11th September 1962
Composer Gerald Le Feuvre is born
When the States of Jersey set out to find a new anthem, it established a competition and invited public submissions. Explaining the rationale behind the search, the BBC quoted the Bailiff, saying, “there are occasions, both sporting and cultural, when we need a national song by which to identify ourselves… We are not England, nor the UK, nor France; we are Jersey. We have our own separate identity, and most of us are very proud of that.”
Island Home
One of the submissions it received, Island Home, came from Jersey-born Gerard Le Feuvre and, although it was declared the winner after a public performance of the shortlisted finalists, the States didn’t immediately adopt it, as a public vote had instead selected an alternative piece by James Taberner.
Le Fevure was born in Jersey and educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He founded the Kings Chamber Orchestra.
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Other events that occured in September
St Helier Weybridge station closes
- Weybridge station stood in what is now Liberation Square. It opened in October 1870 and closed on 30 September 1936
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Writer Philippe Langlois is born
- Philippe Langlois was a qualified doctor and a medical officer in the Royal Jersey Militia, as well as an author and poet.
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Jersey girl is killed by a slamming door
- A centenier visited Fort Regent to check on the unlikely story that a four-year-old girl was killed by a slamming door.
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Jersey’s Victoria College opens for the first time
- Named in honour of Queen Victoria to commemorate her 1846 visit to Jersey, work on Victoria College was completed with its opening in 1852
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