| Main Performers | Daria Luna,
Issy Bonn,
Leslie Strange,
Ralph Richardson,
Elsie and Doris Waters,
Robb Wilton,
Edna Squire-Brown,
Nellie Wallace,
Eddie Ready and Joy,
Cyril Fletcher,
Cairoli Brothers,
Arthur Caiger
Vera Lynn,
Petula Clark,
F/O George James,
George Robey - vocals,
P F C Jimmy Tomasseli - speaker,
Dorothy Pouishnoff - piano |
| Secondary Performers | Len Edwards,
Victor Marmont,
Miriam Read - piano |
| Orchestra or Band | Charles Shadwell and His Full Concert Orchestra,
Central Band of London Fire Forces,
Massed Bands (Coldstream Guards, Grenadier Guards, Irish Guards),
Scots Guards Drummers and Pipers,
United States of America Army Band,
Massed Bands of Brigade of Guards |
| Conductors | Charles Shadwell,
Coy. Off. T Kingston Jarvis,
Captain F J Haris,
Chief Warrant Officer Frank J Rosato |
| Set List | Community Singing (Arthur Caiger, Charles Shadewell and His Full Orchestra),
Massed Bands of the Grenadier Guards, The Coldstream Guards and the Irish Guards,
Drums and Pipers of the Scots Guards,
Charkes Shadwell and His Full Orchestra,
Daria Luna,
Issy Bonn,
Vera Lynn and Len Edwards,
Dorothy Pouishnoff,
Leslie Strange,
George Robey, Victor Marmont,
Recitation - 'A Tribute', J B Priestley (Ralph Richardson)
INTERVAL
United States of America Army Band from Central District UK Base (PFC Jimmy Tomasseli),
Charles Shadwell and His Full Orchestra,
Petula Clark, Mariam Read,
Elsie and Doris Waters,
Robb Wilton,
Edna Squire-Brown,
Nellie Wallace,
Eddie Ready and Joy,
Cyril Fletcher,
Cairoli Brothers,
Grand Finale - 'There'll Always Be An England' (Massed Bands of Brigade of Guards, US Army Band, Central Band of the London Fire Forces, Charkes Shadwell's Concert Orchestra, George James),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) |
| Performance Notes | 'A Tribute' by J B Priestley:
"To-day, as we look upon the charred monuments and giant skeletons of our Historic City we remember the days and nights when London burned. We remember when we first heard the clanging bells, grinding glass, and the crash of falling buildings. It seemed then that human power could quench the holocaust and that our vast and well-loved city must perish in raging flames.
All that stood between our shrinking bodies and terrifying death, between our homes and sure destruction, were yourselves. To us, the citizens of London, who saw you in those cheerless dawns, begrimed and weary, you seemed super-human, men who had faced and conquered the impossible. Now, we know for you the bells will go down no longer; but when the victory parade marches through streets of London, you will be with the victors. It is because of you, your heroism and devotion, that London still stands, and to-day, with all the Citizens of London the Evening Standard salutes you." |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1945/42) |