For Bertie, with thanks
by Sunity Maharaj
Re-published with the expressed permission of the author
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - There are some things for which one must pause. Pause—even from such enticing distractions as men without briefs, legal ones that is; pause—even from plumbing such mysteries as the right time to walk—as the United Labour Front (ULF) understood in 1988 in rescuing itself early from the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) implosion to come; pause—even from the beckoning implications of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election morphing into a national referendum on the Government's performance.
Yes, temptation be stilled. For today, we pause to bow before the force that was Bertie Marshall (at left in picture with Franklyn Ollivierre, right).
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Great tribute by a true Trinidadian intellectual and widow of fellow intellectual Lloyd Best.
I must also mention her "big up" to WST.From the Bertie Marshall tribute I quote...............
"For the story of Bertie Marshall as steelpan scientist, pan pioneer and tuner extraordinaire, I recommend to you Dalton Narine's documentary and the ongoing discussion on the excellent internet discussion forum "When Steel Talks". There you'll find steelband legends comfortably mingling with aficionados in what is possibly the most informed and engaged site on all matters Pan."