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Councillor Sheik G. Thompson has been elected as The Mayor of Haringey for the municipal year 2007-8. His wife Kyoko is his Mayoress during his Mayoral year.
Councillor Thompson was born in Jamaica to a strong musical family, grew up and became interested in Jazz in New York and then came to England in 1955. As an African-American serviceman in the United States Air Force Sheik formed part of the generation of black people who came to the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 60s to work and settle and in doing so brought Blues, Jazz, Mento-Ska, Reggae and other music to the British and London music and club scenes. Important influences that are still felt to this day.
Since the early 1960s Councillor Thompson’s jazz and rhythm and blues bands have played around Britain and Europe, alongside such leading musicians as Georgie Fame, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond, The Who, Mick Eves, Alan Price, the Animals and the Rolling Stones. Currently he leads the Jazz Bands CUE Ensemble and Dedeh All Stars, and is a member of the Musicians Union Jazz Section Committee.
The Mayor has lived in Tottenham for many years. As someone with a Jamaican-American-British background, he values and cherishes the diverse nature of our local community and will work for a prosperous and peaceful future for all its people.
He is currently the Chair of the Chestnut Area Residents Association, one of the most active Council tenants-leaseholders and residents groups in Haringey. He is also a member of the Haringey Community and Police Consultative Group.
Housing, education, community safety and economic development all present major challenges for Haringey. Councillor Thompson puts great importance on his work with various groups and panels within Haringey’s Voluntary and Community Sector and will continue to devote his time and efforts to ensure that the needs and proprieties of local people are properly represented in the various important decisions that face us now and in the future.
However, the Mayor puts great store in the development of the skills and opportunities for young people, and this linked with his extensive experience in the field of music means that this year he and his Special Fund Committee will be fundraising for the work of Haringey Young Musicians during his year of office, please see details of the Mayor's Special Fund and the Fundraising Committee.
Councillor Thompson is looking forward to working for all the people of Haringey wherever they live, and whatever their background, as they are all citizens of Haringey, and his role is to promote the borough and the work being achieved in providing improving services for all the communities in Haringey.
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