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THE Roosters Concert Party was formed during the War, in Salonika in March, 1917. Eighteen artists were selected from the troops, and the party was named after
Camp Commandant Captain Roose, who inaugurated a party fund with a gift of £5. Before the Roosters left Salonika they had given seventy performances. They went to Egypt and toured in the desert, giving twenty-one shows in twenty-eight days. At Christmas they presented Cinderella in Army Boots in the old theatre there. Performances were also given in Jordan Valley, Jericho, Cairo, and Alexandria. The Party returned to England in 1919.