| Performance Title | Fete and Ball at Versailles, in aid of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society |
| Performance Date | 5-6 June 1913 |
| Performance Day | Thursday |
| Performance Time | 22:00 |
| Main Performers | Anna Pavlova,
Ivan Novikoff - dancers
Mme. Pavlova's Russian dance company
Lady Paget,
Countess Blucher von Waldscodt,
Baroness Goldsmid da Palmeira,
Countess of Drogheda,
Marchioness of Donegall,
Lady Mond,
Lady Alexander,
Countess of Kilmorey,
Lady Leuchla Warner,
Countess of March,
Countess Fitzwilliam,
Duchess of Somerset,
Lady Alington,
Lady Maud Warrender,
Lady Newborough,
Marchioness of Downshire,
Lady Garvagh,
Lord Alington - organisers of the processions |
| Orchestra or Band | Corelli Windeatt's Orchestra |
| Conductors | Corelli Windeatt |
| Set List | Dancing (two sets of Lancers, seven 'two-steps' and fifteen Waltzes),
Procession of Court:
France (organised by Lady Paget),
Papal Nuncio (organised by Lord Alington),
Brandenburg (organised by Countess Blucher von Waldscodt),
Denmark and Norway (organised by Lady Garvagh),
The Great Mongul (organised by Baroness Goldsmid),
Holland (organised by Marchioness of Downshire),
Holy Roman Empire (organised by Countess of Drogheda),
Poland (organised by Lady Newborough),
Portugal (organised by Countess of Drogheda and Lady Smiley),
Russia (organised by Lady Alington and Lady Maud Warrender),
Chinese Envoy (organised by Lady Mond and Lady Alexander),
Spain (organised by the Duchess of Devonshire),
Sweden (organised by Countess of Kilmorey),
Turkey (organised by Countess Fitzwilliam),
Venice (organised by Lady Leuchla Warner,
England (organised by Countess of March),
'Period Dance' (Mme. Pavolva, Ivan Novikoff and ballet company) |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Mary,
HRH Princess Christian (Patron and President of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society repectively),
HRH The Duke of Connaught,
HRH The Crown Prince of Sweden,
HRH The Princess of Sweden,
HRH Princess Henry of Battenburg,
HRH Prince Alexander of Battenberg,
HRH Prince Maurice of Battenberg,
HRH Prince Leopald of Battenberg,
HRH Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein,
HRH Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein,
HRH Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein,
HM King Manuel of Portugal,
HRH Queen Maria Amelia of Portugal,
HRH The Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos,
HRH The Duchess of Marlborough,
HRH The Duchess of Portland,
Lady Essex,
Lady Derby,
Lady Desborough |
| Performance Notes | Costume ball and procession based upon the court of Louis XIV in 1860.
"Wisely no attempt had been made to reproduce any particular part of Versailles in the Albert Hall - a building which has no ingenuity could ever make like anything at Versailles (no matter) what Saint-Simon may have to say about the 'bad taste' of the great palace). The only thing to do with it is to conceal, as far as possible, the fact that it is the Albert Hall at all; and this had been pretty successfully done by hiding the organ behind hangings and covering everything in ivory white, and golden fleur-de-lys., and great banners of silk, with Louis's favourite orange-trees in tubs disposed here and there. The effect of the whole was to make a telling background for costumes of enthralling variety and richness......Dancing began about 10 o'clock, the music being played by Mr Corelli Windeatt's Orchestra; and while the Programme included two sets of lancers, which proved to be among the best features of the evening, there was not a single "one-step" in the list, and only seven "two-steps" against 15 waltzes.... At midnight the King was to enter in state. But before the mimic Monarch and his court appeared, a real Queen , Queen Mary of England, arrived in person The Queen, who was wearing turquoise blue with pearls and diamonds, was received at the entrance by Princess Christian, Major General Lord Cheylesmore, Admiral Sir Albert Markham, Lieutenent-General G H Moncrieff, Lieutenent-General Sir Henry Settle, Colonel A G Lucas, and other members of the Committee."
(The Times, 6 June 1913) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1913/3),
Illustrations (RAHE/9/1913/2/OS) (RAHE/9/1913/3) |
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