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Lee Skipsey Lee started his playing at the Salvation Army at the Regent Hall Corps in London, with a very high standard of musical tuition. He started playing the cornet in the young peoples band at the age of 7, but was alwats keen to play percussion. Soon after he moved with his parents to the Yorkshire Area where he furthered his playing on cornet and percussion if the opportunity arose. Eventually at the Leeds West Hunslet Corps of the Salvation Army he moved onto percussion in the band and played with many other army bands as a guest soloist. Lee would be called upon on a regular basis for recordings and concerts within the SA. He also toured Australia with the International Staff Songsters accompanied most of the vocal contemporary soloists. At the age of 21 he moved to Milton Keynes and was empoyed as the Youth Director for Milton Keynes. Within this time he set up youth clubs, youth advisory boards, sporting clubs and music groups seeing on average around 500 young people per week. Lee then decided a change of career was in order and bought a hairdressers in the Yorkshire town of Bingley. He carried on playing mostly on a free lance basis for big bands, orchesras and brass bands. He has been princiapl percussionist at various music schools and has won player of the year on two occasions. He is now principal percussionist of Black Dyke and has played with the band for four years. Lee is mostly respected for his kit playing turning heads in the biggest concerts in the brass band calender. The highlight so far has been accompanying James Morrison at Black Dykes 150th Celebration Concert in the Bridgewater Hall. Manchester. |
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