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From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»"«b»
Ing Arch Daniel Špička«/b» -
Daniel, his sister Diana and brother Hilar [III] spent the end of the Nazi occupation in South Bohemian country house in Libnic, where their parents believed them sheltered from the expected bombardment of Praha (their Prague flat was actually hit by a German bomb on the very last day of the war, May 8th,1945 !)
Daniel started elementary school at the English School in Praha, which was reopened in 1945 . Unfortunately the school, as well as all other educational institutions modeled on western schools were closed immediately after the Communist takeover in 1948.
Daniel was also a Boy Scout until Communists abolished the Scout movement in 1949. He loved to draw and paint; yet the passion of his life became music, which he first discovered through private piano lessons. As he grew up and matured the list of musical instruments he played continued to expand, as well as the range of music he performed. Besides piano and other keyboard instruments he played guitar and viola da gamba, renaissance woodwinds and brass instruments. Nonetheless, he chose to study Architecture at the Technical University in Praha. While still at the University Daniel reminisces how instead of attending his lectures at the University, he spent hours in the Archives of the Library of the National Museum in Praha copying scores of otherwise unavailable music. Later, in 1977 he founded Capella Renesex, a group of professional musicians with a mission to perform renaissance and early baroque music on authentic instruments.
As a young boy he was deeply impressed by Alexander Dumas' Three Musketeers and vowed to master the three skills of his hero swashbuckling d'Artagnan: horse riding, fencing and shooting. Although he accomplished all three, it was horse riding he pursued with greatest passion. Since the Communist ideologists considered this activity as a decadent aristocratic pastime, it had been somewhat difficult to get into it. The riding school in Praha, which had a long tradition, and which I also attended, survived only thanks to disguising itself as a paramilitary organization. I believe it was there I met him for the first time. Subsequently Daniel used every opportunity to ride horses. During summer holidays he worked hard in breeding stables, which gave him an almost unlimited riding time, and in the Barrandov Film Studios, where he used to play extras requiring horse riding skills in historical movies.
In 1970 he met Victoria Wentworth Reilly in Praha. Victoria was born on July 30, 1941 in Clewer, Windsor. Her father Paul Reilly was born in Liverpool and her mother Pamela Wentworth Foster in London, England. In 1957 Victoria moved with her mother to Canada, and studied at the Toronto Collegiate Institute. Subsequently she went on to study General English at Trinity College, University of Toronto, graduating in 1962 . Victoria was sent in 1970 to Praha by The Sunday Telegraph to write about the Czech glass industry. The meeting turned out to be momentous, and Daniel and Victoria married on January 13, 1973 in London, England. Victoria's move to Praha at the height of the Communist repression following the aborted "Prague Spring " of 1968 was very courageous indeed. It was the time when all hopes of regaining lost political and personal freedom were crushed. The couple continued to live with Daniel's parents in the family house U Mrázovky.
Victoria and Daniel have two daughters: A) Katherine (Kateřina) Wentworth Špičková-Demelová, born on May 14, 1974 in London, England, and B) Lucie (Lucy) Wentworth Špičková-Thorpe, born on February 18, 1977 in Praha. (And five grandsons, now).
As an architect Daniel devoted his career mostly to interior and furniture design, as well as the restoration of historical buildings and interiors. Daniel built up a private collection of historical musical instruments, which he restored and even built himself. The ongoing practice of music remains an important constant of his life. One of his the most notable achievements has been the founding of an annual Festival of Baroque Music in Valtice Castle in Moravia. The Festival, of which he had been an artistic director from its inception in 1989, became a cultural event with an established tradition until 2006. The result of his long involvement with Valtice has been the reconstructed Valtice Castle Baroque Theatre, designed by him and his partner Mikulas Hulec and completed in 2015.
At the time of this writing he is as busy as ever, with many plans in both architectural restoration and music, never thinking of retirement.

Daniel byl(a) sezdán(a) s Victoria WENTWORTH-REILLY-ŠPIČKOVÁ 13 Leden 1973, London, England. Victoria (dcera od Sir Paul REILLY a Pamela WENTWORTH-FOSTER) se narodil(a) 30 Červenec 1941, Windsor, UK. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»Katherine ŠPIČKOVÁ-DEMEL-ZÁRUBOVÁ«/b» -
grew up in Prague with her parents and grandparents, where she attended school. She went on to study cello at the Prague Conservatory of Music, and subsequently
Humanities at the Karlova University in Prague. Although she was a gifted and accomplished cello player, she decided against a stressful and itinerant career of a professional musician. Capitalizing on her perfect English, she became a professional tour guide for a British Travel company.
On «i»August 30, 2003 «/i»she married «b» Dalibor Demel «/b»in Praha. «b» Dalibor's «/b»parents are «b» Karel Demel «/b»from Praha and «b» Zdena ejková «/b»from Bludov in Moravia. Karel Demel is an internationally renowned artist in the field of engraving and a professionally trained musician. Before opting for the Graphical Arts, he studied trombone at the Prague Conservatory of Music. Following in his steps «b» Dalibor «/b»studied bassoon at the Prague Conservatory of Music, and after graduation he
earned Mgr (MA) in Music Management. Subsequently he defended a doctorate (PhD) in Theory of Music at the Academy of Musical Arts in Praha. «b» Kate ina «/b»and «b» Dalibor «/b»have two sons, both born in Praha:
«b» a) Max Wentworth Demel«/b», born on «i»April 1, 2006«/i», and
«b» b) Filip Wentworth Demel«/b», born on «i»February 3, 2013«b»«/i» .«/b»

Kateřina byl(a) sezdán(a) s Dalibor DEMEL, PhD 30 Srpen 2003, Praha, Czech Rep.. (syn od Karel DEMEL, - graphic artist a Zdena ČEJKOVÁ-DEMELOVÁ) [Schéma rodiny]

Kateřina — Josef ZÁRUBA-PFEFFERMANN, PhD. Josef se narodil(a) 13 Květen 1976, Praha, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

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«b»Lucie (Lucy) Wentworth ŠPIČKOVÁ-THORPE -
«/b» Her mother Victoria planed to deliver her in Britain in order to provide her with British n ationality, as she successfully did with Katherine. At that time there was no hope of change in the r epressive and dysfunctional Communist rule in the country. British citizenship was a ticket to freedom and an asset not to be wasted. However, Lucy decided otherwise. She came out early, in fact much too early, at only 28 weeks, and weighted a mere 1 kg at birth. Greatly helped by superb care of neonatologists in Praha, Lucy defied all the gloomy predictions. She was out of the
incubator and at home within three months, healthy and hungry. For a time she held a record ofhaving been the tiniest premature baby successfully cared for in Prague.
Lucy's childhood was a happy one. With her sister Katherine she grew up at the quiet upscale neighborhood U Mrázovky, in a house with a large garden, surrounded by her parents and grandparents Hilar [II] and Eva. While Lucy does not remember her grandmother Eva, who died when «b»Lucy «/b» was two, she keeps fond memories of her grandfather Hilar [II]. She remembers him reading her stories, in particular Brothers Grimms' stories, which she particularly loved.
The musical milieu of the family nourished her musical talent, and she started early with piano and clarinet lessons. At the age of mere 14 years parents sent her to London, England, where she successfully passed the admission exams for both instruments at a school with musical education. It all was made possible only thanks to the "Velvet revolution" of «i» 1989 «/i» and the end of the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Lucy recalls many long 20-hour-long bus trips between Prague and London, her loneliness in London, and her longing for home. However, it did not take long time and she started to like the school, where she found good friends. The school was very good both academically and musically and she keeps good memories of the four years spent there.
After graduation she decided to try something else and she enrolled at the Oxford University, Oriel College, in an undergraduate program of Germanic and Italian languages. After the Oxford she nonetheless decided to return to music and she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where for five years she studied singing. Lucy is gifted with a beautiful voice, officially a mezzo-soprano, yet in the humble opinion of this writer, a voice with a range of a beautiful haunting alto.
At the Academy she met her future husband «b»Callum Thorpe«/b» , also a singer. Life imitated art, as «b»Lucy «/b» says, and after having been cast as a married couple in one of the performances, they got married on «i» February 13, 2010 «/i» in Praha. Callum, a bass baritone, has achieved an international reputation.
Lucy and Callum have two sons:
«b»a) Oskar«/b» , born on «i» July 18, 2010«/i» , and «b»b) Felix Henry Augustus Thorpe«/b» , born on
«i» September 27, 2013«/i» , both in London, England. «b»
«/b» The family lives in London.

Lucie byl(a) sezdán(a) s Callum THORPE, PhD microbiology, singer 13 Únor 2010, Praha, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]