Record

Performance TitleBall of The Year - London and Home Counties Olde Tyme Dance Club
Performance Date17 June 1948
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:15
Main PerformersSydney Thompson,
Marion Browne - vocals,
Frederic Curzon - organ
Orchestra or BandThe Aston Banjo Orchestra,
Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra
ChoirsGood Companions' Choir
ConductorsGlyn Jones,
A Jackson,
J Charman
Set ListFashion Parade of clothes from the 1800s onwards

'Land of Hope and Glory' (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra, Good Companions' Choir, Frederic Curzon, Marion Browne),
'Love Will Find a Way', Harold Fraser-Simson (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra, Good Companions' Choir, Frederic Curzon, Marion Browne),
'The Holy City', Stephen Adams (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra, Good Companions' Choir, Frederic Curzon, Marion Browne)
'Pomp and Circumstance', Elgar (Good Companions' Choir),
'Merry Widow', Lehar (Good Companions' Choir),
'Live, Laugh and Love', W R Hayman (Roland Leigh, Good Companions' Choir),
'Blue Danube', J Strauss (Good Companions' Choir)

'Man The Guns', Landers Papworth (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon),
'Banjo Vamp', Emile Grimshaw (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon),
'Doges March' (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon),
'Merchant of Venice' (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon),
'Policeman's Holiday' (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon),
'Everlasting Waltz', Emile Grimshaw (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon),
'Blaze Away', Abe Holtzman (The Aston Banjo Orchestra, Frederic Curzon)

'Moonlight on The Ulster', O Fetras (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Dream of You', R Joyce (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'La Kinka', W F Hurndall (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'My Love is Only For You', C Rose (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Flattery', S Baynes (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Stories of The Vienna Woods', J Strauss (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Delilah', H Nicholls (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Veleta', A Morris (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Tango Waltz', T W Thurban (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Fairy Dream', A Winter (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Pas De Quatre', Meyer Lutz (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Her Golden Hair', McGlennon (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Lena', George Mawes (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Country Wedding', L Gautier (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Step Lightly', Peter Anderson (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Here, There and Everywhere' Auguste Bose (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Brighton Sea Step', Jan Hurst (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Alberta', L Gautier (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Moonlight On The Mile', T W Thurban (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Underneath The Stars', H Spencer (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Jealousy', J Gade (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Fragrance', C Ancliffe (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Rendezvous', W Letter (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Royal Minuet', George Mahon (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Marching Lancers', A Winter (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Mayina', W F Hurndall (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Doris Waltz', J R Bickerstaffe (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Skaters' Waltz', Waldteufel (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Honeysuckle' (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Twiggez-Vous', Karl Kaps (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Impudence', Alan Macey (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Inspiration', Luke Cavendish (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Star of Italy', Frederick W Fisher (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Dream of Autumn', Archibald Joyce (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Ecstasy', Sydney Baynes (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Boston Two Step', Luke Cavendish (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Blaze of Glory', Abe Holtzman (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Valse Bebe' (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Pride of Erin' (Waltz Medley) (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Deamon', Aubrey Winter (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Off We Go', Sydney Baynes (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Call', Robert Van Alstyne (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'You Are So Nice', R Ellis Roberts (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Yearning Saunter' (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Latchford Echo Hische', Clement Harris (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Teddy Bears' Picnic', John W Bratton (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Blue Danube', J Strauss (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'The Gay 90's' (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'Auld Lang Syne' (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra),
'God Save the King (Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra)
Performance NotesAssociated Press Archive holds B&W British Movietone footage of the event (BM49743).

Guests at the event included Greta Gynt, Griffiths Jones, Jean Simmonds, Valerie Hobson, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Will Hay and Tommy Trinder.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/155)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/155Ball of The Year - London and Home Counties Olde Tyme Dance Club17 June 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Epogipowd_BoxBall of The Year - London and Home Counties Olde Tyme Dance Club1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/8008Thompson; Sydney (fl 1940s); British vocalist
DS/UK/8009Browne; Marion (fl 1940s); British vocalist
DS/UK/8010Curzon; Frederic (4 September 1899-6 December 1973); English composer, conductor, musician
DS/UK/8013Sydney Thompson's Old Tyme Orchestra; fl 1940s - 1970s; English light orchestra
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