• Source: Hettie Smith

Hettie Smith (3 September 1917 - 2 July 2010) was a choral director for the Girl Guides Association and compiler of several songbooks, including Canciones De Nuestra Cabaña (1980).




Personal life and education


Henrietta Grace Smith was born in Kent to Raymond Smith and Henrietta Langley. She was evacuated to Bath during WWI. After the war she grew up in Plumstead, London and attended the John Roan School. She trained as a teacher at the Saffron Waldon College. At the start of WWII she returned to Bath as a music teacher at Royal School, Lansdown. She lived in Bath until the 1980s when she moved to North Wales. In lieu of flowers at her funeral, donations were made to Girlguiding Somerset North and WaterAid.




Girl Guides


While in Bath, Smith was involved in “almost every aspect of Guiding”, including Brownies, Guides and secretarial work. Her roles included:

1960s: Somerset County music advisor - HQ singing instructor
1961: Standing Camps of Canada (Ontario) - singing instructor
1967 - 1972: Headquarters training team - arts and music advisor for England
1969: Commonwealth music advisor
1972: Training committee, chair, Girl Guide Association music consultant
She was also active in the music making at Foxlease Guide centre in Hampshire.




= Recordings

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Smith was involved in the following BBC albums:

Sing Along with the Girl Guides (1971) - conductor
National Guide Festival of Song (1972) - producer
Get Together: Children’s Songs with a Message (1973) – conductor (with Marion Prior)
What Can I Do? (1975) - director
Come On and Sing with the Girl Guides (1975) - sleeve notes




= Publications

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Smith, Hettie (1970). Diamond Jubilee Songbook. London, UK: Girl Guides Association. Compiler
Smith, Hettie (1974). Girl Guide Song Book 1 & 2. London, UK: Girl Guides Association. Editor
Smith, Hettie (1976). Musical Fun with the Brownie pack. London, UK: Girl Guides Association. ISBN 0852600739. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise
Smith, Hettie (1980). Canciones De Nuestra Cabaña (Songs from Our Cabaña). New York, USA: Girl Scouts of the USA. ISBN 9780884413660. Editor




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Midori (pemeran)
• Daftar hidangan nasi
• Daftar sejarawan
• Intolerance (film)
• Mary Astor
• Daftar film Amerika tahun 1996
• Jacki Weaver
• Kate McKinnon
• Hettie Smith
• Howards End (TV series)
• Normal People (TV series)
• Jennetta Vise
• Susan Stevens
• Nuestra Cabaña
• Mary Cuningham Chater
• Read House and Garden
• Darlings of Rhythm
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (film)