Nero, SeanThe University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago2014-02-102014-02-1021-Nov-01Nero, Sean. "Ifill: Use Natural Gas Revenues for School Music Development." Newsday 21 Nov. 2001: 46. Print.https://hdl.handle.net/2139/24779In his feature address to open the 2001 Junior Steelband Music Festival, coordinator Dwayne Ifill called on the nation’s youth to lobby the Ministry of Education. Ifill is of the view, that the revenues from natural gas can be used to construct soundproof music rooms in schools. Ifill stated that some of the advantages of being musically literate are marketability in areas such as arranging and pan tutoring. He stated that youths who play the national instrument do well in examinations and also learn other skills such as teamwork and time-management.©Trinidad Newsday 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 band music -- Trinidad and TobagoMusic festivals -- Trinidad and TobagoSchool music -- Trinidad and TobagoMusic -- Instruction and study -- Trinidad and Tobago