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Henry
Hager, Cornet and vocals:
"Old Henry" has been a District Attorney, State
Senator, Philadelphia lawyer and insurance trade association
president. He learned to play the cornet while in the
Pennsylvania Senate "for political reasons." It must have
worked. The other senators gave him his horn as a gift!
Henry handles the vocals and announcing duties in addition to
his cornet playing..
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Dave
Thornton, Tubas:
Dave is a retired educator and professional
writer who, several times each week, tries out his material on
his most critical audience--us! We like his essays, but we love
his oompahs! He is a wealth of musical knowledge while
anchoring the rhythm section.
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Phil Blanchette, Trumpet
Phil spent many years in
NH, and still plays on occasion, with the Swift River Jazz Band
there. He has been playing traditional jazz since Jr.
high in big bands, combos, you name it, he has played it.
He resides in Cape Coral. Forty plus years ago he played with
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Dick
Jenkins, Tenor Banjo:
Dick is a retired Junior High School science
teacher
who plays banjo here in the winter, and with the
Dixie Diehards &
Stone Street
Strummers in
Massachusetts in the Summer. Given that background, he is a
natural to be our band director and disciplinarian. He says
that Junior High School was easier.
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Howard
Bacon, Trombone:
Howard is a retired business executive who has
been playing since early childhood. He is one of the lucky ones
who discovered early enough in life that music should be a
sideline for him. As he puts it, "If I had been just a little
bit better musician, I'd have done it for a living and had a lot
less money!" Today he seeks his reward by entertaining
enthusiastic audiences.
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Bill
Kiesewetter - Piano & Webmaster
Retired from too many years in the computer
industry, resides in Marion, MA., but winters usually in
Florida. Founding member of the
Dixie Diehards in
Foxboro, Ma. during the summer. He has played with several
Florida bands including the
Marco Island
Strummers, the Gadabouts,
Bonita Village Band and now the
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Dave
KillKelley, Clarinet:
Dave is a lawyer, but don't hold that against
him; he'd rather play music. He has played clarinet with big
bands, and Dixieland bands on land and on the water (on the Mt.
Washington cruise ship on Lake Winnepesaukee}. Dave previously
played with the Bonita Village Band. His improvisational skills
are truly appreciated. He joins us from New Hampshire each
Fall.
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Tom
Cooley, Percussionist:
Tom started
playing drums in junior high in a rock band called “The
Rockets.” He played in the Navy ROTC band in college. After
military service and graduate school, he got a day job as an
English professor at Ohio State, where he taught American
literature for more than thirty years. Although he still writes
textbooks, Tom retired from teaching in 2003 and now lives full
time on Sanibel. On the island, he is member of the music
committee of BIG ARTS and the drummer (and den mother) for
Island Jazz.
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Ed
Goodstone, 1st Cornet:
Ed is a native
New Yorker, fresh from the executive offices of Penn Mutual and
Lincoln Life of New York. He has been playing trumpet and
cornet since junior high, and we snagged him from a couple of
community bands. It is rumored he can play classical
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Sally Jane Heit,
Vocalist
Our "Girl Singer" or "The Lady who sings with
the band" is Sally-Jane Heit who trained at the High School for
the Performing Arts in New York and Yale Drama School. Her
credits include movies, television, Broadway (on and off),
regional theatre, touring companies and cabaret. The list is
long and very impressive. This gig tests her improvisational
skills because she never knows what the band might do next,
which is very consistent because neither do we!
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