Reedham's Orphanage Festival, 1910

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Boys' Drill: The fancy evolutions of the boys are not only performed with a skill and finish rarely witnessed even in military circles, but they produce artistic evolutions which will arouse every audience to enthusiasm. Order of pictures: Formation of companies and marching to position. Artistic evolutions: Formation of companies in a square with open corners, enclosing one company. Opening out to five crosses; revolving, with kaleidoscopic effect and remarkable precision. Development into "Victoria Cross" formation; perfect alignment and accuracy. Whirligig of concentric circles, moving in opposite directions. Dismissal, for preparation of tableau. Grand tableau; cone formation; outer circle prone, inner circles rising to center, with apex formed of three boys, gracefully arranged. Girls' Drill: Order of pictures: Girls advance and take open order. Drill: graceful and charming. Re-form for drill, in double lines. Drill in double lines, close order, great freedom of action. Drill in two ranks, alternate girls kneeling, beautiful motion. Changing rank. Marching. Drill in open order, with dumbbells and wands