BALLET IN LONDON
ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE PAGEANTRY AND POMP (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 17 For the first time since pre-war days, the pageantry and pomp of a Royal command ballet performance, will be seen at Covent Garden, on March 22, in honour of the State visit to London of the French President, M. Lebrun. Men are to wear uniform or court dress and women tiaras and jewellery, while the Yeomen of the Guard will line the grand staircase. Blooms will festoon the auditorium and the stalls and gallery are to be occupied by Royal guests, diplomats and Cabinet Ministers. The programme, which was chosen by the King and Queen, includes the Vic Wells Ballet, with Robert Helpmann, who used to be a chorus boy in Australia and New Zealand and is now a star in London, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 7
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144BALLET IN LONDON Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20734, 18 February 1939, Page 7
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