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Performance TitleCelebrity Cavalcade, in aid of National Fire Service Benevolent Fund and No.38 Fire Area Welfare Fund
Performance Date18 February 1945
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersThe Windmill Girls,
Anita D'Ray - performers

Eddie Ready and Joy,
Cyril Fletcher,
Harry Welchman,
Ronnie Waldman,
Cairoli Brothers,
Squadron Leader Richard Murdoch,
Wing Commander Kenneth Horne - speakers

Helene Wolska,
Sana Dolsky,
Joanna Denise,
Decima Grant,
Peggy Watson,
David Davenport - dancers

Petula Clark,
Nancy Evans,
George Robey,
Gwen Catley,
Beryl Orde - vocals,

Elaine Pennifold,
Percival Garratt,
Ivor Newton,
Victor Marmont,
Derrick Swan - pianos
Orchestra or BandCentral Band of London Fire Forces,
Harry Fryer and His Full Concert Orchestra,
Massed Band (The Grenadier Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards),
Scots Guards Drums and Pipers,
United States of America Army Band
ConductorsCoy. Officer T Kingston Jarvis,
Captain T S Chandler,
Harry Fryer,
Chief Warrant Officer Frank J Rosato
Set List'LaValse' (Helene Wolska),
'Mazurka' ( Joanna Denise, David Davenport),
'Slavonic' (Sana Dolsky),
'Hungarian' (Peggy Watson),
'Valse Fantastique' (Joanna Denise),
'Pas De Deux' (Le Lac Des Cygnes), Tchaikovsky (Helene Wolska, David Davenport),
'Quand Madelon' (Central Band of The London Fire Force Forces),
'Stars and Stripes Forever' (Central Band of The London Fire Force Forces),
'Cavalry of the Steppes' (Harry Fryer and Orchestra),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Nancy Evans, Massed Band),
'Rule Britannia', Arne (Massed Band),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesPetula Clark's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1945/23)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1945/23Celebrity Cavalcadein aid of National Fire Service Benevolent Fund And No.38 Fire Area Welfare Fund18 February 1945
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
_BareazesifielCelebrity Cavalcade, in aid of National Fire Service Benevolent Fund and No.38 Fire Area Welfare Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6573Windmill Girls; 1932-1964; English nude 'tableaux vivants' performers
DS/UK/6574Fletcher; Cyril (1913-2005); English comedian
DS/UK/6575Welchman; Harry (1886-1966); British actor
DS/UK/6576Waldman; Ronald Hartley (1914-1978); British television executive, producer, actor
DS/UK/6577Murdoch; Richard Bernard (1907-1990); British comedy radio, film, television performer
DS/UK/6578Horne; Kenneth (1907-1969); English comedian, businessman
DS/UK/132Clark; Petula (15 November 1932); CBE; British singer, actress and composer
DS/UK/2718Evans; Nancy (1915-2000); OBE; English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/2899Robey; Sir; George (1869-1954); English music hall comedian
DS/UK/2543Catley; Gwen (1906-1996); English coloratura soprano
DS/UK/1208Newton; Ivor (1892-1981); CBE; English pianist
DS/UK/6528Harry Fryer and his Orchestra; fl 1929- 1946; British orchestra
DS/UK/6233Godfrey; Dan(iel) (1831-1903); English bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards
DS/UK/2813British Army; The Band of the Irish Guards; 1900-; British military band
DS/UK/553British Army; Band of the Welsh Guards; 1915-; Welsh military band
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