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Performance TitleButlin's Festival of Reunion 1958 (Four Nights of Carnival)
Performance Date5 February 1958
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersPeter May,
Denis Compton,
Godfrey Evans,
Tony Lock,
Peter Loader,
Jim Laker,
Peter Richardson,
W E Butlin,
Michael Macdona - narrator
Butlin Young Ladies,
The Butlinaires,
Cool For Cats Dance Team,
Ali Ben Hassani Troupe,
Boyer and Ravel,
The Happy Wanderers,
Russ Hamilton - vocal,
Finals of the Butlin Open Amateur Old Time Formation Team Trophy - Wellings Team (Manchester), Enderby Team (Yorkshire), Bird Team (Manchester), Unsworth Teenagers (Slough), Bartonians Team (Whitley Bay)
Secondary PerformersPhilip J S Richardson - prize giver,
Philip J S Richardson,
Gilbert Daniels,
Constance Grant,
Lionel Kibble,
Joe Stead,
James T Williams - adjudicators,
Charles Jacobs - scrutineer
Orchestra or BandEric Winstone and His Orchestra,
Al Freid and The Butlin Concert Orchestra,
Band of The 11th Hussars
ChoirsButlin Choral Society
ConductorsEric Winstone,
Al Freid,
Glyn Jones
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe event was recorded by Drayton Film Productions and released in 1958.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1958/20)
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Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1958/20Butlin's 1958 Festival of Reunion (Four Nights of Carnival)5-8 February 1958
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Eamoboivyd_SioxButlin's Festival of Reunion 1958 (Four Nights of Carnival)5
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3442Richardson; Philip J.S (1875-1963); British co-founder of The Royal Academy of Dance
DS/UK/9196Butlin; Sir; William Heygate Edmund Colborne "Billy" (1899-1980); South African-born British entrepreneur
DS/UK/10006Hamilton; Russ (1932-2008); English singer, songwriter
DS/UK/9206Orange; Wilfred (fl 1940s-1980s); British dance director
DS/UK/10291May; Peter Barker Howard (1929-1994); CBE; English cricketer
DS/UK/10292Compton; Denis Charles Scott (1918-1997); CBE; English cricketer, footballer
DS/UK/10293Evans; Thomas Godfrey (1920-1999); CBE; English cricketer
DS/UK/10294Lock; Graham Anthony Richard "Tony" (1929-1995); English cricketer
DS/UK/10295Loader; Peter James (1929-2011); English cricker, umpire
DS/UK/10296Laker; James Charles "Jim" (1922-1986); English cricketer
DS/UK/10297Richardson; Peter Edward (1931-); English cricketer
DS/UK/10298Ali Ben Hassani Troupe; fl 1950s-1960s; International acrobatic group
DS/UK/10299Boyer and Ravel (c.1930)
DS/UK/10303The Happy Wanderers (fl 1950s-1960s)
DS/UK/6874Winstone; Eric (1913-1974); English big band leader, composer
DS/UK/7594Al Freid and The Butlin Concert Orchestra; fl 1940s-1960s; British light orchestra
DS/UK/9751Jones; Glyn (fl 1950s); Welsh conductor
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