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Dear Glynis,
I was home recently in Ireland for a wedding and spent some time in England before returning to Dallas. I received this message and a picture of Grand-Dad Treacy from a person who is attending University in Belfast and is working on Big Band Musicians from Ireland. Here is what she sent to me.
15 Aug 1930, Radio Times vol. 28 no. 359, p. 365
The afternoon concert on Friday, August 29, will be provided by the Trocadero Sextet, directed by E.W. Sibbald Treacy, and relayed from the Trocadero Restaurant, Portrush. Besides being musical director of the sextet, Mr. Treacy is responsible for the dance band at the Northern Counties Hotel in this County Antrim seaside resort. His interest in dance music began when he visited America eight years ago and came into contact with Schneider’s band in New York and Pennsylvania. Shortly after this he completed a tour through Europe with an American band, and the experience gained in this direction has been made full use of by Mr. Treacy, with the result that his sextet has proved itself the finest café orchestra in the Province. An idea of the strength of the combination can be gleaned from the fact that it contains such artists as Randolph Booth (violoncello), whose solos were at one time a feature of the Regent Cinema, Sheffield; and Jack Glover, who has earned a high reputation in the dance world.
I also received a picture of him when he was younger and was attached to that article, but I could not find a way to send it too you on this Forum.
If you are interested in seeing the picture if you email me at Foffee3@Aol.com I will send it to you.
Regards Rosemary
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