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Ridley Bell Sr.

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Ridley Bell Sr.

Birth
Horton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
Death
6 Dec 1954 (aged 75)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Westminster, Orange County, California, USA Add to Map
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Section 30 Devotion
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The following is from page 98 of Earl Jacob Carlton's journal. I do not know if it is correct because it happened long before I was born.

Uncle Ridley played a trumpet with one hand and directed the band with the other hand. At one time, he was rated a better bandmaster than John Philip Sousa. In California, he once directed a band of over a thousand players. At that time, it was the largest group to ever play together. After his stroke, he wanted to give me a march he composed, but he was too sick to find it.
The following is from page 98 of Earl Jacob Carlton's journal. I do not know if it is correct because it happened long before I was born.

Uncle Ridley played a trumpet with one hand and directed the band with the other hand. At one time, he was rated a better bandmaster than John Philip Sousa. In California, he once directed a band of over a thousand players. At that time, it was the largest group to ever play together. After his stroke, he wanted to give me a march he composed, but he was too sick to find it.

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RIDLEY BELL
1879 - 1954

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