Evelyn Glennie helps support vulnerable, disadvantaged young people at state and independent boarding schools throughout the UK. She has also been the Patron of the London School of Samba since 1993. She achieved a new kind of recognition in June 2016 when her name was the solution to an anagram clue in the Everyman Crossword in the UK's Observer Sunday newspaper - "Percussionist playing line gently, even with time running out (6,7)". Performed a scene with Sesame Street regular Linda Bove. Evelyn Glennie Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She has been profoundly deaf
Benjamin Glennie The Rev Glennie inspired a poem "On Reading The Australian Diary Of The Rev. Benjamin Glennie, First Rector Of Moreton Bay And The Darling Downs, 1848" by David Rowbotham. The Glennie Memorial School at Herries Street, Toowoomba is named after him. The school was built in 1908 on a piece of land acquired in 1898 from funds which had been raised over many years by Rev. Glennie. After his death, the Glennie Memorial School Fund was created to raise further funds to establish the school. Benjamin Glennie The Reverend Benjamin Glennie (29 January 1812 – 30 April 1900) was a