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FW: Tommy Henton (1909 - 2006)

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: Tommy Henton (1909 - 2006)



The Long Eaton Silver Prize Band is sad to announce the death of its =
former
principal cornet player and bandmaster, Tommy Henton at the age of 97 on
Christmas Eve. Tommy was first taught to play the cornet by his elder
brother Albert, and was one of the last surviving members of the band =
which
won the Cassell=92s Saturday Journal Shield at Crystal Palace in 1927 =
under
the direction of the great Harry Evetts; the band=92s first, and, until =
this
year, only national championship win.

After the 1927 win, a number of players left the band for professional
careers in the emerging dance halls and Tommy became the band=92s =
principal
cornet. Tommy featured in most of the band=92s concerts, playing a =
variety of
solos such as =93Selected=94, =93My Dreams=94 (Tosti), =93Because=94 =
(Guy d'Hardelot),
=93O! Dry Those Tears=94 (Del Riego), =93I'll Sing Thee Songs of =
Araby=94 (Clay) and
=93The Lost Chord=94 (Sullivan) as well as leading the band to winning =
the
Russell Shield at the Leicester Brass Band Festival in 1935.

In the late 1930s Tommy became bandmaster to Harry Evetts, a post he =
held,
apart from the war years, until he left the band in c. 1948. The same =
team
of Tommy and Harry Evetts also led the Derby Borough Police Band =
(founded
1936) to winning the Senior Trophy in 1942 and the Grand Shield in 1943,
winning the latter contest by three points, and in doing so beating =
bands
conducted by both Fred and Harry Mortimer.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Tommy formed a small band with other former
Long Eaton players such as Arthur Veazey and Johnny Clay which gave =
concerts
in the local retirement homes (to audiences generally younger than
themselves). The band=92s current conductor, Sharon Stansfield n=E9e =
Ramplin,
who was taught by Tommy=92s son Ken, was honoured to assist at some of =
these
events.

Tommy=92s funeral is at Markeaton Crematorium  Derby  on Wednesday 10th
January at 2:40 p.m. The reception will be held afterwards in the Long =
Eaton
Silver Prize Band Club (which Tommy helped to found).


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