You should write a letter (proposal) to Colin Lucas outlining your PAN ON THE ROAD FOR CARNIVAL PROJECT. Mr. Lucas is a very approachable man (and a regular guy, despite his life successes) who we all know has been directly involved in the CULTURE of PAN and CALYPSO all his life.
I could give you his direct CHAIRMANSHIP ADDRESS where your PROPOSAL could reach him in a week. Huddle with 2 or 3 PAN ON THE ROADERS from this forum and send down a practical proposal and I am sure that it will be given due consideration by the NEW NCC CHAIRMAN.
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Cecil: Every time you bring up the PAN ON THE ROAD THING there is a regular cadre of supporters who join your chorus. So it is time for you guys to LOVE PAN ON THE ROAD in THOUGHT, WORD and DEED!!!
Allyuh have been thinking (and talking) about this for a very long time. Now with a PAN ALLY like Colin Lucas running the NCC it is time to refine the THOUGHT and turn it into the WORD phase which is the proposal I suggested. Then once you get the WORD DOCUMENT down to CHAIRMAN LUCAS. And hopefully YOU ALL can take it to the DEED stage where PANS show up on the ROAD FOR CARNIVAL.
You all have both Ainsworth Mohammed and Colin Lucas on the NCC BOARD. So this might be the BEST CHANCE to LIVE YOUR DREAM.
Ah doh mind helping in any way -- even though you WELL KNOW my position!!!
Mercer: That is THREE VOTES for PAN ON THE ROAD FOR CARNIVAL WITH PEOPLE PUSHING just like in the SIXTIES. All we need is THREE MORE VOTES and is PAN ON THE ROAD LIKE PEAS FOR CARNIVAL.
They better just make sure that they leave some space open for PAN ON TRUCKS and DEE JAY BIG TRUCKS -- because that is MY KINDA MUSIC. All this OLE IRON knocking and HALF-TUNED PANS NOISING eh my cup of tea no more. Something about "When I was a child ..." but now that donkey cart gone and finely tuned and chromed pans are the NORM -- put them on a BIG TRUCK and I good with that!
But if dem fellahs want me to Help Them Out -- no big sweat!!! Cecil is meh best pardner on the forum (although AQUIL trying hard to knock him into second place) so ah have to support Cecil with the PAN ON THE ROAD TING.
Morning Glory, the way I see it is there must be serious planning about this for it to have maximum impact, so for me 2018 definitely out of the question. To start we just want 8-9 hours on the road on Carnival Monday Afternoon, now they must do this away from the DJ trucks, Tragarete Rd, Park St, Fredrick St and around Woodford Sq for a bomb competition. Doing it like this brings the steelband back in the heart of the city where it has an opportunity to grow. We are building a Steelband Street Party here. Some might ask why only 8-9 hours Monday? it's to accommodate the young people, today they like their "dutty" mas j'ouvert and wine and jam Tuesday let them go. I believe any effort to re establish a strong presence of the steelband on the road will receive full support from the business community.
Cecil: KEITH DIAZ has alienated the BUSINESS COMMUNITY -- and take that from me. So you CANNOT START AT THE TOP. It has to be a step-by-step project done over a period of years!!!! I have been giving hints about about hiring a MARKETING DIRECTOR -- if ever some honest people take over PAN TRINBAGO.
But DIAZ is going to be there for THREE MORE YEARS -- so your best bet is to go through the NCC ... one step at a time.
Mr. Colin Lucas
National Carnival Commission
11 St. Clair Avenue
Port of Spain
Trinidad, West Indies
Tel: (868) 622-1670 / 1884 / 1718 Fax: (868) 622-2038 Email: info@ncctt.org
Cecil you stand a better chance with Ainsworth Mohammed
He would push for "Pan on the Road"
Bengal Street Boys
Sounds like an idea.