| Orchestra or Band | Band of the Royal Horse Guards,
Band of the 2nd Life Guards |
| Set List | Regular concerts and dramatic entertainments |
| Royal Presence | Princess Hellen Rundheer Singh, of Kapurthulla |
| Performance Notes | "The following countries will be represented at the stalls, symbolizing their various characteristics:- France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, Austro-Hungary, India, Greece, British Empire etc."
(The Times, 24 January 1884)
Advertised as an International Peasant Festival and Skating Musical and Dramatic Fete, in aid of the West End Hospital opened in 1878 (Illustrated London News, 5 January 1884)
"...The wares at the stalls were as 'national' as they could be, in most instances having been brought direst from the countries under whose banner they were offered. At the Belgian stall, however, was a piece of needlework, worked and sent by the Princess of Wales... In the centre of the srea was a beautiful kiosk adorned with plants and flowers, which stood for Ireland; and Lady Granville Gordon, the Hon. Mrs Yorke Bevan and their assistants, wore distinctive and pretty costumes, supposed to be Irish, in which red and dark green were combined. Taking the fancy stalls in order, first came China, presided over by the Dowager Marchioness of Waterford, with Lady Auckland, Mrs Kendal, and others. They did not affect the costume of the Flowery Land, but a real Chinese page was at hand. Lady Tarbat, Countess Lutzow, and half-a-dozen colleagues, had obviously more opportunity with Switzerland. The ladies to whom the reputation of Austria-Hunagry was intrusted had also a grand choice with the costumes of Bohemia, Ischl, and the Tyrol. The very name of Scotland suggests tartans, feathers, and brave array, and there was a strong staff in this department. Mrs Kemmis Betty was head of the clans, and Lady Elibank and the Princess Hellen Rundheer Singh, of Kapurthulla, in the Punjab, with some gentlemen..."
(Illustrated London New, 23 February 1884) |
| Related Archival Material | Illustrations |