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President, Vice - Admiral BARRY-
DOMVILE, C.B., C.M.G.
The Pageant Written and produced by ARTHUR BRYANT
Soloists : STUART ROBERTSON and REGINALD GIBBS
BAND of the ROYAL Marines (Chatham
Division)
Conductor, Captain P. S. G. O'DONNELL,
M.V.O.
Supported by an ORCHESTRA under the direction of EDGAR R. WILBY , acting for
Dr. MALCOLM SARGENT
THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
A Company of English Seamen singing shanties and 'Barnacle Bill ,' and dancing the Hornpipe
Blow the Man Down (Halliard Shanty) Drunken Sailor (Runaway Shanty) Barnacle Bill and Hornpipe Dance A Roving (Capstan Shanty)
Rio Grando (Capstan Shanty) Spanish Ladies (Sea Song)
The Coming of War; the March of the Robot' Hoist's Marching Song
The Mobilisation of the Naval Reservists on Sunday, August 2, 1914
' Nancy Lea '
Admirals all. The ghosts of Drake and Nelson appear in the hour of England's need
Drake's Drum
'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay
March past of all performers in the Pageant and the passing of the Grand Fleet
Fantasy of British Sea Songs, culminating in ' Rule Britannia '
Relayed from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Contributors

Soloists:
Arthur Bryant
Soloists:
Stuart Robertson
Soloists:
Reginald Gibbs
Unknown:
Edgar R. Wilby
Unknown:
Barnacle Bill
Unknown:
Nancy Lea

Regional Programme London

About Regional Programme

Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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