Record

Performance TitleBazaar, in aid of St. Dunstan's Hostel for Soldiers and Sailors Blinded in the War - Third Day
Performance Date9 May 1917
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time12:00
Main PerformersThe Right Hon. the Lord Mayor - speaker,
Mr Spanner - organ
Secondary PerformersThe Chelsea Art Union
Orchestra or BandBand of Grenadier Guards
Set ListOpening of the Bazaar (The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor),
Selection (Band of Grenadier Guards

Organ Recital (Mr Spanner)

15:30 Afternoon Mannequin Parade ('dresses by all the leading costumier of the day')

17:00 Auction Sale,

Art Exhibition: The Chelsea Art Union [in the Gallery]
Performance NotesA British Pathe film of the event (Film ID 1874.45) is available (duration 1min 46 secs).

Additional event, The 'Candian Matinee', was held on 11 May 1917 at His Majesty's Theatre.

"At the recent Albert Hall Bazaar in aid of St Dunstan's, the Duchess of Somerset raffled a damask table cloth which belonged to Napoleon the Great, being authenticated by Lady Harlech, in whose family it was kept, and by the Countess of Bessborough."
(The Times, 14 July 1917)

At the auction goods for sale included a Stradivarious violin, a Daimler or Ford car, rare chemicals given by the British Cyanide Co., and the Cross of the Legion of Honour worn by Prince Lucien Bonaparte.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1917/19),
Digital Poster
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/J9xJ9W4J94xmmf
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1917/19Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Bazaar7-10 May 1917
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ymakoivcfit_SBazaar, in aid of St. Dunstan's Hostel for Soldiers and Sailors Blinded in the War4
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1870Band of the HM Grenadier Guards (1685)
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