Steelpan welcome for Japanese sailors

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Trinidad and Tobago Newsday - July 15, 2014

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force training vessels, with a strength of 730 military personnel aboard, received a steelpan welcome as they docked yesterday at the Port of Port-of- Spain.

The vessels JS Kashima, JS Setoyuki and JS Asagiri and crews led by Rear Admiral Yussa will be in port until Thursday to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between Trinidad and Tobago and Japan.

....The Japanese presented the second-in-command of the TTDF Steel Orchestra with a sailor’s coin, and gave a fan to each female member of the band. Male members of the band received fans on behalf of their spouses.

Having moored, military personnel from have largest of the vessels, JS Kashima came on land, tried their hands at the steelpans with the assistance of the members of the TTDF Steel Orchestra, and took photos.
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  • That is the problem with we panmen,Always have to put we face in badjohn.

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