| Main Performers | Pupils from Avondale Park Secondary School, Kensington
Mr A C Caiger,
Martindale Sidwell - organ,
Miss I R Mutch - piano |
| Secondary Performers | HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - speaker |
| Orchestra or Band | Folk Dance Band,
Trumpeters of The Life Guards |
| Set List | Royal Entrance to Royal Box - 'Fanfare of Trumpets', Callaghan (Life Guards),
First Verse - 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem)
Song - 'Now is The Month of Maying', Morley,
Dance - Circassian Circle
Episode I - Tudor:
Narration,
Dance - Circassian Circle by Elizabethans,
'Fanfare of Trumpets', B.Clarke (Life Guards),
Entry of Queen Elizabeth,
Presentation of Copyright to Tallis and Byrd,
Songs - 'Fine Knacks for Ladies', Dowland, 'Sing We and Chaunt It', Morley, 'Jon Come Kisse Me Now', Anon,
Dances - 'Pavane-Earl of Salisbury', W.Byrd, 'La Volta', W.Byrd, arr. Pound, 'Basse Dance', 16th Century, arr. Warlock
INTERVAL
Episode II - Stuart:
Narration,
Song - 'Fairest Isle', Purcell,
'March of General Monk', trad.,
Entry of Charles II,
'Masque', Purcell,
Songs - 'The Passing of The Moon', Purcell,
Come Unto These Yellow Sands', Purcell
INTERVAL (Presentation of bouquet to HRH The Duchess of Gloucester by Miss Iris Colen, Avondale Park Secondary School, Kensington)
Episode III - Hanoverian:
Narration,
Last Movement from 'Water Music', Handel,
Entry of George I,
'Reconciliation With Handel',
Dance - Newcastle,
Songs - 'Care Flies from The Lad That Is Merry', Arne,
'The Ploughboy', Shield,
'Beauty Lately', Handel,
Dance - 'Minuet', 18th Century Anon,
Song - 'Let The Bright Seraphim', Handel
INTERVAL
Episode IV - Contemporary:
Narration,
Songs - 'An Acre of Land', Vaughan Williams, 'John Barleycorn', Vaughan Williams, 'As Torrents in Summer', Elgar, 'The Echoing Green', Le Fleming, 'Girls And Boys,Come Out To Play', Le Fleming,
Dambes - Ribbon Dance, Cumberland Square Eight, Goddesses, Portland Fancy,
Finale - 'Our Homage To The Queen', Fanfare of Trumpets (Life Guards),
Epilogue - 'A Coronation Song, 1953' (A Garland for The Queen), Blunden - Finzi,
'Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. Sargent |
| Royal Presence | HRH The Duchess of Gloucester |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1953/81) |