Bayelsa State, Nigeria - Bayelsa State, Nigeria, home state of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan - has keyed into the country’s steelpan art form development with the formation of the Bayelsa State Junior Steel Orchestra, whose players are drawn from secondary schools throughout the state.
....The orchestra is currently being trained by the producers of the instruments, Africa Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan Development Company Ltd., (ATTSDC) based in Nigeria. Already, the band has attended two state government functions where they thrilled the audience with familiar Nigerian tunes.
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