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  Happy Birthday to Andrea Edwards February 28th When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist Andrea Edwards “The music and the instrument itself, to me it's just different. Its versatility, its dynamics its effects - everything about it. It gives me a different feeling when I listen to it as opposed to listening to the radio. It takes my mind so many places musically.” -- Andrea Edwards She is a scholar and a veteran panist in spite of her young age. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - Andrea Edwards shares her reflections, experiences and views on Pan, and the steelpan art form overall. Andrea Edwards Related content Meet Andrea Edwards - Brooklyn, New York

Jamal Gibbs Happy Birthday to Jamal Gibbs February 28th When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist Jamal Gibbs “My advice to the young panists would be to stay humble and strive for highest and to always be yourself in all that you do.” ––  Jamal Gibbs The music of the steelband is his life and passion. In a When Steel Talks exclusive - educator, arranger and panist Jamal Gibbs shares an up-close moment as he elucidates his passion for Pan. Jamal Gibbs (with baton) in action See more Meet Jamal Gibbs - Educator, Arranger, Panist - UpClose & Personal!

  When much of the world faced the heights of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns in 2020, PanoGrama emerged as an innovative option to fill a void left in the steelpan community, and the wider society. The virtual steelpan competition, which debuted on Instagram and featured many regional and international pannists, has since expanded its delivery to YouTube and Facebook. It returns this year not only to social media, but it is set to be distributed via television internationally.   PanoGrama 2022 – The World Cup of Steelpan will be broadcasted on One Caribbean Television, a channel that is dedicated to uniting the Caribbean by providing a platform to highlight the beautiful people and places of the region. Its signal airs in 19 countries across the world including the US, Canada, and across the Caribbean. Some countries in the Caribbean where the channel is shown are Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts...

Silver Stars Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab     Song: - Love’s Theme  by Love Unlimited Orchestra Arranger: - Edwin Pouchet Song: -  Out and Band  by Aaron “Voice” St Louis Arrangers: - Kersh Ramsey and Ojay Richards Historical Tidbits: Silver Stars began functioning in Newtown, Port-of-Spain, in the 1950s and was initially made up of students from St. Mary’s and Queen’s Royal Colleges. Under the leadership of Edgar “Junior” Pouchet, the band made several popular recordings during the 1960s and 1970s, but never achieved much in musical competition until 2009 when it won its first Panorama competition.    (R. Emrit) . check list of Qualifying bands Order of Appearance Related content: Silver Stars Steel Orchestra (bio)

Invaders Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab       Song: - Bound To Dance  Arranger: -  Arddin Herbert Song: - Say Say  by Baron Arranger: -  Arddin Herbert Historical Tidbits: Invaders began as the Oval Boys in Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain, in the late-1930s when the steelband was in its infant stage. Early band members included Elliott "Ellie" Mannette, Francis Wickham, and Stanley Hunte, its first leader. The Oval Boys held practice at the Queen's Park Oval before moving to 147 Tragarete Road, opposite the Oval and in Mannette's backyard, where it changed its name to Invaders on VJ Day in 1945. The band's name was taken from the 1943 American movie "The Night Invader." Mannette led Invaders from the late-1940s until 1967 when he migrated to the USA and his younger brother Vernon "Birdie" Mannette took over the leadership of the band.  (R. Emrit) . check list of Qualifying bands Order...

Song - Penny Lane   by The Beatles Arranger: - Ray Holman Song: - Out and Band  by Voice Arranger: - Danté Pantin Historical Tidbits: The Starlift Steel Orchestra was formed in late 1956 under the guidance of Jene Peters, the first captain. From its inception, Starlift established itself as a group of pan players whose ambition was to participate in all areas involving the steelband movement and to positively pursue specific aims and objectives in an effort to build and maintain a properly constituted and viable organization. check list of Qualifying bands Order of Appearance Relative content: Starlift Steel Orchestra (bio)

Phase II Pan Groove on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab   Song - Woman Is Boss   composed by Dr. Len “Boogsie” Sharpe; lyrics- Reynold Howard & Dr. Len “Boogsie ”  Sharpe Song - Close To  You  by Max Alfred Elliot (Maxi Priest) Arranger: - Len “Boogsie” Sharpe Historical Tidbits: Over the years Phase II has toured extensively throughout North America, the Caribbean, Europe, South Africa and Japan, and had the distinction of being part of the cultural contingent that accompanied our Soca Worriers to the Football World Cup in Germany 2006. Its virtuoso Musical Director, generally regarded as the world’s premier panist, along with his acknowledged genius as a composer and arranger, has toured extensively around the world as a solo artist, sharing stages with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, including legendary jazz drummer Max Roach. He has been inducted as an honorary distinguished fellow of the University of Trinida...

  Song: - Out and Bad by Voice Arranger: - Aviel Scanterbury Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: - xxxxx Historical Tidbits: This year, 2022, marks the 61 st Anniversary of the band Angel Harps Steel Orchestra from Arima. The band was formed in 1961. ....The first captain of ‘The Harps,’ as they were familiarly called, was James Joseph while the first arranger was Aidwyn Jordan better known as “Madman.” Jordan for his part trained panmen and was responsible in the conversion of Noctune Fascinators from a traditional to a conventional band.     check list of Qualifying bands See Order of Appearance Relative content: Arima Angel Harps Steel Orchestra (bio)

Song: - Vivir Mi Vida by Mark Anthony Arranger: - Raechard Bernard Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: -  xxxxx Historical Tidbits Melodians Steel Orchestra was formed on the 22 nd of August 1953 out of Bellamy Street, Arima. The orchestra will celebrate 69 years of existence this year.   See Order of Appearance check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Melodians Steel Orchestra (bio)

Song: - Raising Dust by composed  Godwin Bowen Arranger: - Godwin Bowen Captain: -  xxxxx Musical Director: - Cheo Cato Historical Tidbits Founded in 1980, the band is a merger of two bands from the community of San Juan – Marsicans and Finland. The name is taken from the Zimbabwean word “Pamberi” which means “Forward.” The band adopted that as its motto.   See Order of Appearance check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Pamberi Steel Orchestra (bio)

Song: - My House by Farmer Nappy Arranger: - Yohan Popwell Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: - xxxxx   Historical Tidbits Curepe Scherzando is a medium steelband founded in 1969 in the land of pan, Trinidad & Tobago. The name Scherzando is a musical term for “playful.”   See Order of Appearance check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Curepe Scherzando Steel Orchestra (bio)

Song: - Bun Dem by The Black Stalin Arrangers: - Dike Samai and Kevan Calliste Captain: -  xxxxx Leader: - Emerson Joseph Tuners: - Juma Simmons, Sherwin Pierre, Anthony Duncan Historical Tidbits Pan Elders Steel Orchestra calls Carib Street, San Fernando in south Trinidad home, and was founded in 1999.   It emanates from the ‘bowels’ of the now-retired pan players of bygone years - hence the band’s name. The organization consists of mainly youths of the southern area.   See Order of Appearance check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Pan Elders Steel Orchestra (bio)

  Song: - Don't Cry for Me Argentina by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Arranger: - Clive Bradley Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: - xxxxx Administrator: - Nicole Archer Historical Tidbits Valley Harps Steel Orchestra is one of Trinidad & Tobago’s top medium bands, and is located at Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley. For Panorama 2011 they were joint-champs in the medium band category. check list of Qualifying bands see Order of Appearance Relative content: Valley Harps Steel Orchestra (bio)

  Newsday's Melissa Doughty ( @newsday_doughty ) reports from the Queen's Park Savannah ahead of Musical Showdown in De Big Yard. pic.twitter.com/8YRnWHdY8S — T&T Newsday (@Newsday_TT) February 26, 2022

  Song: - Pan By Storm by Ken Philmore Arranger: - Ken Philmore Song: - Stomp by Brothers Johnson Arranger: - Darren Sheppard Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: - xxxxx Historical Tidbits Hailing from San Fernando, Fonclaire was formed in 1965 by a group of people that included Milton "Wire" Austin, Kenneth "Sharkhead" Arthur, Hatim Lalla, Mervyn Scott, and the Swanson brothers. The band adopted its name from two adjoining streets in San Fernando: Fonrose and Claire. From 1965 to 2014, Fonclaire had four sponsors: Joseph Sabga & Sons, Ltd; NBC; Vat 19; and NLCB. The band made its impact on the steelband music scene in the 1970s with Rudine Austin as arranger. Ken Philmore assumed this position from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s and led the band to many Panorama finals. info from Steelband - Fonclaire   - R. Emrit check list of Qualifying bands See Order of Appearance Relative content: Fonclaire Steel Orchestra (bio)

  Supernovas Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab Song: - Out and Bad by Aaron “Voice” St. Louis Arranger: - Amrit Samaroo Song: - You've got a friend by Carole King  Arranger: - Amrit Samaroo Tuners: - Desmond “Mappo” Richardson and Bertram “Birch” Kelman Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: - xxxxx Historical Tidbits: Inspired by their most revered son of the Soil, Dr. Jit Samaroo; The band was formed by members of the community of Surrey Village in 2010. Under the leadership of Amrit Samaroo and management of Anthony Samaroo, "the little band that can" has competed consistently at a high level in the Small Band Category of the National Panorama for four years, winning the title in 2014. check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Supernovas Steel Orchestra (bio)

Performing Orchestras:- Medium Steel Orchestras Large Steel Orchestras 1.    Tornadoes 1.    Tropical Angel Harps 2.    Power Stars 2.    Starlift 3.    Moods 3.    Fonclaire 4.    Sangre Grande Cordettes 4.    Supernovas 5.    Valley Harps 5.    Invaders 6.    Pan Elders 6.    Skiffle 7.    Curepe Scherzando 7.    Exodus 8.    Pamberi 8.    Silver Stars 9.    Melodians 9.    Trinidad All Stars 10.    Arima Angel Harps 10.    Phase II Pan Groove         Katzenjammers   - (Guest artist) 11.    Desperadoes 11.    Couva Joylanders 12.    Renegades

  Skiffle Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab Song: - Wanna Make Love To You by Nadie LaFond  Arranger: - Cary Codrington Song: -  Hello   by Kes The Band Arrangers: -  Kendall Williams, Marc Brooks & Odie Franklin Tuners:    Bertram “Birch” Kelman (background); Lloyd Gay (frontline) Captain: - Junia Regrello Manager: - Brandon Babb Historical Tidbits In the ‘ Large band ’ category for many years now, the Skiffle (formerly known as Skiffle Bunch) was originally a leader amongst Traditional or ‘Pan around the Neck’ groups in Trinidad and Tobago, after its f ounding in 1976 by a closely-knit group of young people in Vistabella, San Fernando, Trinidad. Relative content: Skiffle Steel Orchestra (bio) check list of Qualifying bands

Desperadoes Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab Song: - Party Tonight by Lord Nelson Arranger: - Clive Bradley Song: - Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder  Arranger: - Carlton “Zanda” Alexander Captain: -  xxxxx Manager: - xxxxx Historical Tidbits Desperadoes Steel Orchestra , under the astute leadership of the late Rudolph “The Hammer” Charles, invented and introduced to the steelband movement chromed steelpans, aluminum canopies, the Rocket Pan, the Quadro-Phonic Pan, the Baritone Pan, the Chariot Pan, the Nine Basses and the Twelve Basses. check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Desperadoes Steel Orchestra (bio)

Song - Perfidia by Alberto Domínguez Arranger: - Clarence Morris Song - More Sokah   by Nailah Blackman Arranger: - Clarence Morris Captain: -  xxxxx Manager - xxxxx Historical Tidbits: The Tropical Angel Harps Steel Orchestra has been operating under its present name since 1977. Formerly the members of the present steel orchestra belonged to two separate steelbands namely, Enterprise Angel Harps and Golden Glow Tropical Melody. check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Tropical Angel Harps Steel Orchestra (bio)

  Song: - Free Up  by Chris "Tambu" Herbert Arranger: - Stefon West Song: -  Essence by WizKid - [featuring Justin Bieber & Tems] Arranger: -  Stefon West Manager: - Richard Gill   Historical Tidbits In the early 1960s, the town of Couva boasted of two steel orchestras Cadenzas Steel Orchestra (Exchange Village) and Joylanders Steel Orchestra (St. Andrews Village). During that period, there was understandably keen rivalry between these two steel orchestras for the title ‘Best Band in Couva’. In 1961, the managers of both bands decided to end the rivalry and form a merger of both. This was now a community-based band under the name Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra. check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra Steel Orchestra (bio)

Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab Song - Pop Medley   Arranger: - Neville Jules Song - Unknown Band   by Super Blue (Austin Lyons) Arranger: - Leon ‘Smooth’ Edwards Captain: -  xxxxx-xxxxxx Manager: - Nigel Williams President - xxxxx-xxxxx Historical Tidbits “Hell Yard Boys” was the name they gave themselves back in 1935. Hell Yard was a poor area on the banks of the East Dry River in Port of Spain. The movement away from “tamboo-bamboo” to pan had only just begun. This name changed several times – to “Second Fiddle”, then to “Cross of Lorraine”, and finally “All Stars”, chosen because of the perceived superior ability of the players. Soon after the war, “Trinidad” was added. Under Jules' leadership in the 1950s, All Stars began the tradition of interpreting a piece of classical music in calypso tempo and withholding it from the public's ear until the break of dawn on the first day of Carnival. The musical s...

Exodus Steel Orchestra on stage - “A Taste of Carnival 2022” - image: screengrab Song: - Bailamos   sung by Enrique Iglesias Arranger: - Pelham Goddard Song: -  Dear Promoter   by Voice   (Aaron “Voice” St Louis) Arranger: -  Terrance “BJ” Marcelle Captain: - Julie Williams President - Ainsworth Mohammed Historical Tidbits: There were only two managers in Exodus’ history: their first, Amin Mohammed (now deceased), and his brother, Ainsworth Mohammed, the present manager.   Exodus Steel Orchestra was formed on 3rd May 1981. The band emerged from Gay Flamingoes, another of Trinidad & Tobago’s local steelbands.   Exodus, under the management of Amin Mohammed, began rehearsals with 25 players, their arranger Henry “Bendix” Cumberbatch, and using pans loaned to them by Rudolph Charles from the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra. Amin Mohammed, in the early stages of the band, mortgaged his house to buy instruments for the band. check list of Quali...

Song - Y ear for Love   by Voice   (Aaron “Voice” St Louis) Arranger: - Duvone Stewart Song - Pint of Wine   by Joe Lewis Arranger: - Jit Samaroo Captain: -  Candice Andrews-Brumant President - Colin Greaves Historical Tid Bits Renegades is perhaps best known in this country for its domination of the National Panorama Competition in the eighties and nineties with nine victories between 1982 and 1997, including a hat-trick between 1995 and 1997. That, my friends, is only the icing…there is a whole lot of cake beneath that; it is as astonishing as it is fascinating. The band has also done well in the ‘Pan in the 21st Century’ competition. They won the competition in 2003 with Joe Lewis’ ‘ Pint of Wine ,’ placed second in 2006 with Lionel Richie’s ‘All Night Long’ and second again in 2010 with Celine Dion’s ‘I Surrender’. check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Renegades Steel Steel Orchestra (bio)

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It’s here! The long-awaited “Musical Showdown in De Big Yard” featuring the Medium and Large Conventional steel orchestras takes centre stage at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Saturday February 26 from 5:00 p.m. Eleven (11) medium and twelve (12) large steelbands will be main item on the menu in “A Taste of Carnival 2022.” Staged by Pan Trinbago in collaboration with the National Carnival Commission,  “Musical Showdown in De Big Yard” is a taste of Panorama and J’Ouvert. Medium Bands can play EITHER a Panorama-arranged song or a Bomb tune, whilst the Large Bands will perform both genres. For this event, the bands were scaled down in terms of players with Medium bands fielding between 35 and 45 players while their Large Band membership range between 50 to 60 players. After four days of intense scrutiny in terms of number of players, vaccination status and music, the selectors chose the following bands for “...

Kareem Thompson Happy Birthday to Kareem Thompson February 22nd When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist Kareem Thompson “....me personally - I’m a sponge. I just like to go anywhere, anybody, anything I can learn - that’s what I’m about...” Kareem Thompson See more

Song - Long Time   by Arrow   (Alphonsus Cassel) (deceased) Arranger: - Aaron Clarke Captain: - Garfield Weekes Manager: - Gregory Lindsay Historical Tip Bits The steelband was established in 1957 as Blue Stars, but ten years later acquired sponsorship from the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) and subsequently became known as T&TEC Power Stars. That relationship lasted for 41 years. In 1958, as Blue Stars, the band gained widespread recognition for a performance it delivered at the then-Governor General's House grounds in honour of the official visit of Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret to Trinidad.   check list of Qualifying bands Relative content: Power Stars Steel Orchestra (bio)

February 24th Dr. Jit Samaroo - Panorama Arranger Dr. Jit Sukha Samaroo (Musician, Panist, Composer, and steel pan arranger) was born in Surrey Village in the Lopinot Valley, Trinidad, on 24 February 1950, the sixth of Sookram and Lakia Samaroo’s thirteen children. His love for music manifested itself at a very early age, influenced perhaps by his mother, who played the Dholak, and by ‘parang’, a Spanish-derived musical art form for which Lopinot is famous. Jit played the cuatro and guitar and at Christmas time, would accompany the village paranderos in their traditional house-to-house serenading. Panorama Championships  Trinidad & Tobago - 1982 , 1984 , 1985 , 1989 , 1990 , 1993 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 Renegades - Bees Melody HD (Panorama Classic ) Relevant content Dr. Jit Samaroo - Renegades Steel Orchestra - Panonthenet The Saga of Jit Samaroo - From Nobody To Somebody to Iron Man to the Great Beyond Dr. Jit Samaroo - Panorama Arranger - When Steel Talks Pan Explosion – The Mak...

  Nn Name ol Steelbands 1 Couva Joylanders 2 Pan Elders 3 Pamberi 4 Power Stars 5 Sangre Grande Cordettes 6 Moods 7 Curepe Scherzando 8 Arima Angel Harps 9 Melodians 10 Valley Harps 11 Tornadoes See more Relevant content More than eighty bands to audition for Pan Trinbago events in “A Taste of Carnival 2022”

  Global  - Sometime in the late 1930s, the government in another of its persistent and futile attempts to suppress African cultural survivals, decided that the colony would more easily be governable if drums and other traditional musical instruments were outlawed. The colonials must have sensed, and correctly, the importance of music in the cultural independence and political resistance of the African masses. I would, of course, encounter this phenomenon again in the American South. But at least the George Wallaces and Ross Barnetts of that world never tried to outlaw our spirituals and freedom songs. Though I’m sure they must have often wished they could have. Kwame Ture on the Origin of Steel Bands So in Trinidad by legislative fiat an African could be jailed for possession of drums and other musical instruments? Not a gun, not a grenade, or some dynamite, but a drum? I have often tried, and failed, to visualize the campaign to enforce that law. In implementation of this po...

 

NCC's National Pan Event : Pan In De Sancoche

  When Steel Talks  ‘Pan in De Sancoche’ welcomed and savored Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  “Pan in De Sancoche” with twenty-eight bands on display was live at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Trinidad after 4:00 p.m. local (Atlantic Standard Time) time, with a pre-show medley on pan performed by Joshua Regrello, and opening remarks by Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore. A dance presentation accompanied by drumming followed, with the dancers then ushering on stage calypsonian Pharaoh singing the Mighty Terror’s classic “Pan Talent;” three panists also supported his rendition. Traditional mas characters were next up, then guest artist Metro Stars Single Pan band. They treated the Grand Stand audience to two selections, before making way for the Single Pan band first up in competition, Stardust, a minute or two after five on the sunny and breezy afternoon. See more

by Tillah Willah Is when you ketch bout the fourth wind on a day that started at 5 a.m. and involved too many coffees and not enough food. Is then that the jumbie does guide your body to Radoes yard. Is just after 10 when you have to turn your face to the wall away from the band and the small but rapt audience because the sobs coming from deep in your belly. When last you was out your house so late? When last you take dew in a panyard? Is really two years? This panyard feeling like the dying moments of a fete, when you high on sleep deprivation and rum and you feeling so full of love and gratitude for life and that your knees make it through. The pan so sweet you want to rip the government mask off your face and scream out into the night 'Ogun is mih faddaaaaaa' Desperadoes Steel Orchestra playing Lord Nelson's Party Tonight and Stevie Wonder's Pastime Paradise and this combination of songs is so apt and timely. And in the notes, in the grumbling bass, in the dan...

  RBL Panorama ‘22 results Junior solo 3rd - 246 - Chris Blake- Marriage D' Amor 2nd - 257 - Daniel Bristol- Tico Tico 1st - 272 -  Hadassah Lewi- Cathedral  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Senior solo 3rd - 242 - Akeem Pompey- Free Expression 2nd - 256 - Jovanka Williams - Resurgence 1st - 264 -  Darius Austin- A Volar  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Duet 3rd - 226 - Hanani Lewi & Hadassah Lewi- Honeymooning Couple 2nd - 251 - Brian Jordan & Michael Smith- Melodic Vibes 1st - 268 -  Don Johnson & Jovanka Williams- Hammer  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 12-a-Side 3rd - 215 - PanGroove - Vibes Again 2nd - 231 - Parkside Steel Orchestra - Vibes Again 1st - 236 - Kunjaz Steel Ensemble - Stadium See complete results Kunjaz Steel Ensemble - Stadium - 12 - A - Side -- champion performance

  Number 13 proved lucky for the winners of the Single Pan and Small Bands in “Pan in De Sancoche” at Carnival City, Queen’s Park, Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, last Saturday. Worldwide and Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestras both captured the “Best Performing Band” titles  in their respective  categories. The bands were awarded cash prizes donated by The National Flour Mills Ltd for their scintillating renditions of popular vintage calypsoses. In addition, D’Original Woodbrook Modernaires and Road Block took the titles of Best Flag Wavers sponsored by Trinidad & Tobago Unit Trust Corporation as well as gift bags donated by KAMCO  in concert mode after a hiatus of two years. Selections ranged from the catalogue of The Roaring Lion, Lord Kitchener, Sparrow, Stalin, Baron (Winsford DeVines), Shadow, David Rudder, Second Imij, Arrow, Lord Nelson  and Blue Boy/Super Blue among others. Single Pan Band, Mt. Hololo, Cascade -based World ...

RIP -- Born : February 20, 1927 - Died : January 6, 2022 Sidney Poitier with The Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Relevant content To Sir With Love - Royal Bahamas Defence Force pays tribute to Sir Sidney Poitier The day Sidney Poitier expressed his love for The Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband

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