| Orchestra or Band | Corelli Wyndeatts' Orchestra |
| Conductors | Corelli Wyndeatts [Windeatts] |
| Set List | One Step - Helen of Troy,
Valse - Jeune,
Foxtrot - Havanola,
One step - Winnie, the window-cleaner,
Valse - Oriental Memories,
Foxtrot - Rock-a-bye your Baby,
One step - Monket Blues,
Peace Walk - 'Peace Valse', music Olga Rudd, dance arr. by H. d'Egville,
Foxtrot - Honey Lambs,
One step - Hullo Girls,
The Floral Dance, arr. Lady Lavery,
Foxtrot - Joybells,
Valse - Woman's Ball,
Foxtrot - Calicoco,
One step - Squibs,
Valse - If You Could Care,
Foxtrot - Yankeyane,
One step - You Are The One,
Valse - Shy Glances,
Foxtrot - Smiles,
Foxtrot - Peaches Down in Georgia,
Valse - Monsieur Beaucaire
Pot Pourri |
| Royal Presence | HRH Princess Mary,
HRH Princess Maud,
HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught,
HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught |
| Performance Notes | "...The Albert Hall has been transformed into a garden of flowers. An enormous basket of them, 24 feet long, stands in the centre. Roses woven out of 70,000 roses and 100,000 sprays of asparagus fern are slung from the dome forming streamers in every direction. The arc of lamps are swathed inflowers, and very box is a bower.
...Flower names mark the rendezvous, which are as follows:
1. Lily
2.Rose
3. Tulip
4. Carnation
5. Violet
6.Wall Flower
7. Pansy
8. Primula
9. Dahlia
10. Sunflower
11. Poppy
12. Passion Flower
13. Blue Bell
14. Lilac
15. Daffodill"
Many ladies have chosen dreses to represent flowers, and a number of men will don masks and Venetian capes. The new "Peace Walk" will be shown to-night fo rthe first time, and Lady Alexander and Baroness Percy de Worms have arranged twenty couples to lead it."
(The Daily Telegraph, 1919)
"The Princess Royal, Princess Maud, and Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught attended the Womens' Ball, which was given last night at the Albert Hall under the patronage of the Queen and Queen Alexandra in aid of the Chelsea Hospital for Women.
The ball was a pleasant affair, though it could hardly compare for the brilliance and sumptuousness with the great balls which used to be given in the Albert Hall before the war - the Shakespeare Ball and the others. For one thing there was much less attempt at decoration. From the centre of the roof hung a huge basket with a model of an airship beneath it, and festoons of paper flowers running from its sides to the gallery of the hall, while flowered lights and smaller baskets made something of a show. Festoons of paper flowers hung on the fronts of the lower boxes; small hanging baskets, and - best of all - the vases full of real flowers which the box holders had put of their supper tables lent gaiety to the scene.
No special period of character was assigned to the costumes, which were picturesque enough in their variety, and embraced every conceivable kind of country, date, and idea. As usual, the floor was laid on the level of the lower boxes, and dancing began at 10 o'clock to the music of Corelli Wyndeatt's accomplished and experience orchestra.
The main events of the evening were three, First, the arrival of the Royal party, who were met by members of the committee and escorted to the Royal Box amid expression of hearty welcome. Next, the dancing of the 'Peace Valse', of which the dance is composed by M. d'Equille and the music by Olga Rudd - this dance being made the occasion of a 'demonstration for three minutes; in which all present joined; and thirdly, the Floral Dance, arranged by Lady Lavery on a Cornish model, a very pretty and interesting little spectacle.
A pleasant feature of the ball was the number of women in uniform, who attended in various ways to the comfort of dancers, and the smooth running of the whole entertainment. Some will doubtless be glad to learn that though the programme contained plenty of fox-trots and one-steps, there was no mention in it of the jazz."
(The Times, 29 May 1919) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1919/37) |