1. the acceptance of steelpan by several influential citizens, including
writers, intellectuals, lawyers, musicians, and politicians
2. governmental support, expressed in committee reports and the formation
of a steelband association
3. commercial sponsorship
4. the enthusiastic reception of steelbands touring abroad
5. open support from the People’s National Movement political party
6. the involvement of white, light-skinned, and better-educated middle-class
persons, including more middle class women, in the bands
7. improvements in the materials and manufacture of the instrument itself
8. steelband performance of classical and semi-classical music
9. the involvement of steelbands in music festivals, churches, funerals, and
middle- and upper-class social gatherings
10. a resurgence in the Black Power movement, and African ethnic pride in
general, in the early 1970s.
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