Record

Performance TitleDekho! Forty-Fifth Burma Reunion
Performance Date27 April 1991
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersColonel The Viscount Slim,
Rev. Canon Peter Fluck - speakers,

RAF Halton Gymnastic Display Team

Howell James,
Dame Vera Lynn - vocals,
William Davies - organ
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Royal Marines, Commandos,
Pipers of the School of Technical Training, RAF, Halton, Buckinghamshire,
Burgess Hill Marching Youth Band
ChoirsPotton Barber Shop Harmony Club
ConductorsCaptain D C Cole
Set ListBand of HM Royal Marines, Commandos,
Organ Selection (William Davies),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Entrance of the Branch Standards led by The National Standard paraded by North Western Area,
Entrance of the President, Chairman and National Officers (Pipers of the School of Technical Training),

Service:
Introduction: Words from Psalm 46 vv. 1,2,9 - 11 (Rev. Canon Peter Fluck),
A Prayer,
'Soldiers of Christ Arise',
Act of Remembrance and Dedication,
The Lord's Prayer,
The Last Post,
The Epitaph,
Reveille,
The Blessing (Colonel Viscount Slim, Burgess Hill Marching Youth Band, Potton Barber Shop Harmony Club, Band of HM Royal Marines, Commandos),

Community Singing:
'Side by Side' (Howell James),
'When You're Smiling' (Howell James),
'If You Were the Only Girl in the World' (Howell James),
'On the Road to Mandalay' (Howell James, RAF, Halton Gymnastic Display Team, Dame Vera Lynn),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar
Performance NotesThe Countess Mountbatten of Burma was seated in the Royal Box.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1991/36)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/BgzBA3BG5Rfkg
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1991/36Dekho! Forty-Fifth Burma Reunion27 April 1991
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Cgazoorowh_LutDekho! Forty-Fifth Burma Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/12593Slim; John Douglas (1927-2019); OBE2nd Viscount Slim; British peer, soldier
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/9805Davies; William (1921-2006); British composer, organist, harpsichordist, pianist
DS/UK/12669Royal Marines School of Music (RMSoM); 1903-; British military music school
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