Jack Parnell - Honorary President

The NDF committee are pleased to announce that Jack Parnell has accepted an invitation to be the first Honorary President of the National Drum Fair. Jack is best known from his TV appearances as musical director of "Sunday Night at the London Palladium". He was Ted Heath's first drummer and led his own swinging big band though out the 1950's. Other noteable musical involvement included 'This is Tom Jones' and 'The Muppet Show'. In later years he provided the driving force to Kenny Baker's 'Best of British Jazz'.

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Eric Delaney - Honorary Vice-president

The NDF committee are pleased to announce that Eric Delaney has accepted an invitation to be the Honorary Vice-president of the National Drum Fair. Eric is a British drumming legend who won the Best Swing Drummer award at the age of 16 and hasn't looked back since. He is known throughout the world as a big band leader, showman and phenomenal drumming talent.