Main Performers | The Wrenettes, Alma Rippon School of Dancing, The "Orlyk'' Cossack Dancers, Strathspey School of Dancing, Gifford Girls' Club, D. Claringbull Aubrey School of Dancing, Parisien Dancing Group, Maria Fontenella, Hampshire School London Ballet School, Hungarian Dancing Group, Tahni Sugando, Finnish Folk Dancers, Oesterreicher Volkstanz Von Tirol, Polish Dancing Group and Orchestra, Lalagia Estudio De Baile Clasico Espanol, The Militaires, Pat Dwyer School of Dancing, De Havilland Gymnast Team, Lisbon Folk Dancers, Norah Galloway's Professional formation Group, Caribbean Folk Dancers, The Copacabana Girls, Colman School of Dancing
Owen F Batchelor, Don Poster - vocals, Letitia West - piano, Hansi Roler, Annette - zithers |
Orchestra or Band | WMC Symphony Orchestra, Hawaiian Echoes Orchestra |
Choirs | London (Hammersmith) Welsh Male Voice Choir, St. Peter's Italian Choir, De Havilland Mixed Choir, Caribbean Folk Singers, Chopin Polish Choir |
Conductors | Roy Budden, Morgan Jones, Padre Pietro Paladini, S St.Clair, Z Gedl |
Set List | USA and Norway - Selection - 'Oklahoma', Rodgers (WMC Symphony Orchestra), 'Fruhlingsrauchsen', Sinding (West) Great Britain - 'Naval March', arr. Alma Rippon School of Dancing (The Wrenettes), Wales - Spiritual - 'De Battle Ob Jericho' (Robertson, London (Hammersmith) Welsh Male Voice Choir), Counting The Goats - 'Cyfrir Geifr' (Roberts, London (Hammersmith) Welsh Male Voice Choir), Ukraine - 'Arkan' (The Rope) (The ''Orlyk'' Cossack Dancers), Scotland - 'The Argyll Broadswords' (Strathspey School of Dancing), Keep Fit - Indian Club Swinging Team Display (Gifford Girls' Club), The Continent - arr. D. Claringbull Aubrey School of Dancing (Parisien Dancing Group), Italy - Folk Song - 'Sbarrazina' (St. Peter's Italian Choir), 'Serenissima' (St. Peter's Italian Choir), 'Tarantella Dance', Rossini (Fontenella), Hungary - 'Czardas', arr. Hampshire School London Ballet School (Hungarian Dancing Group), Hawaii - 'Hula Hula' (Hawaiian Echoes Orchestra, Sugando, Lancaster), Finland - 'Sappo and Lantti' (Finnish Folk Dancers), British Empire - 'Tales of The Vienna Woods', arr. J Strauss (De Havilland Mixed Choir), 'The Happy Wanderer', arr. Moller (De Havilland Mixed Choir), Austria - 'Garland Dance' from The Tyrol, arr. D.Claringbull (Oesterreicher Volkstanz Von Tirol, Hansi Roler, Annette), West Indies - 'Fan Me, Sojah Man, Fan Me' (Caribbean Folk Singers), 'Gal, Yo Character Gone' (Caribbean Folk Singers), 'Day Dah Light' (Caribbean Folk Singers), Poland - 'Krakawiak' (Polish Dancing Group and Orchestra), 'Skowronek' (The Lark), arr. K. Prosnak (Chopin Polish Choir), 'Kiedym Jechal Do Dzieweczki', arr. W Lachman (Chopin Polish Choir), Spain - 'Jota Aragonesa' (Lalagia Estudio De Baile Clasico Espanol), Ukraine - 'Kolomyjka' (The ''Orlyk'' Cossack Dancers), Britain and Continent - 'Spanish Dance No.5' (Bolero), arr. Moszkowski (WMC Symphony Orchestra), Short Selection - 'Piano Concerto', Grieg (West, WMC Symphony Orchestra), West Point - 'Military March', arr. Alma Rippon School of Dancing (The Militaires), USA - 'The Bowery', arr. Pat Dwyer School of Dancing, 'Memories of Jolson' (Poster), Russ Hardy 'Search for Opera and Concert Star' Concert, All Girl Rhythm Gymnast Teams Contest, arr. D Pettie (De Havilland Gymnast Team), Portugal - 'Grape Harvest Dance', arr. D. Claringbull Aubrey School of Dancing (Lisbon Folk Dancers), Great Britain - Old Time formation Dancing (Norah Galloway's Professional formation Group), Trinidad-Jamaica - Traditional West Indian Dance (Caribbean Folk Dancers), Wales - 'The Fishermen of England', Phillips (London (Hammersmith) Welsh Male Voice Choir), 'Soldier's Chorus', from Faust, Gounod (London (Hammersmith) Welsh Male Voice Choir), Cuba - More More Mambo, arr. Colman School of Dancing (The Copacabana Girls), Poland - Silesian Dances (Polish Dancing Group and Orchestra), Poland - 'Powitanie Widsny' (Welcome To Spring), arr. K.Prosnak (Chopin Polish Choir), 'A Jak Poszedl Krol Na Wojne' (When The King Goes To War), arr. W. Lachman (Chopin Polish Choir), Ukraine - 'Hopak' (The ''Orlyk'' Cossack Dancers), 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (WMC Symphony Orchestra), 'Auld Lang Syne' (WMC Symphony Orchestra) |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1954/133) |