Joseph, TerryThe University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago2014-07-312014-07-3112-Aug-97Joseph, Terry. “Pan Shortage...Even Good Sticks Now Hard to Find.” Trinidad Express. 12 Aug. 1997: 15. Print.https://hdl.handle.net/2139/38833The image of Trinidad and Tobago as “Land of the Steelband” and supplier of the best pans in the world, is being swiftly ended by a critical shortage of the raw materials used to make the national instrument. Patrick Arnold describes the situation as "a national scandal" and says that it is caused by a lack of vision on the part of successive governments.©Trinidad Express Newspapers. This material is protected under Copyright Act of Trinidad and Tobago. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research.Steel bands (Music) -- Administration -- Trinidad and TobagoSteel drum (Musical instrument) -- ConstructionSteel drum (Musical instrument) -- Trinidad and Tobago