Ralph Reader

W. H. Ralph Reader born May 25 1903 in Crewkerne, Somerset, United Kingdom died May 13, 1982 at Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.

Awarded CBE (1959) and MBE (Military Division) (1943) for service in RAF Intelligence.

In 1971 Reader was made a member of the UK entertainment charity, the Grand Order of Water Rats.

Reader was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1975.

Choreographer, lyricist, director and producer (both theatre and television), Scouter.

Originator of the Scouting Gang Show.

ongs written

*"We're Riding Along on the Crest of a Wave"
*"In my dream, I'm going back to Gilwell."
*"Scout Hymn"
*"Strollin"'
*"No Show Like A Gang Show"
*"We'll Go On And On"
*"Where Do We Go From Here?"
*"You Know It's Jazz"
*"Nobody Wants To Know"
*"Gee It's A Wonderful Life"
*"Together"
*"A touch of silver"

Published works by Ralph Reader

*"Good Turns for Scout Shows - (1933)
*"Oh, Scouting is a Boy - (1950)
*"It's Been Terrific" - autobiography (1953)
*"This is the Gang Show" - guide to producing Gang Shows (1957)
*"Ralph Reader Remembers" - autobiography (1974)

External links

* [http://www.woolwich.org.uk/lgsf/archive/ralph/rrcbe/19031982.htm Short biography at London Gang Show Fellowship]
* [http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs120160.pdf Material Written By Ralph Reader, Esq. CBE. (PDF)]
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