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National Radio Show: Arenascope presents: O.B. Parade

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Games, skills, and entertainments from the four corners of Great Britain are gathered together from the Regions tonight in the last of the BBC programmes from the Radio Show at Earls Court.
At 9.45

500 Performers from the BBC Regions come to town.

From the West:
Padstow May Day Festival with the original 'obby 'oss the teasers
Cornish Music Makers and the people of Padstow

From Scotland:
Pipes and Drums of the Society of Old Caledonians
Tossing the Caber
Wrestling, Sword Dancing and the Glasgow City Police Tug-of-War Team v. London Metropolitan Police

From Wales:
Pendyrus Choir one hundred and ten singing Welshmen from the Valley of the Rhondda

From the Midlands:
Concours d'Elegance of British cars

From the North:
Bill Cain calls the tune in Barn Dance with Jackie Toaduff (clog dancer) and Alf Adamson and the Border Band

From London:
Band and Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall)
(by permission of the Commandant) under the direction of Lt.-Col. David McBain

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Contributors

Singers (from Wales):
Pendyrus Choir
Caller (From the North):
Bill Cain
Clog dancer (From the North):
Jackie Toaduff
Musicians (From the North):
Alf Adamson and the Border Band
Musicians (From London):
Band and Trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music
Commentator:
Berkeley Smith
Commentator:
Alun Williams
Commentator:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Commentator:
Bernard Fishwick
Commentator:
Bill Hartley
Designer:
Hugh Spencer
Designer:
Tony Abbott
Arranged by:
Peter Webber
Producer:
Derek Burrell-Davis

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