PROGRAMME

PRAYER — The Right Reverend Noel Baring Hudson, D.S.O., M.C., D.D., Lord Bishop of Ely.

HYMN — " Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore Him."

SCRIPTURE READING – Reverend T. Wm. Harrison, Superintendent Minister, Methodist Church, Ely Circuit.

The School Choir, under the direction of Miss J. Brown, L.R.A.M., G.R.S.M., Music Mistress of Ely
High School accompanied by A.W.Wills, Esq., B.MUS., F.R.C.O., A.D.C.M., Sub-Organist, Ely Cathedral,

will sing

"We love the place where thine honour dwells"
from "Requiem" by Brahms. Opus 45.

INTRODUCTION OF
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER

BY THE CHAIRMAN
Alderman J. W. Payne, J.P., Chairman of the Isle of Ely Education Committee.

ADDRESS BY
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER

who will declare the building open.

Jennifer Labdon, Deputy Head Girl of Ely High School, will have the honour of presenting a
bouquet to Her Royal Highness.

The Choir will sing :
"Bobby Shaftoe" Traditional Folk Song arranged by J. P. B. Dobbs
and
" Oh Peaceful England " from " Merrie England " by Edward German,
words by Basil Hood.

A VOTE OF THANKS TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL BE PROPOSED BY
County Councillor J. M. Sneesby, J.P., Chairman of the Governors of Ely High School.

A VOTE OF THANKS TO ALL OTHER PERSONS WILL BE PROPOSED BY
Sylvia Wymer, Head Girl of Ely High School.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

THE ROYAL PARTY will then he conducted on a tour of the building by Alderman J. W. Payne, County
Councillor J. M. Sneesby, Miss B. Tilly, Mr. T. G. Fendick and Mr. K. C. Evans.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS will be conducted to the Stage of the Assembly Hall for tea.

Tea will be provided in the Assembly Hall after the Opening Ceremony and the School will be open for inspection
after the tour of the building by Her Royal Highness.