Record

Performance TitleCelebrity Cavalcade, in aid of National Fire Service Benevolent Fund
Performance Date4 June 1944
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersRt. Hon. Herbert Morrison PC, MP (Secretary of State and Minsiter of Home Security),
Wee Georgie Wood,
Arthur Prince,
Michael Redgrave - speakers

Sgt. Frederic Bayco RAF - organ,
Percival Garratt - piano

Nancy Evans,
Lt. M Nowakowski,
Jessie Matthews,
Phyllis Dixey,
Nellie Wallace,
Lt. Edward Boleslawski - vocals

Daria Luna,
Bebe De Roland,
Nevill Astor,
Ekaterina Serova,
Decima Grant,
Joanna Denise,
Mikhail Kalcunis,
Roy Gentry - dancers

Cairoli Brothers,
United States of America Ninth Air Force,
Eddie Ready and Joy
Secondary PerformersIvor Newton,
Lt. B Czaplicki - pianos
Orchestra or BandHarry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra,
Massed Band (Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The Welsh Guards),
Scots Guards Drums and Pipers
ChoirsPolish Army Choir
ConductorsMajor J Causley Windram,
Lt. J Kolaczkowski
Set List14:00 Organ (Sergeant Frederic Bayco RAF, Harry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra),
14:30 Fanfare,
Massed Band (Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The Welsh Guards),
Drums and Pipers of the Scots Guards,
Harry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra,
Lieutenant Edward Boleslawski (Poland),
Wee George Wood,
Nancy Evans and Ivor Newton,
Arthur Prince,
Michael Redgrave,
Cairoli Brothers,
'King Sobieski March', arr. J Kolaczkowski (Polish Army Choir),
Two Polish Folk Songs: 'The Red Belt', arr. Horowitz, and 'Jack Drinks To Jacob', arr.Wallek-Walewski (Lt. M Nowakowski, Polish Army Choir),
'Old England', trad., arr. J Kolaczkowski (Polish Army Choir, Lt. B Czaplicki),
Excerpts from the show 'The Sky Blazers' (USA Ninth Air Force),
Phyllis Dixey,
Nellie Wallace,
Eddie Ready and Joy,
Jessie Matthews,
Afrique,
Russian Ballet (de la Jeunesse Angliase) - Divertissement':
'Gopak' (Joanne Denise, oy Genry, Mikhail Kalcunis),
'Le Roi Soleil Louis XV' (Nevill Astor),
'The Equilibriste' (Bebe De Roland),
'The Madonna' (Decima Grant),
'Polka' from The Bartered Bride, Smetana, arr. Sana Dolski (Ekaterina Serova, Mikhail Kalcunis),
'Pas De Deux' from Act II, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky (Daria Luna, Nevill Astor),
'National Fire Service March' (Massed Bands of HM Guards),
Award Presentation to Firewoman M E Longstaffe, Leeds (Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison PC, MP)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1944/53)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1944/53Celebrity Cavalcade4 June 1944
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwforaidasifodCelebrity Cavalcade, in aid of National Fire Service Benevolent Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6520Wood; George (1894-1979); British actor, comedian
DS/UK/3525Redgrave; Sir; Michael Scudamore (1908-1985); CBE; English actor, director, manager, author.
DS/UK/6521Dixey; Phyllis (1914-1964); British singer, dancer, impresario
DS/UK/6522Wallace; Nellie (1870-1948); British music hall star, actress, comedienne, dancer, songwriter
DS/UK/3590Matthews; Jessie (11 March 1907-19 August 1981); OBE; English actress, dancer, singer
DS/UK/3723De Roland; Bebe (fl 1930s); New Zealand-born ballet dancer
DS/UK/2718Evans; Nancy (1915-2000); OBE; English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/6324Bayco; Fredric (22 August 1913-1970); British organist
DS/UK/1208Newton; Ivor (1892-1981); CBE; English pianist
DS/UK/6528Harry Fryer and his Orchestra; fl 1929- 1946; British orchestra
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
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