Performance TitleEmpire Day Festival - A Call To The Youth of The Empire
Performance Date24 May 1946
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersArmy Physical Training Corps,
Royal Naval Cadet Corps,
Army Cadet Force,
Air Training Corps,
Sadler's Wells Opera-Ballet Company,
Ninette De Valois,
Elmhurst School of Dancing, Camberley,
Valentine Dyall,
Julia McKeegan,
Eleanor Farjeon,
British Red Cross Cadets/Youth Detachments,
St. John of Jerusalem Cadets,
Girls' Training Corps,
Women's Junior Air Corps,
Girl Guides,
Boy Scouts,
Girls' Life Brigade,
Boys' Brigade,
Salvation Army,
Sea Cadets,
Army Cadet Force (7th (County Of London) Royal Tank Regiment),
Chelsea Pensioners,
British Legion,
Legion of Frontiersmen,
Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service,
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
Women's Auxiliary Air Force,
Auxiliary Territorial Service,
Women's Royal Naval Service,
Colonial Forces,
Dominion Forces,
Royal Air Force,
British Army,
Lighthouse Keepers,
Royal Marines,
Royal Navy,
HRH Princess Elizabeth,
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Students,
Central School of Speech Training Students

Arnold Greir - organ
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Brigade of Guards,
Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry,
Pipers of the RAF Pipe Band, Halton,
Goldsmiths' Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsGoldsmiths' Choral Union,
London Choir School, Bexley
ConductorsCaptain G H Willcocks,
Frederick Haggis
Set List'Fanfare of Trumpets' (Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) (Massed Bands, Arnold Greir),
Prologue, 'For Youth I Make The Call!',
Drums (Drums of The Brigade of Guards),
Parade of Youth (British Red Cross Cadets, Youth Detachments, St. John of Jerusalem Cadets, Girls' Training Corps, Women's Junior Air Corps, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, Girls' Life Brigade, Boys' Brigade, Salvation Army),
March, 'Youth On Parade' (G H Willcocks),
The Union Flag, 'Homage' Grieg,
March, 'Under The Old Flag', Safroni,
March, 'Entente Cordiale' (Sea Cadets, Army Cadet Force, Air Training Corps),
March, 'Sussex By The Sea' (Higgs),
March, 'Boys of The Old Brigade', Myddleton (Chelsea Pensioners, British Legion, Legion of Frontiersmen),
March, 'Heroes All', Bidgood (Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service),
March, 'Carry On', Winson (Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Auxiliary Territorial Service, Women's Royal Naval Service),
March, 'Light of Foot', Lattann (Air Training Corps, Army Cadet Force, Sea Cadets),
March, 'King's Men-Kinsmen', Ancliffe (Colonial Forces, Dominion Forces),
March, 'RAF March', Walford Davies (Royal Air Force),
March, 'British Grenadiers' (British Army),
March, 'Viscount Nelson', Zehler (Lighthouse Keepers, Merchant Navy),
March, 'Life On The Ocean Wave', Henry Russell (Royal Marines),
March, 'Heart of Oak', Boyce (Royal Navy),
'Do You Hear, Soldier' (Goldsmiths' Choral Union),
March, 'The Youth of Britain' (Three Elizabeths Suite), Coates,
Organ (Arnold Greir),
March, 'Youth Triumphant' (G H Willcocks),
Overture, 'Chanson Du Matin', Elgar (Massed Bands),
Scena, 'Lest We Forget', Mrs H I Mortimer (Elmhurst School of Dancing, Camberley),
Madrigal, 'Now Is The Month of Maying', Morley (London Choir School, Bexley),
Shakespeare Processional (Royal Academy of Art Students, Central School of Speech Training Students),
Hornpipe (Royal Naval Cadet Corps),
Dances, 'The Bartered Bride', Smetana (Sadler's Wells Ballet),
Tableau, 'The Sinews of Peace',
'The March of The New World', Otto Lampel and Eleanor Farjeon
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Elizabeth
Performance NotesPremieres of 'Youth On Parade' by G H Willcocks, 'Youth Triumphant' by GH Willcocks, 'The March of the New World' by Otto Lampel and Eleanor Farjeon.

"PRINCESS'S CALL TO EMPIRE YOUTH.
Princess Elizabeth broadcast an 850-word Empire Day message to British youth last night.
Speaking at a festival organised at the Albert Hall by the Empire Day Movement and the Sunday Empire News, she urged the interchange of visits by schools and youth organisations by air as a means of maintaining wartime friendships.
She referred to her own coming Empire visits with the King and Queen, her first big tour outside Britain, and said that she hoped it would be the first of many such journeys."
(The Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1946)

Princess Elizabeth was accompanied by Lady Mary Strachey. They were received by the Earl of Gowrie VC (President of the Empire movement) and Lady Gowrie, and by Viscount Kemsley and Lady Kemsley. Guests included Viscount Bennett.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1946/130)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/2W2cWo2ShbR.2
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1946/129Festival of Empire Tribute24 May 1946
RAHE/1/1946/130Empire Day Festival - A Call To The Youth Of The Empire24 May 1946
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwlokoovowxifynEmpire Day Festival - A Call To The Youth of The Empire1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1532Goldsmiths; Goldsmiths Choral Union (GCU); 1932-; English amateur choir
DS/UK/4653Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; 1906-; British Higher Education Institution
DS/UK/5236Massed Bands of HM Brigade of Guards (fl 1900s-)
DS/UK/6530Army Cadet Force; 1859-; British youth organisation
DS/UK/6513Dyall; Valentine (7 May 1908-24 June 1985); English actor
DS/UK/171Girl Guides; 1910-; International youth organisation
DS/UK/165Scouts Association; 1907-; International youth organisation
DS/UK/175Salvation Army; 1865-; British Protestant church
DS/UK/2585Royal Navy; Sea Cadet Corps (SCC); 1854-; British youth organisation
DS/UK/1374Royal Navy; British Armed Forces; The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines; 1664-; British marine corps and amphibious infantry
DS/UK/1373British Armed Forces; Royal Navy; 15th Century-; British navel unit of the British Armed Forces
DS/UK/1586Greir; Robert Arnold (fl 1914-1967); English organist
DS/UK/1559British Armed Forces; Brigade of Guards; 17th Century-; British historical military unit
DS/UK/5477Household Cavalry Band; 1800s-; British military band
DS/UK/1531Haggis; Frederick Charles (1886-1976); British conductor
DS/UK/6949Goldsmiths' Symphony Orchestra; fl 1940s; English college orchestra
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