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Auckland, New Zealand - Ros Demas, 78, marches to the beat of a different drum - the steelpan.
Mrs Demas plays the large instrument as a member of Caribbeanz Southern Stars, believed to be New Zealand's first and only steelpan band.
Her husband was born in Trinidad and she grew to love the sounds of the Caribbean island.
"It's the beat," she says. "Right from my 20s I have known about calypso and enjoyed it, so lived with the music all the time."
The Caribbeanz Southern Stars was formed in 1995 by a small group of Caribbean islanders living in Auckland.
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How absolutely wonderful. And yes it would be nice to see and hear their performance, a video would be really nice.
A video of their performance would be nice for us to view here on WST my complements.