Record

Performance TitlePrimrose League Grand Habitation
Performance Date4 April 1930
Performance DayFriday
Main PerformersRt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin,
Dowager Countess of Jersey,
Major W E Elliot MP,
Herbert G Williams,
Lord Ebbisham,
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal - speakers,

Miss Pountney - vocals,
R Arnold Greir - organ
ChoirsThe Primrose Bud Choir,
The Bedford Primrose League Choir
ConductorsMr H L Balfour,
A F Parris
Set ListMusic Recital:
Organ Solo: 'Marche Militaire', Schubert (R Arnold Greir)
Two-Part Song: 'Life Let Us Cherish', Nagell (The Primrose Bud Choir)
Unison Song: 'Hey-Ho-Hey', Arthur Richards (The Primrose Bud Choir)
'On Music', C V Stanford (The Bedford Primrose League Choir)
Unison Song: 'Nymphs and Shepherds', H Purcell (The Primrose Bud Choir)
Unison Song: 'When The Heart is Young', Dudley Buck (The Primrose Bud Choir)
Organ Solo: 'Minuet', Handel (R Arnold Greir)
Organ Solo: 'Gavotte', A Thomas (R Arnold Greir)
'There is a Lady', Harold E Darke (The Bedford Primrose League Choir)
'March of The Cameron Men', Granville Bantock (The Bedford Primrose League Choir)
'The Red, White and Blue', Henry Russell (The Primrose Bud Choir)
'My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land', Elgar (The Bedford Primrose League Choir)
'Land of Hope and Glory', Edward Elgar (Miss Pountney)

Procession,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Prize-Giving (Dowager Countess of Jersey),
Address (Mr Baldwin),
Speech and Resolution - 'This meeting of the Primrose League, in Grand Habitation assembled, desires to express its continued confidence in the Grand Master. It further heartily welcomes his declarations regarding the IMperial and domestic policy of the next Conservative administration, and pledges itself to give Mr Baldwin and the Conservative Party its loyal and unswerving support.' (Major W E Elliot MP),
Resolution Seconded (Herbert G Williams),
Vote of Thanks (Lord Ebbisham, Lord Strathcona and Mount Roya)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1930/29)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1930/29Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration4 April 1930
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwsakaimeavipyfPrimrose League Grand Habitation1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1415Baldwin; Stanley (1867-1947); 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; British Conservative politician
DS/UK/174Primrose League; 1883-2004; British organisation for spreading Conservative principles in UK
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/3983The Primrose League; The Primrose Bud Choir; fl 1920s-1930s; British choir
DS/UK/1614Balfour; H L (28 October 1859-27 December 1946); British organist and teacher
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