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Performance TitleAll Nations Cavalcade of Song and Dance and Search for Opera and Concert Star Contest, in aid of The National Playing Fields Association
Performance Date4 October 1952
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Orchestra or BandBritish College of Accordionists Orchestra,
Hillbilly Band,
The Dixie Ramblers (Johnnie Ballard - guitar),
Edmundo Ros and His Latin American Orchestra
ChoirsHomin Male Choir,
Indian Majlis Singing Group,
Lithuanian Male Choir,
Chopin Choir,
British and Empire Choir,
Academic Male Choir
ConductorsYarema Hordij,
Dr Bannerjea,
Eddie Harris,
Z A Gedl,
Roger Gabriel,
L Caban
Set ListUkraine - 'Zakuvala ta Syva Zozula' (The Grey Cuckoo Called), P Nishchynsryj (Bird Choir), 'Chumaky',
India - 'The Peasant Harvest Song', 'The Palanquin Carriers Song',
Scotland - Over the Water, Foursome Reel,
England - Waltz - 'Wine, Women and Song', Strauss
Portugal - Gota, Vira,
Lithuania - Vaiksciojau, Zygis I Vilniy,
USA - American Square dancing, formation, Texas Star, Al Jolson Impressions, Don Poster,
Austria - Schuhplatter,
Poland - 'Czerwony Pas' (The Red Belt), Ne Sele Siera, 'The Wedding in Sieradz',
Thailand - Thai Classical Dance, Lantern Dance,
New Zealand - Harkas - Maori War Cries,
England and Empire - 'Heraclitus, A Cry from the Heart', 'Waltzing Matilda', 'Squatter - Billabong Jumback, 'Swag Man',
Hungary - Hungarian Czardas Dance,
Ukraine - 'Zaporozhec',
West Indies - Coumbite
INTERVAL
Venezuela - A traditional item descriptive of Venezuela,
Search for Opera and Concert Star Contest,
Lithuania - 'Sustas (Young Man's heart Awakes)', 'Malunas' (Windmill),
Indonesia - The Famous Traditional Candel Dance from Sumatra,
Ireland - Double Jig, Three Hand Reel, Horn Pipe, Flax in Bloom,
Poland - 'Pie'sn Rycerska' (Knights' Song), St Moniuzko, 'Pie'sn My'Sliwska' (Huntsmen Song), H Opienski, Krakowiak Krakoviak,
Spain - Famous Panaderos Dance from Andalusia, Seguidillas Sevillanas,
West Indies - Voodoo (A Haitian Dance),
Ukraine - 'Hulaly', 'They Are Dancing', Dancing, 'Kocomyjka', trad., Dances of Ukrainian Highlanders of the Carpathian Mountains,
Finale (Audience and Community Songs) - 'Land of Hope and Glory', 'Auld Lang Syne'
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1952/172)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1952/172All Nations Cavalcade of Song and Dance, including 'Search For Opera and Concert Star' Contest4 October 1952
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UnabidorivupAll Nations Cavalcade of Song and Dance and Search for Opera and Concert Star Contest, in aid of The National Playing Fields Association1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2947Ros; Edmundo William (1910-2011); OBE; Trinidadian musician, singer, bandleader
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