Main Performers | Dr Barnardo, Lord Brassey KCB, The Hon Lady Brassey, Rev. Canon Fleming, Dr G F Pentecost - speakers, Madame Antoinette Sterling - vocal |
Choirs | Children's Choir (1,200 voices) |
Set List | Singing by 1,000 Trained Children, 'If Any Will Not Work, Neither Shall He Eat', Baby Lives and Baby' Loves in Babyland, Rescued from the slums of Darkest England, Trained and Ready for Travel! Life and Work at the Girls' Village Home, Bell the Cat: A Novel Game of blind man's buff, Battalion Drill Manual, Firing and Bayonet Exercises by our own Boys' Brigade, Flag Drill by our own Little Women, Cricket Extraordinary! A Procession of Trade Guilds, Navall Cutlass Drill, Musical Movements and Gymnastics by Small Boys, The Collection, Presidential Address (Lord Brassey), Director's Report (Dr Barnardo), Resolution for 'the grateful sense of those assembled for the Divine blessing continuously extended and couchsafed throughout the history of the insitutions' (Rev. Canon Fleming, Dr Pentecost), 'We Are All God's Childrem', Madame Antoinette Sterling, Presentation of prizes to 300 Old Girls and Old Boys (The Hon Lady Brassey), 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) |
Performance Notes | Guests at the event included Hon. Miss Guest, Lady Wimbourne, Lady Carden, Lord Rowton, Rev. Prehendary Baker, Canon Girdlestone, Rev. J H Scott, Mr James Rankin MP, Mr Samuel Smith MP, and Captain and Mrs Kirkpatrick. |