I have the same duty here in "supernatural" British Columbia,Canada, to prepare an evening of entertainment for 300 guests Trafalgar Night (including naval personnel, reserve), mixed ex pats. and others. I will trade you a faintly rude dialogue beween Hardy and Nelson (for a lighter note and for your prose pieces) for the music of Nelson's Praise (originally the Princess or Princes Royal) which I know but cannot find a score for my singers. Ditto "Blow Nelson Blow".... any offers?!

I was going to mention on the evening, as a segue, (in my script for the readers) that Canada and Vancouver are redolent with names from Nelson's time, and that Nelson visited Quebec (French!) and enjoyed it immensely -he said he felt extremely well there... Anyway, we have a Collingwood area both in Ontario and here, a Minto in New Brunswick, and many places are named after Nelson and Trafalgar etc. Maybe in Shanghai too?!