), Wee Georgie Wood, Arthur Prince, Michael Redgrave - speakers
Sgt. Frederic Bayco RAF - organ, Percival Garratt - piano
Nancy Evans, Lt. M Nowakowski, Jessie Matthews, Phyllis Dixey, Nellie Wallace, Lt. Edward Boleslawski - vocals
Daria Luna, Bebe De Roland, Nevill Astor, Ekaterina Serova, Decima Grant, Joanna Denise, Mikhail Kalcunis, Roy Gentry - dancers
Cairoli Brothers, United States of America Ninth Air Force, Eddie Ready and Joy |
Secondary Performers | Ivor Newton, Lt. B Czaplicki - pianos |
Orchestra or Band | Harry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra, Massed Band (Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The Welsh Guards), Scots Guards Drums and Pipers |
Conductors | Major J Causley Windram, Lt. J Kolaczkowski |
Set List | 14:00 Organ (Sergeant Frederic Bayco RAF, Harry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra), 14:30 Fanfare, Massed Band (Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The Welsh Guards), Drums and Pipers of the Scots Guards, Harry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra, Lieutenant Edward Boleslawski (Poland), Wee George Wood, Nancy Evans and Ivor Newton, Arthur Prince, Michael Redgrave, Cairoli Brothers, 'King Sobieski March', arr. J Kolaczkowski (Polish Army Choir), Two Polish Folk Songs: 'The Red Belt', arr. Horowitz, and 'Jack Drinks To Jacob', arr.Wallek-Walewski (Lt. M Nowakowski, Polish Army Choir), 'Old England', trad., arr. J Kolaczkowski (Polish Army Choir, Lt. B Czaplicki), Excerpts from the show 'The Sky Blazers' (USA Ninth Air Force), Phyllis Dixey, Nellie Wallace, Eddie Ready and Joy, Jessie Matthews, Afrique, Russian Ballet (de la Jeunesse Angliase) - Divertissement': 'Gopak' (Joanne Denise, oy Genry, Mikhail Kalcunis), 'Le Roi Soleil Louis XV' (Nevill Astor), 'The Equilibriste' (Bebe De Roland), 'The Madonna' (Decima Grant), 'Polka' from The Bartered Bride, Smetana, arr. Sana Dolski (Ekaterina Serova, Mikhail Kalcunis), 'Pas De Deux' from Act II, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky (Daria Luna, Nevill Astor), 'National Fire Service March' (Massed Bands of HM Guards), Award Presentation to Firewoman M E Longstaffe, Leeds (Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison PC, MP) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1944/53) |