When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to scholar, educator, and exceptional musician Ronica Gordon

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- July 14, 2023

Ronica Gordon

Happy Birthday to Ronica Gordon July 14

Her vision for Pan - “For the national instrument to be treated as such, for pan men and women to be secured after retirement, for steelpan to reach as far as being featured on the Grammys and also to be a popular instrument which artists from across the world would use to create their music.....” -- Ronica Gordon

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