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Performance TitleFiesta of World Song, Dance and Music, in aid of The National Playing Fields Association
Performance Date10 April 1954
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main Performers1st Greenford Girls' Life Brigade Company,
Zuyder Zee Group,
Welwyn Garden City Team,
Norah Galloway's Professional formation Group,
The Boulevard Dancers,
The Militaires,
The Hampshire Ballet,
The Tahitian Girls,
Brondesbury Park Ladies' Gymnastic Club,
The Copacabana Girls,
Lewisham Theatre Ballet,
Ballet Group,
Marconi Team,
The Moderne Steppers,
Vera Todd School of Dancing,
Pat Dwyer School of Dancing,
Sylvia Bryant School of Dancing,
Alma Rippon School of Dancing,
London School of Ballet,
American School of Ballet,
Colman School of Dancing,
Maureen Lait School of Dancing,
Whittington Gaiety Girls,
Viking Sports Club Ladies Judo Team,
Classic Ballet Group,
Barbara Vernon and John Gregory's School of Russian Ballet, Chelsea,
Professional Latin American formation Dancers,
The Cabaret Girls,
D Claringbull Aubrey School of Dancing,
The De Havilland Girls,
Lewisham Ballet Theatre Group,
Hampshire London Ballet School,
Hungarian Dancing Group,
Sylvia Bryant Ballet Group,
International Dancing Group,
Strathspey School of Dancing,
Alberta School of Dancing

Don Poster,
Grace Jones - vocals,
Letitia West,
D Wilson,
Marion Paul,
Eleanor Potter - pianos
Orchestra or BandWMC Symphony Orchestra,
North London Banjo and Mandolin Club,
Ford Motor Works Military Band,
The Championship Band
ChoirsWelwyn Garden City (WGC) Male Voice Choir,
Hayes and Harlington Operatic Society,
Wembley Philharmonic Society,
Surbiton Ladies' Choir,
Greenwich Operatic Society,
The Rego Choir,
Hinchley Manor Operatic Society,
Briggs Male Choir
ConductorsRoy Budden,
Derek Tatnall,
Gordon Williams,
Harry Stone,
Alec Gurd,
Trevor Jones,
Harry L Willis,
Major G H Willcocks,
Nella Lansley,
Cyril Jinman
Set ListNew Orleans Opening - Mardi Gras Carnival Time (Poster),
London - Precision Marching By The Championship Band (1st Greenford Girls' Life Brigade Comany, Budden),
Amsterdam - Dutch Windmill Dance, arr. Alberta School of Dancing (Zuyder Zee Group),
London (Short Selection) - 'King's Rhapsody', Novello (W.M.C.Symphony Orchestra, Budden), 'Scherzo-'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra', Litolff (West, W.M.C.Symphony Orchestra, Budden),
Wales and Corsica - 'Stout Hearted Men', Romberg (Welwyn Garden City Male Voice Choir, Williams), La Reve Pas - 'The Soldier's Dream During The Napoleonic Wars' (Welwyn Garden City Male Voice Choir, Williams),
World - Keep Fit-The Way To Health, arr. D.Pettie (Welwyn Garden City Team),
London (A Demonstration of Old Time formation Dancing) - Introducing Veleta-Boston Two Step-Latchford Schottische (Norah Galloway's Professional formation Group),
Montmartre - 'An American In Paris' (Ballet), arr. Sylvia Bryant School of Dancing (Boulevard Singers),
Mississippi - 'Show Boat Memories', Kern (Jones, Hayes and Harlington Operatic Society, Gurd),
West Point - Military March, arr. Alma Rippon School of Dancing (The Militaires),
World - Ballet Pink and Black Waltz, arr. London School of Ballet (The Hampshire Ballet),
Vienna - 'Nina Pancha' (North London Banjo and Mandolin Club), 'Harry Lime Theme' (The Third Man) (North London Banjo and Mandolin Club),
Tahiti - Hula Hula, arr. American School of Dancing (The Tahitian Girls),
Keep Fit - Keep Young and Beautiful, arr. Patricia Watson (Brondesbury Park Ladies' Gymnastic Club),
Rio De Janeiro - More More Mambo, arr. Colman School of Dancing (The Copacabana Girls),
Showcase to Stardom (Russ Hardy),
Paris - Can-Can (Lewisham Theatre Ballet, Paul),
London - 'Barcarolle' (Tales of Hoffmann), offenbach (Wembley Philharmonic Society, Willis), 'Entrance of Queen Elizabeth' (Merrie England), German (Wembley Philharmonic Society, Willis),
USA and Austria - 'Voices of Spring', Strauss (W.M.C.Symphony Orchestra, Budden), 'Rhapsody In Blue', Gershwin (West, W.M.C.Symphony Orchestra, Budden),
World - 'Blue Ballet', arr. Vera Todd School of Dancing (Ballet Group),
New York Place - Rhythm In Tap, arr. Pat Dwyer School of Dancing (The Moderne Steppers),
Keep Fit - Rhythm and Balance, arr. D Pettie (Marconi Team),
London - 'All The World Is Waiting for The Sunrise', E.Sietry (Surbiton Ladies' Choir, Potter, Lansley), 'Waltz of My Heart', Novello (Surbiton Ladies' Choir, Potter, Lansley),
Drury Lane Theatre - Pantomime Memories, arr. Maureen Lait School of Dancing (Whittington Gaiety Girls),
Burgundy - Excerpts from 'Vagabond King', Friml (Greenwich Operatic Society, Jinman),
World - Brilliant display by the self defence girls, arr. S C Hall (Viking Sports Club Ladies Judo Team),
Sydney - 'Waltzing Matilda', E.Wood (The Rego Choir, Tatnall), 'Gay Highway', arr. Mansfield (The Rego Choir, Tatnall),
World - 'Noontide Nocturne Ballet', arr. Barbara Vernon and John Gregory's School of Russian Ballet, Chelsea (Classic Ballet Group),
South America - Pasadoble, arr. Dimitri Petrides (Professional Latin American formation Dancers),
Chicago - Impression On Stage of The Latin Quarter Club, arr. D.Claringbull Aubrey School of Dancing (The Cabaret Girls),
Rome - 'Easter Hymn' (Cavalleria Rusticana), Mascagni (Hinchley Manor Operatic Society),
Lisbon (Festival Dance) - Gay and Light-hearted, arr. D Pettie (The De Havilland Girls),
World - Ballet Blanche, arr. Maria Belinska (Lewisham Ballet Theatre Group),
Budapest - Czardas, arr. Hampshire London Ballet School (Hungarian Dancing Group),
Brazil - Fire Dance (Sylvia Bryant Ballet Group),
Britain - 'Johnny Come Down To Hilo' (Sea Shanty) (Briggs Male Choir, Jones), 'Soldiers' Chorus' (Faust), Gounod (Briggs Male Choir, Jones),
London (March) - 'El Capitan', Sousa (ford Motor Works Military Band), Novelty Gallop - 'Leaps and Bounds', Spencer Brianne (ford Motor Works Military Band),
Madrid - Jota, arr. Barbara Vernon and John Gregory's School of Russian Ballet, Chelsea (International Dancing Group),
Edinburgh - The Argyll Broadswords Display By Championship Dancers (Strathspey School of Dancing),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (WMC Symphony Orchestra),
'Auld Lang Syne' (WMC Symphony Orchestra)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/36)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/36Fiesta of World Song, Dance and Music In aid of The National Playing Fields Association10 April 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ekapolol_BainFiesta of World Song, Dance and Music, in aid of The National Playing Fields Association1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8501Ford Motor Works Military Band; fl 1950s-1960s; British brass band
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