Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date1 May 1931
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersRt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin (Grand Master, Presiding),
Countess of Jersey,
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Horne MP,
Mr A Duff Cooper,
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal,
Rt. Hon. Douglas H Hacking MP - speakers,
Miss Pountney - vocal
Secondary PerformersR Arnold Greir - organ
ChoirsBedford Primrose League Choir,
Primrose Bud Choir
ConductorsMr H L Balfour,
A F Parris
Set ListMusic Recital:
Organ Solo: 'Imperial March', Elgar (R Arnold Greir),
'Swansea Town', Holst (Bedford Primrose League Choir),
Unison Songs: 'A Rhyme of Overseas', Ethel Boyce (The Primrose Bud Choir),
'My Own Country', F Cliffe Forrester (The Primrose Bud Choir),
'The Ash Grove', Thomas F Dunhill (Bedford Primrose League Choir),
'John Peel', John E West (Bedford Primrose League Choir),
Two-Part Song: 'Shepherd's Dance', Edward German (The Primrose Bud Choir),
Organ Solo: 'Norwegian Dance', Grieg (Bedford Primrose League Choir),
'March in C', Purcell (Bedford Primrose League Choir),
'I Loved a Lass', George Dyson (Bedford Primrose League Choir),
Unison Song: 'The Red,White and Blue' (Henry Russell),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Edward Elgar (Miss Pountney)

Procession,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Prize-Giving to Champion Banners (Countess of Jersey),
Address (Mr Baldwin),,
Speech and Resolution - Approval of National and Imperial Policy of the conservative Party and 'This meeting also desires to express its staunch allegiance to the Grand Master, Mr Baldwin, and promises him its loyal and unswerving support'.' (Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Horne MP),
Resolution Seconded (Rt. Hon. Douglas H Hacking MP),
Vote of Thanks
Performance NotesFiftieth anniversary year of Disraeli's death.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1931/47)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1931/47Grand Habitation Demonstration - Primrose League1 May 1931
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EgomietowgipoinPrimrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/3983The Primrose League; The Primrose Bud Choir; fl 1920s-1930s; British choir
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
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