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Folk Dance Pageant
Folk song and dance was often used in historical pageants, though this is the only pageant devoted exclusively to it. The English folk revival—spearheaded by Cecil Sharp, Mary Neal and others—suppl... -
A Historical Pageant Held at Westcroft Park
Staged in the grounds of Westcroft Park, and organised by the Woking Group of Women’s Institutes, this was a fairly small pageant: it was performed just once, on the afternoon of 27 June 1928. It i... -
Southbourne County Primary School, Festival Pageant 1951
1951 was a big year for historical pageants, with many communities around the country putting on performances in association with the Festival of Britain (see entries for Rushden, Brighton, and Hea... -
Wilton House Pageant
Wilton house was a venue for a number of pageants during the interwar period, with other pageants in 1928 and 1933 (the latter commemorating the tercentenary of the death of the Poet George Herbert... -
Shute Historical Pageant
This is an example of a pageant put on by a school. Staged at Shute School, Devon, in July 1936, the pageant seems to have been devised as well as performed by the pupils themselves (though one mus...