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Performance TitleRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2007 [Private]
Performance Date10 November 2007
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersRt. Rev. Nigel McCulloch,
Rev. Michael Meachin,
Father Michael Fava,
Rev. Gordon Craig,
Rev. David Cooper,
Lance Corporal Michelle Norris,
Miss Alexandra Lindsay,
Rev. Hugh Bearn,
Air Marshal Ian Macfadyen CB OBE,
Dominic Watson,
Corporal William Rigby,
Mr Douglas Rigby

Children from St. Saviours School, London,
Clare Hunter,
Sea Cadet Corps,
Combined Cadet Corps,
Army Cadet Force,
Air Training Corps,
Royal Naval Association,
Royal Marines Association,
Parachute Regimental Association,
Royal Air Forces (RAF) Association,
SAMA '82,
British Korean Veterans Association,
National Service Veterans Alliance,
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps),
St. Dunstans,
The Merchant Navy,
In-Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea,
War Widows,
The Royal Navy,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Marines Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marines Reserve,
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary,
The Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service,
The Army,
No.7 Company Coldstream Guards,
2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment,
Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officers,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps,
The Territorial Army,
The Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment,
Servicewomen of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
St. John Ambulance,
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association,
British Red Cross Society,
Salvation Army,
Church Army,
Women's Royal Voluntary Service,
Poppy Appeal Collectors,
Welfare Committee Representatives,
Royal British Legion Industries,
Legion Group plc

Alfie Boe,
Tori White,
Katherine Jenkins - vocals
Secondary PerformersPeter Crompton - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Guards Division,
State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth,
Blake (Ollie Baines, Stephen Bowman, Humphrey Berney, Dominic Tighe, Jules Knight),
All Angels (Melanie Nakhla, Charlotte Ritchie, Daisy Chute, Rachel Fabri)
ChoirsGreat Missenden Choral Society,
Wimbledon Choral Society,
The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook
ConductorsTrumpet Major Grant Sewell-Jones,
Lt.- Colonel Robert Owen
Set List'Organ Prelude' (Peter Crompton)
'Fanfare' (State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry),
'Hymn to the Fallen' (The Massed Bands of the Guards Division),
The Royal British Legion at Work,
'Hallelujah' (Blake),
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Entry of The Union Flag and The Royal British Legion National Standards followed by Sea Cadet Corps Standard, Combined Cadet Corps Banner, Army Cadet Force Banner, Air Training Corps Banner),
The Torch of Remembrance (Corporal William Rigby 4th Battalion The Rifles),
The Festival Citation (Mr Douglas Rigby),
'Bring Him Home' (Alfie Boe),
Representative Standards of The Royal British Legion,
Ex-Service Associations and Civilian Services Standard Bearers (Royal Naval Association; Royal Marines Association; Parachute Regimental Association; Royal Air Forces Association; SAMA '82; British Korean Veterans Association; National Service Veterans Alliance; First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps); St Dunstans),
The Merchant Navy,
In-Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea,
(The Central Band of the Royal Air Force with Blake)
Passchendaele - A Letter from The Front,
Representative War Widows,
'Please Remember Me' (Tori White, Band of HM Royal Marines)
'Requiem for a Soldier' (Katherine Jenkins),
The Muster: The Royal Navy; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service; The Royal Marines; The Royal Naval Reserve; The Royal Marines Reserve; The Royal Fleet Auxiliary; The Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service; The Army; No 7 Company Coldstream Guards; 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment; Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officers; Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps; The Territorial Army; The Royal Air Force; The Royal Air Force Regiment; Servicewomen of the Royal Air Force; Royal Air Force Police; Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service; The Royal Auxiliary Air Force; The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Civilian Services: St John Ambulance; St Andrew's Ambulance Association; British Red Cross Society; Salvation Army; Church Army; Women's Royal Voluntary Service
The Royal British Legion: Poppy Appeal Collectors; Welfare Committee Representatives; Royal British Legion Industries; Legion Group plc,
Laying Up of The Drums and The Book of Remembrance,
'Sanctus Deus' (All Angels),
'Nimrod' (All Angels),
Standards received by The Reverend David Cooper Padre 2PARA, Falklands Campaign,
The Book of Remembrance (Lance Corporal Michelle Norris MC)
Service:
Procession (Peter Crompton, Miss Alexandra Lindsay - Cross Bearer, Choir from the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, The Reverend Michael Meachin, Father Michael Fava, The Reverend Gordon Craig, The Reverend Hugh Bearn, The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch),
'O Lord My God, When I In Awesome Wonder',
The Bidding Prayer (National Chaplain to The Royal British Legion),
The Lesson - St John: Chapter 15, v. 12 - 17 (Rt.-Rev. David Cooper),
The Prayers (Service Chaplains - The Reverend Gordon Craig, Royal Air Force, The Reverend Michael Meachin, Royal Navy, Father Michael Fava, Royal Army Chaplains Department),
'When I Survey The Wondrous Cross'
The Act of Remembrance,
The Last Post,
The Exhortation (Air Marshal Ian Macfadyen CB OBE)
We Will Remember Them,
Poppy Petals fall,
Reveille,
The Dedication (Dominic Watson from Downside School),
Gratitude of the Young - Poppies presented by children from St Saviours School, London,
'Ever-living God', Clare Hunter from Downside School)
'Eternal Father',
Sunset,
The Blessing,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
Performance NotesThe RBL welcomed members of the British Royal family, Government Ministers and th epublic to join in the annual Festival of Remembrance, in honour of those who have given their lives in the Service of their counrty. Over six million people watched the Festival on the BBC and more listened via radio.

The second half of this evening event was aired live on BBC Radio 2.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2007/166),
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2007/166Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 200710 November 2007
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oizogeafuh_HairRoyal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 20072
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5029Blake (2007)
DS/UK/5467Crompton; Peter (fl 1970-); British organist, conductor, Director of Music
DS/UK/5474Wimbledon Choral Society; 2009-; English choir
DS/UK/748Boe; Alfie (29 September 1973); OBE; English tenor singer
DS/UK/1Jenkins; Katherine (29 June 1980); OBE; Welsh mezzo-soprano singer
DS/UK/2499Edwards; Huw (1961-); Welsh journalist, presenter, newsreader
DS/UK/4346All Angels (2006)
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/592The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth (Royal Band); 1861-; British military band
DS/UK/7779White; Tori (1988-); English singer
DS/UK/17393Band of Guards Division; 1968-; British Army unit band
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