HISTORIC MONTHS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 172, 17 April 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)

HISTORIC MONTHS

Coronation Festivities

LIST OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS

Next month is to witness a great historic pageant in England, the crowning of King George VI, and the whirl of social and sporting engagements that will be associated with that Royal event. There will be assembled in Loudon a great number of important personages and interesting people. From all points of the compass they will be pouring into London during the coming month to do honour to England’s new King and Queen. Naturally the festivities arranged for the weeks preceding and succeeding the great event are on a scale of unusual lavishness and splendour. No one of the hundreds of thousands visiting the Old Country from overseas need be at a loss any day for thrilling entertainment and diversions. The list of events is a long one. Those set out below are only the chief events. There are hundreds of others which will doubtless attract their quota of the public during the busy weeks ahead.

MAY. March-September, Shakespeare drama festival, Stratford-upon-Avon; AprilJune, international opera season, Covent Garden; April 22-May 29, “Ideal Home exhibition, Earl’s Court; 3, Royal Academy summer show commences, Burlington House; 5, Royal Court, Buckingham Palace; 6 Royal Court, Buckingham Palace; 7-8 racing, jubilee meeting (Jubilee Handicap, Bth), Kempton Park; 1015 polo, Whitney Cup final, London (Roehampton); 10, arrival of envoys and deputations. State banquet; 11, luncheon party by the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace for British Commonwealth representatives; 11, dinner party by the Duke of Gloucester; 12, the Coronation of King George VI, Westminster Abbey; 12, motor racing. International Trophy, Brooklands (near London); 13, State banquet, Buckingham Palace; 14, dinner to the King and Queen at the Foreign Office; 14, Court ball, Buckingham Palace ; 14, racing, Newm. rket Stakes, Newmarket; 15, departure of foreign envoys and deputations, 17, Whit Monday, bank holiday; 19, Ladies’ Kennel Club show, Olympia; 19, the King and Queen lunch at the Guildhall; 19-July 3, Glyndebourne Mozart festival, Lewes (near Brighton; 20, Coronation review of the Fleet, Spithead: 20-26, rowing, “Eights Week,” Oxford ; 21. racing, the Manchester Cup, Manchester; 24, Empire Day; 24-28. golf, amateur championship, Sandwich (Royal St. George’s) ; 25. dinner to the King and Queen by the Prime Minister at 10. Downing Street; 26, birthday of Queen Mary; 26, Court ball, Buckingham Palace; 26-28, the Royal Horticultural Society’s show, London (Royal Chelsea Hospital Gardens) ; 27, the King attends a civic reception at County Hall, London; 27-June 12, Royal Naval, Military, and Air Force tournament, London; 28, Royal levee, Buckingham Palace.

March-September, Shakespeare drama festival, Stratford-upon-Avon; April 17June 30. international opera season, Covent Garden; 1, racing, Great Metropolitan Stakes, Epsom (near London); 2, racing, the Derby, Epsom (near London) ; 3, racing, the Coronation Cup, Epsom (near London); 4, racing, the Oaks, Epsom (near London); 4, speech day, Eton College, Windsor; 7-11, golf, ladies open championship, Turnberry (Scotland) ; 9-12 and 15-19, military searchlight tattoo. Aidershot (near London); 9, official celebration of the King’s Birthday, Trooping the Colour; 1012, Richmond Royal horse show, London (Richmond) ; 10, investiture; 11, investiture; 14-18, International Tourist Trophy mo-tor-cycle races, Isle of Man ; 15-IS, Royal Ascot week (Royal Hunt Cup 16th, Gold Cup 17th), carnival week (river festival and torchlight procession), Windsor; 1726, the international horse show, Olympia; 21-22, racing, Folkestone; 21-July 3, lawn tennis championships, London (Wimbledon); 22, levee, garden party, Buckingham Palace; 23-24 racing, Brighton ; 26, Royal Air Force display, London (Hendon Aerodrome) ; 26, 28, 29, cricket. England v. New Zealand, London (Lord’s) ; 27. review of ex-servicemen by the King; 29-30, golf, Ryder Cup. Great Britain v. U.S.A., Southport and Ainsdale; 30, British Empire garden party, London (Roehampton) ; 30-July 3, Royal regatta, Henley-on-Thames.

Mar.-Sept., Shakespeare drama festival, Stratford-upon-Avon; May-Aug., Royal Academy summer show, Burlington House; May 19-July 3, Glyndebourne Mozart festival, Lewes (nr. Brighton) ; June 21-July 3, lawn tennis championships, 'Wimbledon; June 30-July 3, Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames; 1, Royal Court, Buckingham Palace; 131, Russian Ballet, summer season. London (Covent Garden) ; 2-13, Royal Clyde yachting fortnight, Scotland; 5, croquet championships, London (Roehampton) ; 5, old custom, Tynwald ceremony (world’s oldest open-air Parliament), Isle of Man; 5-7, cricket, Oxford v. Cambridge, London (Lord’s) ; 5-9, open golf championship. Carnoustie (Scotland) ; visit by the King and Oiieen to Scotland ; 9-10, cricket, Eton v. Harrow, London (Lord’s) ; 12-17, lawn tennis, open tournament, Cheltenham Spa; 13-15, racing, Newmarket; 14-15, visit by the King and Queen to Wales; 14-16, cricket, Gentlemen v. Players, London (Lord’s); 16-17, Amateur Athletic Association chanmionships,'London (White City); 17. Il), 20, lawn tennis, Davis Cup interzone final. London (Wimbledon); - 19, Highland games, Isle of Man; 21-22, Dickens pageant and fair on the village green, Aidborough (nr. Norwich); 21-23, racing (Liverpool Cup. 23rd), Liverpool; 22, garden party. Buckingham Palace; 23-24, croquet, England v. Australia, Cheltenham; 24, old custom, rush-bear-ing to the church. Ambleside (Lake District) ; 24. 26. 27, lawn tennis. Davis Cup. challenge round, London (Wimbledon) : 24, 26. 27, cricket. England v. New Zealand, Manchester; 27-29, golf, Irish open championship. Portrush (North Ireland) ; 27-30, racing, Goodwood (nr. Chichester) ; 31. amateur regatta, Maidenhead ; 31, August 2-7, military searchlight tattoo (mussed bands, military displays and pageantry, the counterpart of the Aidershot tattoo in June). Tidworth (nr. Salisbury) : 31, Aug. 2-7, “Navy Week” (warships on view to visitors and special displays), Portsmouth, Plymouth. Chatham; last week, the Royal garden party, Buckingham Palace.