The Original Recording of the Inauguration of the Green Pennant Awards by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh at the Commonwealth Institute in London on 18 December 1980.

Arrival of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
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Little Green Flags - bagpipes (a welcome to His Royal Highness)*

Introduction
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Tiyende Pamodzi (Forward Together) - Comex Zambia
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Do it In Style (for the West Indies) - Mary Abendroth USA
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Silver Train (The Queen's Jubilee Comex 8) - Comex and The Chase High School, Malvern

Welcome - Sir Dennis Hamilton, Chairman of Times Newspapers

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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

On behalf of Comex - Lionel Gregory
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Faith, Hope and Charity - Celia Congdon
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(Alternative version by Lydia Lufungulo and Comex Zambia)
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Gaon Ki Jyoti (Village Lights - for India) - Band of the 2nd KEO Goorkhas, Celia Congdon and Marjory Lyon
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On Wings of Love (for New Zealand) - Brenda Stevens and Chris Nichols
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Gregory's Frolic (Jig) - piper and dancers
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Kenaki (from Ki Kena for Punjab) - Chris Nichols and Celia Congdon
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The Living - The Chase High School led by Chris Nichols
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Nikola's Song (Life is empty without Love) - Mary Abendroth and Chris Nichols
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My Friend (a ballad dedicated to the bullock-cart drivers of India) - Chris Nichols
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Another Day (for Canada) - Brenda Stevens, Chris Nichols and the Band of the 2nd KEO Goorkhas**

Vote of thanks - Sir David Hunt, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Institute
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Baba Noma (Crying Drums - adapted from a Ghanaian folk song) - Comex Singers.
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(Alternative version by John Mwesa and Comex Zambia.)
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How Many - (the natural events of every day) - John Mwesa and Comex Zambia.
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Together Unafraid (theme song of Comex 10 played at the Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace before departure) - Comex and The Chase High School.
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* Little Green Flags, as a raga for the Commonwealth (Nannhey Harey Dhwaj) by Promod Shanker, Kamal Kant Sharma, the late Pipe Major Angus MacDonald MBE and Comex Zambia (Compiled by courtesy of BBC Radio Scotland).
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** The 2nd KEO Goorkhas used this spelling rather than the traditional Gurkhas.
   

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