Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date3 May 1929
Performance DayFriday
Main PerformersEarl of Ancaster,
Dowager Countess of Jersey,
Earl of Birkenhead,
Lord Ebbisham,
Sir Walter Greaves Lord,
Lady Worthington Evans,
Mr S R Wells - speakers,
Mrs Maurice Drummond - vocal,
R Arnold Greir - organ
ChoirsThe Primrose Bud Choir
The Bedford Primrose League Choir
ConductorsH L Balfour,
A F Parris
Set ListMusic Recital:
Organ Solo: 'Imperial March', Elgar (R Arnold Greir),
Two Part-Song: 'A Song of England', Frederick Bridge (The Primrose Bud Choir),
Unison Song: 'Oh England My Country', Gustav Holst (The Primrose Bud Choir),
'If Music Be The Food of Love', Allen K Blackall (The Bedford Primrose League Choir),
Unison Song: 'There's An Empire', W T Ganderton Bennett (The Primrose Bud Choir),
Choral March: 'For God, King and Right', Frank Bridge (The Primrose Bud Choir),
Organ Solo: 'Two Dances' (Henry VIII), German,
'My Bonnie Lass She Smileth', German (The Bedford Primrose League Choir),
'Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes', arr. H Elliot Button (The Bedford Primrose League Choir),
Unison Song: 'The Red,White And Blue', Henry Russell (The Primrose Bud Choir),
'Annie Laurie', arr. Granville Bantock,
'Land of Hope And Glory', Edward Elgar (Mrs Maurice Drummond)

Procession,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Prize-Giving,
Speech,
Address (Earl of Birkenhead,
Resolution,
Vote of Thanks
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1929/43)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1929/43Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration3 May 1929
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
ClarulufipowpPrimrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/1726Villiers; Lady; Margaret Elizabeth (1849-1945); Countess; British daughter of William Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh and wife of the 7th Earl of Jersey
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
DS/UK/3983The Primrose League; The Primrose Bud Choir; fl 1920s-1930s; British choir
DS/UK/4076Willoughby; Sir; Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond- (1867-1951); 7th Baronet, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, 3rd Baron Aveland, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/1984Smith; Frederick Edwin (1872-1930); 1st Earl of Birkenhead; British Conservative statesman, lawyer
DS/UK/4078Blades; Lord; Rowland (15 April 1868-24 May 1953); 1st Baron Ebbisham; English Conservative politician, printer, and Lord Mayor of London.
DS/UK/4079Lord; Sir; Walter Greaves- (fl 1920s); British politician
DS/UK/4082Evans; Gertrude Annie Worthington- (d1947); British wife of Sir Laming Worthington-Evans; daughter of William Hale
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