| Former 
      lawyer and Chief Executive of Canterbury City Council, Chris was awarded 
      the MBE and an honorary Doctorate at the end of a long and distinguished 
      career in Local Government. Musically educated as a Cathedral chorister 
      (Southwell Minster) he is an experienced singer who has never found time 
      to indulge in the pleasures of Brass - until his retirement, when he took 
      up trombone playing from scratch. He now enjoys a busy life with his family 
      which he combines with a variety of voluntary work, a single-figure golf 
      handicap and other musical activities (including the well-known open-air 
      Christmas Eve public Carol-Singing in Canterbury which he has conducted 
      for many years).  | 
     
      
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