Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The State will pay out $2.9 million in financial assistance to more than 180 unsponsored steel-bands across the country – including the Samaroo Jets started by the late pan icon Jit Samaroo – according to the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts.
In a ceremony at Nicholas Tower on Friday, Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, began the distribution of cheques to several unsponsored steel bands from the East, North, South/Central and Tobago zones, “to facilitate their participation in the Panorama Competition and other related activities for the 2016 Carnival celebrations”.
“These funds will assist the steel bands in key Carnival related undertakings including preparatory activities such as blending of the pans, chroming, repair of stands and sourceing of additional support instruments,” a ministry spokesperson said last Friday in a media release. One hundred and seven (107) conventional and seventy-six (76) single pan bands will receive grants.
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This is long overdue, and while working on that, look into this whole scenario about Large, Medium and Small Bands, because everyone in T&T knows there is no such thing.
Good pan news...hopefully, funds will be used wisely.