A Musical Day
- Publication
- The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada), 18 Apr 1929, p. 167
- Speaker
- Hobbes, G., Speaker
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Speeches
- Description
- The affectionate regard of the whole Company for Canada as a whole and Toronto in particular. The value to practical imperialism of the interchange of visits between musically minded folk from one part of the Empire to the other. A musical programme then took place, with many pieces from the Company's Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire. The entire audience sang "For he is an Englishman" to close the luncheon.
- Date of Original
- 18 Apr 1929
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
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- Full Text
- A MUSICAL DAY
18th April, 1929The guests of honour were the Manager, the principals and the whole company of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, amongst whom were Mr. G. Hobbes, Manager of the Company, Miss Bertha Lewis, Mr. Henry Lytton, Mr. Charles Goulding, Mr. Darrell Fancourt, Mr. Sidney Granville, and others.
President EAYRS introduced the guests of honour. Mr. Hobbes, the Manager of the Company spoke of the affectionate regard the whole Company had for Canada as a whole and Toronto in particular, and stressed the point of the value in the way of practical imperialism of the interchange of visits between musically minded folk from one part of the Empire to the other.
Mr. Hobbes then took charge of the musical programme. Many of the principals sang items from their Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire, and the chorus were most generous in their choral singing. The entire audience rose and sang "For he is an Englishman" so closing a most memorable luncheon of the Club.
