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Re: Overprinting on B&H Imperial 926

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2019-04-23 04:28

Hi Amy,
Some really amazing coincidences here !
Albert Lemoine became Director of Music of The Life Guards in 1938 and served all through the war, rising to become eventually the Senior Director of Music in the Army. He retired in 1959.
I auditioned for The Life Guards band in 1959 just a few months after Lemoine retired and I joined the band early 1960.
Was your first teacher L G Smith or P O'Donavan ? O'Donavan was solo clarinet in 1945 followed by Wilf Hambledon till 1948, F Perks until 1953 and then, the well known in USA, Johnny Denman until 1955.
Smith was trumpet major from 1945 to 1949 and was probably on the solo clarinet stand but not actually the solo clarinet. Smith was followed as T/Maj by Ben Clarke, Ben retired in 1959 and joined the Standard Motorworks Military Band as solo trumpet. I was then playing with that band, and it was Ben who basically pointed me to the Life Guards when my conscription call-up came.
During my time with the band our solo clarinet was Colin Parr. Colin eventually became principal clarinet with the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) staying there for 33 years, including the years when Simon Rattle was music director.
Caroline

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