Curepe Scherzando Steel Orchestra - ‘Musical Showdown in De Big Yard’ - Taste of Carnival 2022 - Medium Conventional Steel Orchestras

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Song: - My House by Farmer Nappy
Arranger: - Yohan Popwell

Captain: -  xxxxx
Manager: - xxxxx

 
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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.”
 

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