| Main Performers | The Rt. Hon The Lord Evans - speaker
Leslie Roberts Silhouettes,
Beryl and Bobo,
The Konyots Sisters
Danny Williams - vocal,
Russ Conway - piano |
| Secondary Performers | Norman Wisdom,
Hattie Jacques,
David Hughes,
Robert Beatty,
Adam Faith,
Michael Holliday,
Eric Sykes,
Dickie Valentine,
Alfred Marks,
Paddy O'Neill,
Sid James,
Shani Wallis,
Lionel Blair,
June Laverick,
Raymond Francis,
Eric Lander,
Peter Haigh,
Jill Adams,
Dorothy Wayne,
Isa Miranda,
Richard Hearne
King Brothers,
Bootsie and Snudge,
Stars of Emergency Ward 10,
Stars of the Army Game |
| Orchestra or Band | Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra,
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen,
Russ Henderson and His Steel Band from Trinidad |
| Set List | Russ Henderson and His Steel Band from Trinidad,
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen,
Cyril Stapleton and His Irchestra,
Sonny Binick Dancers,
Russ Henderson and His Steel Band from Trinidad,
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen,
Speech (The Rt. Hon The Lord Evans),
Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra,
Cabaret,
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen,
Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) |
| Performance Notes | Prizes were supplied by fashion designers Norman Hartnell and Raymond.
The event ended at 02:00 on 22 March 1961.
"3,000 NURSES AT ALBERT HALL.
NATIONAL BALL.
Nurses from many parts of Britain and the Commonwealth deserted the wards last night for the Albert Hall. They were attending the first national ball for nurses.
Many doctors were there. Guests included distinguished physicians and surgeons, among them Lord Evans, physician to the Queen; Sir Cecil Wakeley; and Sir John Peel, obstetrician to the Queen.
Mrs Ingram, Chief Nursing Officer, Ministry of Health; Viscountess Davidson, Council fo Nurses War Memorial Fund, and the Countess of Brecknock, Lady Superintendent of the Order of St John, were also present.
Nurse Stephanie Richardson, of St Mary Abbotts Hospital, Kensington, presented to Lord Evans a cheque for 500 guineas. This, the proceeds of the ball, was passed to Miss J Elise Gordon, editor of the Nursing Mirror, which organised it. It will go to the journal's fund for elderly and needy nurses."
(The Daily Telegraph, 22 March 1961) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1961/36A),
Ticket (RAHE/8/5/1961/2) |