Coordinates: 51°34′59″N 0°18′12″W / 51.5830°N 0.3032°W / 51.5830; -0.3032

Kenton
Kenton  Kenton shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ175885
London borough	Brent
	Harrow
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HARROW
Postcode district	HA3
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Brent North
	Harrow East
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
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Kenton is an area in northwest London, England, partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent.

History[link]

The hamlet was recorded as "Keninton" in 1232. The name derives from the personal name of the Saxon "Coena" and the Old English "tun", a farm - and means "the farm of Coena" and his family who once lived on a site near here. Before the 20th century, the tiny settlement was concentrated around in what was Kenton Lane (the easternmost part of which remains as Old Kenton Lane to the east of Kingsbury station) and is now part of the present day Woodgrange Avenue and Kenton Road.^[1]

The Plough public house was Kenton's first, opening in the early 18th century; the current building is not the original. (The Plough is now an Indo-Chinese fusion restaurant & bar and has been renamed Blue Ginger.)

The main road through the area is Kenton Road.

The local school is Priestmead First and Middle School on Hartford Avenue.

The local high school is Claremont High School on Claremont Avenue off Kenton Road.

Kenton station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15 June 1912. The Metropolitan Railway's "Northwick Park and Kenton" station (later renamed Northwick Park) followed on 28 June 1923. The coming of the railways was soon followed by suburban development, most of Kenton being built between the Wars.

Thomas Francis Nash owned building companies which from the 1920s onward built numerous private housing estates in Kenton, Ruislip and other parts of the "Metroland" area of Middlesex. Local estate agents still use the term "Nash-built" to describe properties built by Nash in Kenton.

Apart from the infamous appearance of several of Kenton's streets in one episode of the cult BBC TV series "Fawlty Towers" starring John Cleese,^[2] the only known reference to Kenton in modern popular culture is the song "Kenton Kev",^[3] by the Berlin-based punk-jazz band The Magoo Brothers on their album "Beyond Believable", released on the Bouncing Corporation label in 1988. The song refers to the "pleasant valley" high suburban boredom factor then prevalent in the area, and cites local characters and places, some fairly well known. It is said that "Kenton Kev" refers in fact to Kevin Jones, the US-based property magnate, who was actually born in Kenton. The song was written by Paul Bonin, Philip Ulysses Sanders and Melanie Hickford, all of whom grew up and lived in the area.

Transport[link]

Buses[link]

Routes 114, 183, 223, H9 & H10 and H18 & H19 serve Kenton.

London Underground stations[link]

• Kenton station
• South Kenton station

Nearby places[link]

• Belmont
• Harrow
• Kingsbury
• North Wembley
• Northwick Park
• Wealdstone

Geography[link]

Neighbouring areas of Kenton

	Wealdstone	Belmont	Queensbury
	Harrow		Kingsbury
		Kenton    East
	Harrow on the Hill	Northwick Park	Preston

Notable people[link]

• Actress Michele Austin, best known as PC Yvonne Hemmingway in ITV's The Bill, attended Claremont High School in Kenton

• Cricketer Denis Compton (1918–1997) lived in Kenton

• TV exercise instructor Mr Motivator (Derrick Evans) lived in Kenton

• Acclaimed stage actress Annette McLaughlin attended Claremont High School in Kenton

• Mary Millington (1945–1979), 1970s sex symbol, was born in Kenton

• Actress Sophie Okonedo lived in Kenton

• Stuart "Psycho" Pearce, football manager and former player, attended Claremont High School in Kenton

• Actress Pam St. Clement, best known as Pat in BBC soap EastEnders, lived in Kenton

• Journalist and broadcaster John Timpson (1928–2005) was born in Kenton

• Footballer Darren Ward was born in Kenton

• Actress Mary Wimbush (1924–2005), best known as Julia Pargetter in BBC Radio 4's The Archers, was born in Kenton

References[link]

External source[link]

Ebdon, J. Ebdon's England (David & Charles, 1985). ISBN 0-7153-8595-X

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Stan Kenton
Background information
Birth name	Stanley Newcomb Kenton
Born	(1911-12-15)December 15, 1911
Origin	Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died	August 25, 1979(1979-08-25) (aged 67)
Genres	West Coast jazz, swing, jazz
Occupations	Bandleader, pianist, composer, arranger
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1930s–1970s
Labels	Capitol, Decca, Creative World
Associated acts	Maynard Ferguson, Zoot Sims, Anita O'Day, June Christy, Chris Connor, Art Pepper, Pete Rugolo, Eddie Safranski

Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979)^[1] was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led an innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was active as an educator.

Early life[link]

Stan Kenton was born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised first in Colorado, then in California. He learned piano as a child, and while still a teenager toured with various bands. He attended Bell High School, in Bell, California, where he graduated in 1930. In June 1941 he formed his own band, which developed into one of the best-known West Coast ensembles of the 1940s. In the mid-1940s, Kenton's band and style became known as "The Wall of Sound", a tag later used by Phil Spector.^[2]

Career[link]

Kenton played in the 1930s in the dance bands of Vido Musso and Gus Arnheim, but his natural inclination was as a band leader. In 1941 he formed his first orchestra, which later was named after his theme song "Artistry in Rhythm". A competent pianist, influenced by Earl Hines, Kenton was much more important in the early days as an arranger and inspiration for his loyal sidemen. Although there were no major names in his first band (bassist Howard Rumsey and trumpeter Chico Alvarez come the closest), Kenton spent the summer of 1941 playing regularly before a very appreciative audience at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, CA. Influenced by Jimmie Lunceford (who, like Kenton, enjoyed high-note trumpeters and thick-toned tenors), the Stan Kenton Orchestra struggled a bit after its initial success. Its Decca recordings were not big sellers and a stint as Bob Hope's backup radio band was an unhappy experience; Les Brown permanently took Kenton's place.^[2]

Stan Kenton with Eddie Safranski, 1947 or 1948

By late 1943 with a Capitol Records contract, a popular record in "Eager Beaver", and growing recognition, the Stan Kenton Orchestra was gradually catching on. Its soloists during the war years included Art Pepper, briefly Stan Getz, altoist Boots Mussulli, and singer Anita O'Day. By 1945 the band had evolved quite a bit. Pete Rugolo became the chief arranger (extending Kenton's ideas), Bob Cooper and Vido Musso offered very different tenor styles, and June Christy was Kenton's new singer; her hits (including "Tampico" and "Across the Alley From the Alamo") made it possible for Kenton to finance his more ambitious projects. A popular recording of "Laura" was made, the theme song from the film Laura (starring actress Gene Tierney), and featured the voices of the band.^[2]

Calling his music "progressive jazz," Kenton sought to lead a concert orchestra as opposed to a dance band at a time when most big bands were starting to break up. By 1947 Kai Winding was greatly influencing the sound of Kenton's trombonists, the trumpet section included such screamers as Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, and Al Porcino, Jack Costanzo's bongos were bringing Latin rhythms into Kenton's sound, and a riotous version of "The Peanut Vendor" contrasted with the somber "Elegy for Alto". Kenton had succeeded in forming a radical and very original band that gained its own audience.^[2]

In 1949 Kenton took a year off. In 1950 he put together his most advanced band, the 39-piece Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra that included 16 strings, a woodwind section, and two French horns. Its music ranged from the unique and very dense modern classical charts of Bob Graettinger to works that somehow swung despite the weight. Such major players as Maynard Ferguson (whose high-note acrobatics set new standards), Shorty Rogers, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Laurindo Almeida, Shelly Manne, and June Christy were part of this remarkable project, but from a commercial standpoint, it was really impossible. Kenton managed two tours during 1950-1951 but soon reverted to his usual 19-piece lineup.^[2]

Then quite unexpectedly, Kenton went through a swinging period. The charts of such arrangers as Shorty Rogers, Gene Roland, Gerry Mulligan, Marty Paich, Johnny Richards, and particularly Bill Holman and Bill Russo began to dominate the repertoire. Such talented players (in addition to the ones already named) as Lee Konitz, Conte Candoli, Sal Salvador, Stan Levey, Frank Rosolino, Richie Kamuca, Zoot Sims, Sam Noto, Bill Perkins, Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis, Pete Candoli, Lucky Thompson, Carl Fontana, Pepper Adams, and Jack Sheldon made strong contributions. The music was never predictable and could get quite bombastic, but it managed to swing while still keeping the Kenton sound.^[2]

Later years[link]

Stan Kenton in Munich, September 25, 1973

Kenton's last successful experiment was his mellophonium band of 1960-1963. Despite the difficulties in keeping the four mellophoniums (which formed their own separate section) in tune, this particular Kenton orchestra had its exciting moments; the albums "Adventures in Jazz" and "West Side Story" (arrangements by Johnny Richards) each won Grammy awards in 1962 and 1963. Kenton Plays Wagner (1964) was an important project, produced in concert with his interests in jazz education and encouraging big band music in high schools and colleges instructing what he called "progressive jazz." Stan knew what he had in the body of work that was The Stan Kenton Orchestra and in the remainder of his life and career, he took on the challenge of ensuring his legacy that was Progressive Jazz.

In the early 1970s Kenton split from his long-time association with Capitol Records and formed his own label, "The Creative World of Stan Kenton". Recordings produced during the 1970s on this new label included several "live" concerts at various universities and are a testament to his devotion to education. In addition, Kenton made his charts available to college and high-school stage bands. When Kenton took to the road during the early 70's and up to his last tour, he took with him seasoned veteran musicians (Willie Maiden, Warren Gale, Graham Ellis and others) teaming them with relatively unknown young artists to mentor America's youth and take advantage of the unchecked energy in those young players while at the same time preserving the legacy of his work as an active art form. New Kenton arrangements (including those by Hank Levy, Bill Holman, Bob Curnow, Willie Maiden and Ken Hanna) expanded the creative foundation that nurtured original musical exploration by these younger artists long after Gabe Baltazar's "graduation" in 1965. Many alumni became educators and itinerate clinicians caught up in the art of inspiring younger players (Mike Vax, The Baron Jon Von Ohlen, Chuck Carter, and Richard Torres). A few went on to take their musical careers to the next level (Peter Erskine, Dick Shearer) and beyond.

Jack Sandmeier, Road Manager during these years, tells the story of an unusual meeting in a hotel lobby lounge between Woody Herman and Kenton. Unusual because they both toured more than fifty (50) weeks a year "one-nighters," in order to keep their respective bands on the road, they hardly ever met. In discussing a chronically late band member, Herman said to Kenton..."Fire his ass, there's thousands of them and only two of us."^[3][4]

He had a skull fracture from a fall in 1977 while on tour in Reading, PA. He entered Midway Hospital on August 17, 1979 after a stroke and later died.^[5]

Criticism[link]

In 1956, when the band returned from its European trip, the Critics Poll in Down Beat reflected victories by black musicians in virtually every category. The Kenton band was playing in Ontario, Canada, at the time, and Kenton dispatched a telegram which lamented "a new minority, white jazz musicians," and stated his "disgust [with the so-called] literary geniuses of jazz." Jazz critic Leonard Feather, alone of all the critics, responded in the October 3, 1956, issue with an open letter which questioned Kenton's racial views. Feather implied that Kenton's failure to win the Critics Poll was probably the real reason for the complaint, and wondered if racial prejudice was involved.

Fellow DownBeat critic Ralph J. Gleason wrote that Feather's verdict was passed on Kenton "...without, unfortunately, any real forethought or public statement from the only musicians really in a position to know.”^[6] Jazz writer Jack McKinney stated that the night Kenton wrote the telegram, there were two African-Americans trombonists touring with him.^[7] Previous to Feather's letter, in the December 16, 1953, issue of Down Beat, critic Nat Hentoff had written that ". . . Stan is as free from prejudice of any kind as any man I know."

Feather's allegation of prejudice ignored Kenton's well-known close friendships with Duke Ellington and Count Basie.^[8] In July to September, 1955, the year before Feather's letter, Kenton hosted the CBS summer replacement, Music 55, for which he invited Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway, and many other African-American artists to participate.^[9] He toured with Basie and his Orchestra in Fall, 1960, and released an album with the Nat King Cole Trio in 1962.

McKinney wrote further, in 1965, that "All points [of the Feather letter] except the last were based on conjecture, and events preceding and following Feather's complaint have shown how ridiculous they were." He further pointed out that many budding African-American jazz musicians, such as Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, were given more exposure on Kenton-sponsored tours than elsewhere.^[7] One Kenton band member, trumpeter Donald Byrd, in discussing Kenton's hands-on college and university music program, said, "My experience with the Stan Kenton clinic at the National Band Camp has left me in complete ecstasy ... The camp was interracial, both in the teaching faculty and the student body..."^[7]

Feather himself realized his error, and in August, 1960, apologized for the letter he then claimed was a "result of sorrow."^[6] Kenton later lamented of Feather's apology, "I think it was on the back page of the Pittsburg Inquirer."^[7] Kenton reportedly felt that Feather had created a great ill feeling toward him by African-American musicians, and no matter how apologetic Feather would be, much of that "prejudice-in-reverse" would remain.

Legacy[link]

Kenton was a salient figure on the American musical scene and made an indelible mark on the arranged type of big band jazz. Kenton's music evolved with the times throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and although he was no longer considered a contemporary innovator, he promoted jazz and jazz improvisation through his service as an educator. The "Kenton Style" continues to permeate big bands at the high school and collegiate level, and the framework he designed for the "jazz clinic" is still widely in use today.

His music has experienced a resurgence in interest, with later critical "rediscovery" of his music and many reissues of his recordings. An alumni band tours to this day, led by lead trumpeter Mike Vax, which performs not only classic Kenton arrangements, but also new music written and performed in the Kenton style.

Kenton donated his entire library to the music department of North Texas State University^[10] (now the University of North Texas), and the Stan Kenton Jazz Recital Hall is named in his honor. His arrangements are now published by Sierra Music Publications.^[11]

Kenton continued leading and touring with his big band up to his final performance in August 1978. He suffered a stroke in August 1979. Kenton did not recover and died on August 25, 1979. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles.

The complex machinations of Kenton's private life have recently been disclosed in the 2010 memoir "Love Affair", written by his daughter Leslie Kenton.^[12] She describes her experience of life within the Kenton family and discloses secrets, including the incestuous relationship she had with her talented and celebrated, yet self-doubting and frequently troubled, alcoholic father.

Noted band personnel[link]

Discography[link]

This section requires expansion.

Studio albums[link]

• Stan Kenton And His Orchestra - McGregor #LP201 (1941)
• The Formative Years - Decca #589 489-2 (1941–1942)
• Stan Kenton Encores - Capitol #155 (various early years)
• Stan Kenton's Artistry In Rhythm - Capitol #167 ('45-'48)
• Opus In Pastels - Jazz Roots (1945–1952)
• A Presentation Of Progressive Jazz - Capitol #T172 (1947)
• Innovations In Modern Music - Capitol #189 (1-30-1950)
• Stan Kenton's Milesones - Capitol #T190 (thru 1950)
• Stan Kenton Presents - Capitol #248 (1950)
• City Of Glass (Stan Kenton recording) - Capitol #H353 (1951)
• Stan Kenton Classics - Capitol #358 (various years)
• New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm - Capitol 383 (1952)
• Stan Kenton's Greatest Hits (orig.recordings) - Capitol #398 (1943–1951)
• Sketches On Standards- Capitol #426 (1953)
• This Modern World- Capitol #460 (1953)
• Portraits On Standards - Capitol #462 (1953)
• Kenton Showcase: The Music of Bill Holman And Bill Russo - Capitol #W524 (1954)
• The Kenton Era - Capitol #WDX569 (1940–1953)
• Duet (June Christy) - Capitol #656 (1955)
• Contemporary Concepts - Capitol #666 (1955)
• Kenton In HI-FI - Capitol #724 (1956)
• Cuban Fire! - Capitol #731 (1956)
• City Of Glass And This Modern World - Capitol #736 (various years)
• With Voices - Capitol #810 (1957)
• Rendezvous With Kenton - Capitol #932 (1957)
• Back To Balboa - Capitol #995 (1958)
• The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton - Capitol #1068 (1958)
• Lush Interlude - Capitol #1130 (1958)
• The Stage Door Swings - Capitol #1166 (1958)
• The Kenton Touch - Capitol #1276 (1958)
• Viva Kenton - Capitol #1305 (1959)
• Standards In Silhouette - Capitol #1394 (1959)
• Too Much (with Ann Richards) - Capitol #1495 (1960)
• Sophisticated Approach - Capitol #1674 (1961)
• The Romantic Approach - Capitol #1533 (1961)
• A Merry Christmas - Capitol #1621 (1961)
• West Side Story - Capitol #1609 (1961)
• Adventures In Blues - Capitol #1985 (1961)
• Adventures In Jazz - Capitol #1796 (1961)
• Adventures In Standards - (1961)
• Stan Kenton Plays 18 Original Big-Band Recordings - Hindsight #HCD=407
• Mellophonium Magic - Status #CD103 (1962)
• Mellophonium Moods - Status #STCD106 (1962)
• Adventures In Time - Capitol #1844 (1962)
• Stan Kenton - Tex Ritter - Capitol #1757 (1962)
• Artistry In Bossa Nova - Capitol #1931 (1963)
• Kenton/Turner - Capitol #2051 (1963)
• Artistry In Voices And Brass - Capitol #2132 (1963)
• Kenton/Wagner - Capitol #2217 (1964)
• Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra - Capitol #2424 (1965-1966)
• Stan Kenton Plays For Today - Capitol #2655 (1966-1967)
• The World We Know - Capitol #2810
• The Jazz Compositions Of Dee Barton - Capitol #2932 (1967)
• Hair - Capitol #ST305 (1968)
• Finian's Rainbow - Capitol #2971 (1968)
• Today: Recorded Live In London - London #B944179-80 (1972)
• National Anthems Of The World - Creative World #1060
• Birthday In Britain - Creative World #1065 (1973)
• 7.5 On The Richter Scale - Creative World #1070 (1973)
• Kenton Plays Chicago - Creative World #1072 (1974)
• Fire, Fury and Fun - Creative World #1073 (1974)
• Kenton '76 - Creative World #1076 (1976)
• Journey Into Capricorn - Creative World #1077 (1976)
• Some Women I've Known - Creative World #1029
• Stan Kenton Without His Orchestra (solo) - Creative World #1071
• Street Of Dreams - Creative World #1079

Live albums[link]

• Stan Kenton Stompin' At Newport - Pablo #PACD-5312-2 (1957)
• Road Show, Stan Kenton, June Christy, The Four Freshmen - Capitol #TBO1327 (1959)
• Kenton Live From The Las Vegas Tropicana - Capitol #1460 (1959)
• Stan Kenton at Ukiah - Status #STCD109 (1959)
• Stan Kenton In New Jersey - Status #USCD104 (1959)
• Live at Redlands University (1970)
• Live at Brigham Young (1971)
• Stan Kenton Today - Live In London - London/Creative World #BP 44179-80 (1972)
• Live at Butler University (1973)
• Live in Europe (1976)

Compilations[link]

• The Kenton Era - Capitol #WDX569 (1940–1953)
• Stan Kenton On AFRS - Status DSTS1019 (1944-1945)
• One Night Stand - Magic #DAWE66 (1961–1962)
• The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Holman And Russo Charts (Mosaic)
• The Complete Capitol Recordings (Mosaic)
• The Peanut Vendor
• The Jazz Compositions Of Stan Kenton - Creative World #ST1078 (1945–1973)

Compositions[link]

Stan Kenton's compositions included "Artistry in Rhythm", "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine", "Dynaflow" with Art Pepper, "Machito", "Collaboration", "Journey to Btazil", and "Introduction to a Latin Rhythm" with Pete Rugolo, "Opus in Pastels", "Artistry Jumps", "Reed Rapture", "Eager Beaver", "Artistry in Boogie", "Fantasy", "Rhythm Incorporated", "Southern Scandal", "Monotony", "Abstraction", "Harlem Holiday", "Painted Rhythm", "Minor Riff", "Concerto to End All Concertos", "A Theme to the West", "Elegy For Alto", "Early Hours (Lady Luck)", and "Sunset Tower".

References[link]

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External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stan Kenton

• Bell High School Alumni Page for Stan Kenton
• Article on Stan Kenton's Mellophonium Band
• An Interview with Jo Lea Starling, wife of Ray Starling
• An Interview with Tony Scodwell, Stan Kenton Mellophoniumist
• The Stan Kenton Collection at the University of North Texas
• Stan Kenton's music published by Sierra Music Publications

Further reading[link]

• Easton, Carol (1981). Straight Ahead: The Story of Stan Kenton. Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-80152-5. 
• Lee, William F. (1994). Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm. Los Angeles: Creative Press. ISBN 978-0-89745-993-8. 
• Sparke, Michael (2011). Stan Kenton: This Is an Orchestra!. North Texas Lives of Musicians Series. University of North Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-57441-325-0. 

Kenton Cool (born 30 July 1973) is an English mountaineer, alpinist and UIAGM mountain guide. He is one of Britain’s leading alpine climbers with record hard first ascents^{[clarification needed]} and ten successful Everest summits,^[1] including leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes' 2008 and 2009 Expeditions. He has completed 18 successful expeditions in the Greater Ranges. Cool is married and lives in Quenington in the UK and near Chamonix in France.

Biography[link]

Kenton Cool graduated from the University of Leeds in 1994 after studying BSc Geological Sciences.^[2] Cool was first introduced to mountaineering at Scouts where he read about the first ascent on Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.^[3] An obsession with rock climbing developed at Leeds University and, on graduating, he moved to Sheffield to pursue this further. In 1996, he suffered a fall from a rock face and shattered both heel bones. A year of surgery and therapy saw him become determined to regain his climbing form and he joined the British Mountain Guides^[4] scheme. Cool is now based in the Alps and Greater Ranges of the Himalaya as a fully qualified IFMGA Guide and Expedition Leader.

In 2003, Cool was nominated alongside climbing partners for the Piolet d'Or award for a route on Annapurna III.

In October 2006, Cool was the first British person to complete a ski descent of an 8,000 metre peak, on Cho Oyu in Nepal, the 6th highest mountain in the World.

In March 2007, Cool led polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes on a successful attempt of the North face of The Eiger.^[5]

In May 2008, Cool and Fiennes attempted to summit Mount Everest but Fiennes turned back 300m from the top. In 2009, Cool returned to Everest and successfully led Sir Ranulph Fiennes to the top, making Cool the most successful British Expedition Leader on the mountain.^[6]

As an Expedition Leader, Cool has completed 18 successful expeditions in the Greater Ranges. His Everest record stands testament to this, holding the highest success rate of any Mountain Guide. He has personally reached the summit of Everest ten times, in May 2007 he summitted twice in one week.^[7]

Major ascents[link]

Expedition career[link]

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Cool is considered one of the UK's top mountain and ski expedition leaders having made several ascents of hard routes with clients, including the first British guided ascent of the famous North Face of the Eiger with Sir Ranulph Fiennes in 2007.

In 2006, as part of his expedition to Nepal, he made the first British ski descent of an 8000m peak, Cho Oyu is the 6th highest mountain in the world and the ski was done solo.

As well as ten ascents of Everest, he has led further successful expeditions on the following significant mountains around the world: Kilimanjaro, Denali in North America, Ama Dablam in Nepal, Cho Oyu in Nepal/Tibet.

In the autumn of 2010 Cool made the third ever ski descent of Manaslu in Nepal, the world's eighth highest mountain. In doing so become one of only a few people world wide to ski multiple 8000m peaks.

Television work[link]

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As part of the Eiger expedition in 2007, ITN set up a simulcast at the foot of the mountain, allowing Cool, Fiennes and Parnell to broadcast live from the mountain face and straight into the ITN News studio. Their summit attempt was broadcast on each live news section for five days. A further one-hour documentary of the successful climb was aired on BBC Four and The Discovery Channel.

As part of Cool's 2007 Everest expedition, Cool took part in filming for the five-part BBC Television documentary Everest ER. As well as providing extensive interview material for the documentary, Cool was also given specialist high-altitude camera equipment to capture footage high on the mountain, including summit footage. Everest ER followed Cool's expedition as it unfolded, which included his double summit in one week. The programme was aired over five weeks on BBC1.

Personal life[link]

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Cool married in 2008, and has one daughter, Saffron, born in 2010. He currently splits his time between the small village of Mont Saxonnex in the French Alps where he spends his time working as a director of Dream Guides, a Chamonix based guiding company and alpine guide, and the village of Quenington in Gloucestershire in the UK.

Charitable activity[link]

In March 2007, Cool was part of a three-man team (including Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Ian Parnell) to raise funds for the Marie Curie Eiger Challenge Appeal. A successful summit of the North Face of the Eiger raised £1.8 million for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity.

In May 2008, Cool and Sir Ranulph Fiennes raised a further £2.6 million for the Marie Curie charity as part of the Everest Challenge Appeal. Cool summited with the Marie Curie flag.^[9]

Annually, Cool provides a series of speaking events for the Royal Geographical Society and various outdoor clothing manufacturers and retailers as well as keynote speeches at corporate conferences. He is also regularly invited to sit on specialist panels. At these events, he heavily supports and promotes Porters Progress, a foundation set up to support the mountain portering community in Nepal. Porters Progress is now part of the dZi Foundation^[10]

Porters' Progress UK is now a UK-based charity.^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official/Twitter
• Official/Facebook fanpage
• Official/personal website

Caroline Sunshine
Caroline Sunshine in June 2011
Born	(1995-09-05) September 5, 1995 (age 16) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	2008–present

Caroline Sunshine (born September 5, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Barbara Winslow in the Fox family film, Marmaduke, and for her co-starring role as flashy European exchange student Tinka Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel comedy series Shake It Up.

Early life[link]

Caroline Sunshine was born September 5, 1995, in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Thom and Karen Sunshine.^[1] She was raised in Orange County, California, and has two younger brothers, John (born in 1997) and Christopher (born in 2000).^[1][2] Sunshine began studying ballet at the age of 3 and landed her first lead role playing Goldilocks in a kindergarten play.^[1][2] She later moved on to acting with the Orange County Children's Theater and dancing competitively with the South Coast Performing Arts studio in Tustin, California.^[2][3] Sunshine's stage credits include Annie Warbucks at the Orange County Children's Theatre, The Nutcracker at the Academy of Dance and South Coast Performing Arts, and Stage Door at the Lutheran High School of Orange County.^[1][4]

Career[link]

In 2006, Sunshine began going on professional auditions at the age of 11, and landed her first role in a commercial for Amazing Allysen the talking doll, as well as commercial work for Yoplait Go-Gurt, and Cap'n Crunch.^[1][2][3] In 2010, Sunshine filmed her first pilot for the CBS sitcom, Team Spitz, co-starring as the teenage daughter of a high school coach played by Rob Riggle of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.^[2][5][6] In the summer of that same year, she gained popular notoriety for her role as Barbara Winslow in her first feature film, Marmaduke, based on the comic strip of the same name.^[2][3][5]

In the fall of 2010, Sunshine landed what would become a co-starring role on the Disney Channel original series, Shake It Up as European exchange student, Tinka Hessenheffer alongside Kenton Duty as her flamboyant fraternal twin brother, Gunther.^{[7][8][9][10]} The glitzy brother/sister duo of Gunther and Tinka is said to be inspired by Ryan and Sharpay Evans of Disney's High School Musical franchise.^[10][11][12] While finding some aspects of the show formulaic, People Magazine critic, Tom Gliatto expressed appreciation for the comedic twosome's work on the series, writing - "Shake It Up doesn't shake up the kidcom formula, but it has something more than the usual shiny-sparkly cuteness... The best performances are from Caroline Sunshine and Kenton Duty as an overbearing brother-and-sister act from abroad named Tinka and Gunther. They're like High School Musical's Sharpay split in two and speaking in an unplaceable accent."^[13]

Personal life[link]

Sunshine currently lives in Orange County, California with her father Thom, her mother Karen, and her two younger brothers, Johnny and Chris.^[1][2] In her free time she enjoys dancing, traveling, cooking, baking, and photography, as well as outdoor activities including going to the beach, surfing, snorkeling and rafting.^{[1][3][6][14]} In February 2011, Sunshine became the spokesmodel for the teen fragrance, "Puppy Love 4 Girlz".^[15][16] "Puppy Love" Fragrances is committed to helping homeless dogs and puppies, with a portion of all proceeds of the perfume going to local animal shelters.^[16] In May 2011, Sunshine was named one of Dream Magazine's "Top 16 Under 16".^[17]

In addition to her work with "Puppy Love", Sunshine is involved in several other charitable causes including the "Joyful Sewing Organization", which makes blankets for cancer patients, "Working Wardrobes", which provides assistance to underprivileged women and victims of domestic abuse, the Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center, which offers in-home parenting classes to families to break the generational cycle of abuse, the "Adopt A Hero" program, which provides for the needs of soldiers and their families; the "Loaves and Fishes Ministry" which helps to feed the homeless, and the "Thirst Project" which is dedicated to providing clean drinking water to communities in developing nations.^[14][18][19]

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Caroline Sunshine at the Internet Movie Database

Kenton Duty
Kenton Duty in August 2010
Born	(1995-05-12) May 12, 1995 (age 17) Plano, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	2006–present

Kenton Duty (born May 12, 1995) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his recurring role as "Young Jacob" on the final season of the ABC primetime drama, Lost, and for his co-starring role as the flamboyant European exchange student, Gunther Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel comedy series, Shake It Up!.

Early life[link]

Kenton Duty was born on May 12, 1995.^[1][2] He was born and raised in Plano, Texas and has two younger siblings, twin sisters, Jessica and Rebecca, born in 1999.^[2][3][4][5] Duty first began studying acting at the age of 9, when his parents suggested he attend a summer musical theatre workshop to help him feel comfortable in front of an audience for school presentations.^[6][7] It was at the summer workshop that he discovered he had a love for musical theatre, and it was there that he would also meet the casting director who would ask him to audition for his first play, A Christmas Carol.^[6][7]