Record

Performance TitlePolytechnic Tours Reunion
Performance Date24 February 1939
Performance DayFriday
Main PerformersCommander R G Studd - speaker,
Les Faldos,
Don Rico and His Band of Gypsies,
Drury And Ramond,
Phyllis And Marion,
Jan Zalski - entertainers,
Winifred Scott - vocal,
Don Rico - cello
Orchestra or BandHM Royal Marines Band,
Sydney Lipton's Dance Band
ConductorsLieutenant T Francis
Set ListSelection: 'Irving Berlin Cavalcade', arr. Zalva (HM Royal Marines Band),
Selection: 'Works of Puccini', arr. Francis, (HM Royal Marines Band),
'Dance of The Hours' (Gioconda), Ponchielli (HM Royal Marines Band),
Characteristic Piece, 'The Parade of The Tin Soldiers', Jessel (HM Royal Marines Band),
Quick March, 'Bride Elect', Sousa (HM Royal Marines Band),
Slow March: 'Meet Me By Moonlight' (HM Royal Marines Band),
Quick March: 'A Life On The Ocean Wave', Russell (HM Royal Marines Band),
Overture: 'Three Dances' (Nell Gwyn), German (HM Royal Marines Band),
'A Bricklayer's Nightmare' (Les Faldos),
Introductory Overture: 'Joyous Gypsies' ( Don Rico),
Viennese Waltzes: 'Strauss', arr. J Pront,
Gypsy Song: 'Kom Tzigan' (Countess Maritza), Kalmann (Jan Zalski),
Tango: 'Jealousy', Gade (Drury and Ramond),
Rumba: 'Cuban Swing', Carletto (Phyllis and Marion),
Song (Winifred Scott),
Selection: 'Merry Widow', Lehar,
Waltz: 'Delyse', Nicholls (Drury and Ramond),
'On With The Motley', Leoncavallo (Jan Zalski),
Cello Solo (Don Rico),
Duet: 'Why Have You Stolen My Heart?', arr. Don Rico (Jan Zalski, Winifred Scott),
Selection: 'Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs', Churchill (HM Royal Marines Band),
Waltz: 'Tales of The Vienna Woods', Strauss (HM Royal Marines Band),
Ballet Suite: 'Casse Noisette', Tchaikovsky (HM Royal Marines Band),
Valse: 'Les Patineurs', Waldteufel (HM Royal Marines Band),
'Auld Lang Syne',
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance Notes"POLYTECHNIC CONCERT.
The Polytechnic Touring Association held a concert at the Albert Hall last night, when more than 3,000 people were present. Another reunion will take place to-night, and it is estimated that more than 7,000 tourists and their friends will have visited the concerts.]The oldest tourist present last night was 75 years' old Mr paul Martin, who went to Lausanne in the 1890s and has been touring ever since."
(The Daily Telegraph, 25 February 1939)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1939/14)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1939/14Polytechnic Tours Reunion 24-25 February 1939
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ugap_Viedif_TPolytechnic Tours Reunion2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1240Polytechnic Touring Association; c 1890s-1960s; British educational holiday association
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
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