Chris Helme
1961 - wow....where have all the years gone ? - It only seems like yesterday.
Happy days at the Zion Chapel Hove Edge methodist centenary celebrations. Everyone is in costume of the era the first methodist church was opened in the village.
The Norwood Green co-op was the place where almost all the village residents would have done their weekly shop. The co-op opened on the 16 January 1888, and from its first day would have served the village well. Many households would have looked forward to the payment of the biannual dividend payments to help supplement their household budgets.
Patrick Sheridan (b: 1957) has been enthusiastically received as a solo artist around the world. He made his solo debut playing an arrangement of 'The Blue Bells of Scotland' accompanied by his mother, when he was just 8 years old. Only months later he had started playing his chosen instrument, the tuba! He made his solo orchestral debut at the age of 15. Since then has rocketed to success as a solo performer in venues ranging from the White House to Hollywood Bowl and performed more than 3000 concerts.
He became a member of The President’s Own, United States Marine Band. During his military service, he thrilled audiences across the USA with his amazing virtuosity and musicianship as one of the band’s primary soloists. Since then, Patrick has gone on to become an incredibly diverse artist with concert performances transcending stylistic genres and building fans around the world for his instrument, the tuba.
We are pleased to have three tracks featuring Patrick on this week's show.
Cornet and soprano star, Alan Morrison, has decided to retire from playing and conducting. He will be remembered as one of the most successful cornet players, having been the principal cornet at both Grimethorpe and Brighouse & Rastrick.
He was also regarded as a high quality conductor and also showed his talent on the soprano cornet, assisting Brighouse & Rastrick in many in the past two years.
He will continue as chairman for the Associated Board of Brass Band Adjudicators. Alan said “It is now over 50 years since I walked into my first band room at Cargo Fleet Works Junior Band in Middlesborough and since then I have always been involved regularly with a band both as a player or conductor.
It has come to retire gracefully into the back ground.
The last two years with Brighouse & Rastrick has been fantastic and brings the curtain down on my playing career at the very highest level. I will continue to adjudicate when invited and look forward to a relaxed retirement”
From everyone at Sunday Bandstand and your fans around the banding world we hope you have a long and happy retirement
Various bands, conductors and soloists.
Doyen Label: DOY 373
Lt Col Trevor Sharpe, LVO, OBE died on 22 May 2010. He was born in 1921 and was the Director of Music of the Coldstream Guards (1963-1974) and of The Royal Military School of Music (1974-1978), he remained at Kneller Hall as Professor of Instrumentation. He was appointed Director of Music of the Coldstream Guards in 1963 and remained in post until 1974.
His name will be familiar to millions of television viewers as it appears in the final credits of the ‘Dad’s Army’ TV programme, conducting the Coldstream Guards in the theme tune.
He was one of the adjudicator’s on the BBC TV series ‘Best of Brass’ from 1978 and ended in 1986. He adjudicated at the 1974 British Open and the 1980 National and European Brass Band Championships. After his retirement he lived for many years in the small village of Foy in the Wye Valley.
Listeners will be familiar with some of the many pieces he composed / arranged for brass bands. Enjoy the trombone trio we have on this week's show.
Chris
