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Performance TitleMothers' Union - Second Presentation of the Jubilee Pageant 'The Gift'
Performance Date20 October 1926
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersMrs Hubert Barclay,
Dowager Contess of Chichester,
Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava,
Henry Millar
Mrs Boustead
Rev. O Hardman
J Winnifrith
Mrs G S F reeman
Diana Freeman
Mrs Michael Waterhouse
The 1st Latimer Girl Guide Company
Girls' Club, St Clement's, North Kensington,
The Hon. Francis Hubbard - speakers and performers

Madame Alba - vocal,
Thomas Armstrong - organ
Orchestra or BandOrchestra,
The Trumpeters of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
ConductorsRosabel Watson,
Stanley Stubbs
Set ListOrgan: 'Sonata No.3 in A', Mendelssohn (Thomas Armstrong),
'Marche Militaire', Schubert (Thomas Armstrong),
'Adagio in E', Frank Bridge (Thomas Armstrong),
'Bridal March' from The Birds, Parry (Thomas Armstrong),
'The Gift' (A Pageant of the Mothers' Union)
Overture: 'Plymouth Hoe', Ansell (The Orchestra),
Unison Song: 'I Vow To Thee, My Country', Holst (The Choir),
Song: 'Home, Sweet Home', Bishop (Madame Alba),
Choral Ode: 'Oh England, My Country', Holst,
Unison Song: 'Worship', Geoffrey Shaw,
March: 'The Spirit of Pageantry', Fletcher,
'Suite', Purcell
'Coronation March', German
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Beatrice,
HRH Princess Mary
Performance NotesSix hundred performers, voluntary workers from all classes, acted in the pageant 'The Gift' to celebrate the Jubilee of the Mothers' Union. Delegations from various countries, including America took part in the event.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1926/72),
Photograph (RAHE/3/1926/1)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/6Q6vB06vDvCCY
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1926/72'The Gift', A Pageant of The Mothers' Union20 October 1926
RAHE/1/1926/71The Mothers' Union - Second Presentation of the Jubilee Pageant20 October 1926
RAHE/3/1926/1Photograph of the Mother's Union Jubilee Pageant20 October 1926
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
IogapiodomipoomMothers' Union - Second Presentation of the Jubilee Pageant 'The Gift'2
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2808Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood; Hariot (5 February 1843-25 October 1936); Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava; British peeress, writer and healthcare advocate
DS/UK/2243Daniell; Edith Noel (24 December 1871-June 1952); English author and Central president of The Mother's Union
DS/UK/3377Lady (fl 1910-1926); Dowager Contess of Chichester; British President of the Mother's Union
DS/UK/3379Alba; Rosa (20 September 1890-7 May 1984); Australian singer
DS/UK/3314Armstrong; Sir; Thomas (15 June 1898-26 June 1994); English organist, conductor and composer
DS/UK/248Mothers' Union; 1876-; International Christian charity
DS/UK/23483Aeolian Ladies' Orchestra (1886)
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