Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra - ‘Musical Showdown in De Big Yard’ - Taste of Carnival 2022 - Large Conventional Steelbands
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
President - xxxxx-xxxxx
Historical Tidbits
check list of Qualifying bands“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 selection was referred to as "The Bomb" and, with the passage of time, other steelbands followed suit.
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