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An Entertainment for Children of All Ages
Arranged and Presented by HELEN ALSTON
Including Songs by JOHN ARMSTRONG (Tenor), and FOSTER RICHARDSON (Bass)
Pianoforte Solos by JESSIE CORMACK
Songs at the Piano by HELEN ALSTON
CHILDREN of all ages ! Was it Barrie who first discovered that we are all children ? Or should the merit for the discovery go farther back-to Hans Andersen , or maybe to Grimm ? Whoever may deserve the palm, the fact remains that anything intended for children seems somehow to appeal very strongly to grown-ups, and the father who buys a steam-engine for his son and then spends all Christmas playing with it himself is symptomatic of very much more.
In tonight's programme Helen Alston has brought together a number of musical items, all written primarily for children, ranging through all the shades from grave to gay which-even if the children should happen to be in bed by now—will probably be found to provide a delightful hour's entertainment for all under seventy, at least.

Contributors

Presented By:
Helen Alston
Songs By:
John Armstrong
Solos By:
Jessie CormacK
Unknown:
Helen Alston
Unknown:
Hans Andersen
Unknown:
Helen Alston

An Atmospheric Disturbance
Set up by HAROLD SIMPSON
Music by STANLEY HOLT , who will conduct
THE REVUE CHORUS and the B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA
Cast :
ALMA VANE
MAMIE WATSON
TOMMY HANDLEY
REG PALMER
HAROLD KIMBERLEY
JOYCE BLAND
This entertainment is one more of a number which have been contributed by a well-known revue writer. Harold Simpson was the author, for example, of ' The Nine O'Clock Revue,' The Little Revue,' and ' Dover Street to Dixie,' which, no doubt, many listeners remember.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Simpson
Music By:
Stanley Holt
Unknown:
Mamie Watson
Unknown:
Tommy Handley
Unknown:
Reg Palmer
Unknown:
Harold Kimberley
Unknown:
Harold Simpson

5GB Daventry (Experimental)

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