The young people aged between 11 – 25 years put together an hour long gala show in London as part of a unique weekend to launch the 2007 World Scout Jamboree. The Scouts and Guides, all cast members of the St Albans Scout and Guide Gang Show, were asked to represent the UK by national Scout headquarters who sent representatives to see the annual St Albans show in February this year. The organisers of the World Jamboree were originally looking for a short 20 minute performance but were so impressed with the high standard, energy and professionalism of the St Albans show that they asked the Gang to put together a full one hour show.
 | | The cast of St Albans Gang Show |
The 90 cast members combined big musical production numbers with smaller comedy sketches and close harmony singing and won two standing ovations from the 150 strong international audience. In addition to the international guests the evening was attended by the Chief Scout Peter Duncan, the Chief Executive of the Scout Association Derek Twine and representatives from the World Scout Bureau. Chief Scout and ex Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan was delighted with the Show. As an actor and TV presenter he has many years of experience in the performing arts and said "The St Albans Gang did a truly magnificent job of entertaining our guests from around the world. Over 50 countries were represented at the gala evening and everyone was hugely impressed with the energy, creativity and true professionalism of the performers. They were a credit to UK Scouting & Guiding". Producer of the show David Barker said "We have always prided ourselves on the fact that we are one of the best shows in the UK and we were therefore honoured to have been asked to represent the UK on the world scene. It was the biggest challenge we’ve faced to date as the cast had just three weeks to rehearse the show and the behind the scenes logistics were amazingly complex. However, the cast and crew pulled out all the stoppers and did a simply fantastic job of getting the show on the road" he added. | 
