Browsing by Author "Lewis, Roderick"

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    Angel Harps Protest Panyard Destruction
    (Express, 6-Sep-74) Lewis, Roderick; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    Pan Trinbago has called for an investigation into the circumstances leading to the destruction of Angel Harps Steel Orchestra's panyard on Main Street, Arima. Representatives from the steelbands highlighted that the actions were taken followed instructions from the Crown Lands Divisions. Cedric Campbell, Public Relations Officer, for the region, stated that the land was given to Angel Harps by the Crown Lands Division following a visit by the Prime Minister in 1969.
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    Beautiful Music at Pan Festival
    (Express, 4-Dec-73) Lewis, Roderick; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    The finals of the 1973 Steelband Music Festival has been able to convince those who think of pan as a 'carnival instrument' to think otherwise. The six bands competing in category "B" showed how serious they were by their discipline and generally polished performances. East Side Symphony emerged winners with the overture from "Rosamunde" by Schubert. There is a review of the other steelbands performances and their placements.
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    British Company to Mass-Produce Trinidad- Invented Instrument: Foreign Pans May Soon Be On Local Store Shelves
    (Express, 1-Dec-73) Lewis, Roderick; The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
    A British company, 'Steelband Promotions' has pioneered a technique in steelband production that is more advanced than Trinidad and Tobago where it originated. The company's move to mass-produce pans came in the wake of steelband music being introduced in the curriculum for schools throughout England. Local panmen may soon be buying pans manufactured in England.