Record

Performance Title	National Savings Movement - Tenth Anniversary Demonstration and Concert
Performance Date	9 July 1926
Performance Day	Friday
Main Performers	HRH The Prince of Wales (Presiding), Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Marquis of Reading, Mrs Philip Snowden, Sir Robert Kindersley (National Savings Movement President), Duke of Atholl (Scottish Savings Committee Chairman), Lord Islington (National Savings Committee Chairman), Major-General Rt. Hon. J E B Seely - speakers Lawrence Strauss - vocal
Secondary Performers	James N Bell - organ, Dorothy Erhart - piano
Conductors	Gibson Young
Set List	Organ Recital (James N Bell) Demonstration Concert: 'God Bless The Prince of Wales', 'Shenandoah', 'John Peel', 'All Through The Night', 'Bound for the Rio Grande', 'De Old Folks at Home', 'John Brown's Body', 'Land of Hope and Glory', 'God Save The King' (The National Anthem)
Royal Presence	HRH The Prince of Wales
Performance Notes	The event was to mark the tenth annivrsary of the National Savings Movement, which was begun in 1916 with the establishment of the National Savings Committee and the introduction of the National Savings Certificate. The Prince of Wales made a speech declaring that "Great Britain is a country in which voluntary causes have always flourished, and it is very desirable to foster the spirit of public service on which they are based, because that spirit is one of our best assets as a nation." The meeting and concert were broadcast by the BBC from 19:00-19:50. The event was originally scheduled for 14 May 1926 but was postponed to this date because of tthe United Kingdom General Strike (4-12 May 1926), which was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners.
Related Archival Material	Programme (RAHE/1/1926/58)

Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date
RAHE/1/1926/58	National Savings Movement - Tenth Anniversary Demonstration (1916-1926)	9 July 1926

Work

Ref No	Title	No of Performances
Iolabidoripoos	National Savings Movement - Tenth Anniversary Demonstration and Concert	1

Performers

Code	Name of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3403	Young; Gibson (fl.1920s); conductor, violinist, and organising director of the Community Singers Association
DS/UK/2028	Churchill; Sir; Winston (30 November 1874-24 January 1965); KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA; British politician, army officer, and writer

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