| Main Performers | Lord Kinnaird, Chair of the YWCA (Chair),
Archbishop of Canterbury,
Archdeacon Madden,
Reverend H Montgomerie,
Dr Harry Guinnes - speakers |
| Choirs | YWCA Choir of 1200 voices |
| Set List | 'The National Anthem' (God Save the King),
Opening Prayer (Archbishop of Canterbury),
Speech (Lord Kinnaird),
Speech (Archbishop of Canterbury),
Procession of 650 YWCA Members,
Speeches (Archdeacon Madden, Rev H Montgomerie, Dr Harry Guinness),
Animated photographs and limelight pictures |
| Performance Notes | The exhibition of specially prepared animated photographs and limelight pictures, illustrated the progress of the assocation since 1885 and some of it's latest developments.
According to The Daily Telegraph (6 April 1905) a message was read from Queen Alexandra to confer her patronage to the YWCA, and stated;
"The vast hall presented an unusually charming appearance, with its crowded audience, in which nicely-dressed girls were so largely in the majority. There were fully 1,000 young ladies in the choir, all wearing white blouses, with gracefully-draped scraves of turquoise-blue or rose-pink gauze, while boxes, stalls, and balconies were filled with members of the association. Besides the speakers, there were upon the platform Viscountess Bangor, Lilla Countess of Chichester, Mrs Randall Davidson, the Dean of Windsor, the Archdeacon of London, Sir Douglas Fox, the Hon. E Kinnaird, Mr G L Dashwood (treasurer of the British Jubilee Fund), Mrs Stephen Menzies, and many other earnest supporters of the cause.
...A picturesque spectacle followed, when a procession entered the arena bearing banners representative of the varied works carried on under the association, as in homes, institutes, dining-rooms, for factory-girls, nurses, and in various other ways, many being hung with flowers. Then followed a section illustrative of YWCA work throughout the British Empire, and another of the sister associations in other countries, loud applause greeting the banner of the United States, representing 85,800 members; Germany, 8,600; and France, 7,600. A contingent of Swedish and orweigian girls represented their countries, and there were several young women of colour in the group standing for South America. Altogether some 500 girls took part in the display, which was carried through without a hitch, and showed most careful drilling at the hands of Mr P Grugeon and Mr G P Allen, who assisted him." |