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Performance TitleDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League - Twenty-Third Anniversary Annual Fete
Performance Date9 January 1915
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersThe Duke of Somerset (Presiding),
The Duchess of Somerset,
Rev. F S Webster - speakers,
John C Turvey - organ,

Barnardo's Children from:
Watts Naval Training School,
Barnardo Troop of Boy Scouts,
Boys Garden City,
Girls Village Home
Orchestra or BandBarnardo Boys' Home Band
ChoirsChoir of 1200 Voices
ConductorsS Filmer Rook (Choir),
Henry T Dunkerton (Band)
Set ListFantasia: 'Irish Melodies', arr. Dunkerton (Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
'Third Organ Sonata in C Minor', Guilmant (John C Turvey),
'Orchestral Suite, 'Merchant of Venice', Rosse (John C Turvey),
'Rigaudon', Lulli (John C Turvey),
Procession to the Platform,
Speech: The Chair (Duke of Somerset),
'Prayer for Peace' (Barnardo Boys' Home Band, John C Turvey, Choir)
'God and King of Jacob's Nation', Michael Costa (Barnardo Boys' Home Band, John C Turvey),
A Display of Service Drill (Watts Naval Training School),
A Cycle of British Songs:
'A Life on the Ocean Wave' (Choir, Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
'The British Grenadiers' (Choir, Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
'The Minstrel Boy' (Choir, Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
'The Blue Bells of Scotland' (Choir, Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
'Men of Harlech' (Choir, Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
'Rule Britannia' (Choir, Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
Display (Barnardo Troop of Boy Scouts),
A Band of Fairies 'A Fairy Song', (Girls' Village Homes, Choir)
'Our Little Country Laddies' from Boys Garden City present a Series of Tableaux and Studies in Poise:
Boxing, Football, Wrestling, Tennis, Horsemanship,
Club-Swinging, Archery, Quoits, Bowls, Cricket,
Chorus: 'Ye Mariners of England' (Sailors, Choir)
Twenty-Two Small Pipers:
Highland Reel,
Sword Dance,
Talk: 'Joy Cometh in the Morning', (Rev F S Webster),
The Collection:
Handbell Selection
'Fall In', Cowen,
'Your King and Country Want You', Paul Rubens,
'Tipperary', Ludge and Williams,
Selection of Xylophones, Tubephones,
Musical Chisels and Co: 'Il Corricolo', Durand de Gran,
Presentation of Purses, Badges, Bars, Banners (The Duchess of Somerset) to Spring Grove (Isleworth), Roanoke (Palmer's Green), Hastings, Cottenham Park, Hallam (Sheffield), Barry (Wales), Dublin (Ireland),
'A Call to Arms' National Anthems and Patriotic Airs,
Recruiting Song: 'Drum-taps', (Choir),
Some Singing Games:
'London Bridge will ne'er come down', (Tiny Tots from the Girls' Village Home),
'The Way the Dance' (TT from the Girls' Village Home),
'How'd you like to be a Baby Girl?' (Tiny Tots from the Girls' Village Home),
Display: A Display on the Vaulting Horse (Sailors),
Song: A Few Minutes Galop, 'Fly Away', L P Laurrendeau, (Barnardo Boys' Home Band),
A Series of Kinematograph and Electric Light Pictures:
The Call to the Rescue,
The Call to Active Service
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1915/3),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1915/1)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1915/3Young Helpers' League Twenty-Third Anniversary9 January 1915
RAHE/6/1915/1Young Helpers' League Twenty-Third Anniversary9 January 1915
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OivabidoritodDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League Twenty-Third Anniversary Annual Fete1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2114Seymour; Algernon (1846-1923); 15th Duke of Somerset (1894-1923); British landed gentry
DS/UK/4181Seymour; Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon (fl 1877-1936); Duchess of Somerset; British wife of Algernon Seymour
DS/UK/4771Webster; F. S. (fl 1910s); British Reverend
DS/UK/1913Turvey; John C. (fl 1910s-1920s); English organist
DS/UK/1597Dr Barnardo's Homes; Watts Naval School; 1903-1953; British charity training school
DS/UK/4772Dunkerton; Henry T. (fl 1899-1910s); British military band conductor
DS/UK/156Young Helpers' League; 1891-; British charity founded by Thomas John Barnardo (Dr Barnardo)
DS/UK/2117Dr Barnardo's Homes; The Girls' Village Home; 1876-1991; British charity home for girls
DS/UK/2116Dr Barnardo's Homes; The Boys' Garden City; 1909-1977; British charity home for boys
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