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Performance TitlePitman's College Prize Giving and Concert 1937 [Private]
Performance Date11 December 1937
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersSir Fabian Ware - prize-giver,
Vera Lynn,
George Baker,
Olive Groves,
Evelyn Dall,
Sam Brown - vocals,
Norman Askew - organ,
Doris Palmer,
Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam - entertainers
Secondary PerformersMadame Adami - piano
Orchestra or BandAmbrose and His Orchestra
ChoirsThe Manhattan Three
Set ListPrize presentation (Sir Fabian Ware)

Organ Soli 'Overture - Occasional Oratorio', Handel (Norman Askew),
Excerpts from 'The Nutcracker', Tchaikovsky (Norman Askew),
Selection 'Gilbert and Sullivan Operas', Sullivan (Norman Askew),
Variations 'Well-Known Air', Flagler (Norman Askew),
'When Day is Done' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'Moonlight On The Waterfall' (Vera Lynn),
'Cotton Picker's Congregation' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'Fire Dance' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'Here's To The Best of Us', Pat Thayer (George Baker),
Variety (Doris Palmer),
'Message From Mars' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'Horsey,Horsey' (The Manhattan Three),
'It's The Natural Thing To Do' (Evelyn Dall),
'Escapado' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'When Myra Sings', A L (Olive Groves),
'A Bird Sang in The Rain', Haydn Wood (Olive Groves),
Duet 'Love's Just A Duet', Henman (Olive Groves, George Baker),
Variety (Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam),
'Night-Ride' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'Rural Rhythm' (The Manhattan Three),
'Whispers in The Dark' (Sam Browne),
'Medley' (Ambrose and His Orchestra),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesDame Vera Lynn's Royal Albert Hall debut aged 20.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1937/77)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1937/76Pitman's College Annual Prize-Giving and Concert11 December 1937
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
InosievchifimPitman's College Prize Giving and Concert 1937 [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/1747Askew; Norman (22 June 1901-30 June 1966); British organist and choral conductor
DS/UK/1313Pitman's College; 1870-; English secretarial and business training college
DS/UK/3508Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam (fl 1920s-1930s)
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