Main Performers | The Gest (Portmadoc) Party of Dancers, Cwmtirmynach (Merionethshire) Miming Party, Swansea Little Theatre, Major Tasker Watkins, The Welsh Regiments (Welsh Guards, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Welsh Regiment)
Rachel Thomas, Jennie Ellis, Harry Secombe - vocals, Cyril Anthony - organ, Morfudd Lloyd, Eleanor Dwyryd - harps |
Secondary Performers | Meirion Williams - accompanist |
Orchestra or Band | Trumpeters of The Life Guards, The Drummers From The 1st Battalion of The Welsh Guards |
Choirs | West Wales United Choir, Carmarthen and District Choral Society, Llanelly Choral Society, London Welsh Association Youth Choir, Cwmdwr Children's Choir, Licswm Aelwyd (Flint) Penillion Singers |
Conductors | Ernest Evans, Philip Edwardes, Kenneth Thomas, John Simon, Wyn Morris |
Set List | 'Utgurn - Fanfare For St. David's Day Festival' (Daniel Jones, Trumpeters of The Life Guards and Drummers of The Welsh Guards), 'God Save the Queen' (Duw Gadwo'r Frenhines), arr. Elgar (Massed Choirs, Cyril Anthony), (National Anthem) 'Utgurn -Fanfare for The London Welsh Festival' (Daniel Jones), 'Cofia'n Gwlad Benllywydd Tirion' (Remember Our Land, O Lord), J Ambrose Lloyd (Massed Choirs), 'Cyfarchiad I'r Fam Frenhines' (Greeting To The Queen Mother), Caradog Prichard (Eleanor Dwyryd), 'Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn' (Watching The White Wheat) (Cwmdwr Children's Choir), 'Clychau Aberdyfi' (Bells of Aberdovey) (Cwmdwr Children's Choir), 'Rali Twm Sion' (Tom John's Fun) (Gest Party of Dancers), 'Dawns Y Glocsen' (Clog Dance) (Gest Party of Dancers), 'Cythraul Y Canu - Adroddiad' (Recitation), Islwyn Williams (Rachel Thomas), 'Efe A Ddaw', Tom Price (West Wales United Choir), 'Dioddefaint Branwen' (The Torture of Branwen) (Cwmtirmynach Miming Party), 'Anthem - Dyn A Aned O Wraig' (Man Born of Woman), D C Williams (London Welsh Association Youth Choir), 'Awdl Y Glowr' (detholiad) - Ode To The Miner (Selection), G T Tilsley (Licswm (Flint) Penillion Singers), 'Molawd Sir Fflint' (In Praise of Flint), Dafydd Owen (Licswm (Flint) Penillion Singers), 'Telyn Fud' (The Silent Harp). Hedd Wyn, W S Gwyn Williams (Jennie Ellis), 'Pro Patria', A G Prys Jones, Haydn Morris (West Wales United Choir, Swansea Little Theatre Mimg Party, Welsh Guards, Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Welch Regiment), 'Utgurn' (The Lord Mayor's Fanfare), Bryant (Trumpeters of The Life Guards), 'The Lord's My Shepherd', David Grant, W Baird Ross (West Wales United Choir), 'Nant Y Mynydd' (Mountain Brook), Ceiriog (Eleanor Dwyryd), 'Yr Utgorn' (The Trumpet), W.Matthews Williams (London Welsh Association Youth Choir), 'Y Nant A'r Blodeuyn' (The Stream and The Flower) (Elfed), Tom Price (Cwmdwr Children's Choir), 'On With The Motley' (I Pagliacci), Leoncavallo (Harry Secombe), 'Ar Hyd Y Nos' (All Through The Night) (Harry Secombe), 'Teithio I'r Goleuni (Mari Jones)-Journeying Towards The Light (Mary Jones) (Cwmtirmynach Miming Party), 'Marchog Iesu Yn Llwyddiannus' (Hyfrydol), R H Prichard (Massed Choirs), 'All Men All Things', Mendelssohn (West Wales United Choir), 'O Fab Y Dyn' (Son of Man), George Rees (Licswm Penillion Singers), 'Teilwng Yw'r Oen' (Worthy Is The Lamb - Cyf T H Parry Williams), Handel (West Wales United Choir), 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' (Land of My Fathers) (Massed Choirs) |
Royal Presence | HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1957/28), Photograph (RAHE/3/1957/4), Ticket (RAHE/8/5/1957/1) |