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Performance TitleLondon School Board - Eighth Annual Competition in Drill and Physical Exercises
Performance Date5 July 1884
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Set ListPresentation of Prizes (HRH The Princess Louise)
Royal PresenceHRH The Princess Louise (Marquis of Lorne)
Performance NotesThe competition started with demonstrations in Hyde Park of the eleven competing schools , followed by a march to the Royal Albert Hall. The boys from Berwick Street, Soho won the competition and the Princess Louise presented them with the banner. The boys afterwards enjoyed a days holiday in the Health Exhibition. (The Times, 7 July 1884)
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9515London School Board - Eighth Annual Competition in Drill and Physical Exercises1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2224Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll; Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939); British royal family member - the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort
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