ACROSS THE BOARD (SOCA, CHUTNEY, CROSSOVER, PAN) THE TRINIS in TRINIDAD think that they understand THE GLOBAL REPRESENTATON OF OUR MUSIC -- but they are MILES BEHIND!!!

[Claude Gonzales]

If I was a HIGHLY PAID GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE (BEVERLEY, LAUREN, GYPSY, MASIMBA, COLIN) representing OUR CULTURE and I saw THE DISMAL FAILURE of our PAN SOLOISTS during the last INTERNATIONAL PAN SOLOIST COMPETITION -- I would have called for an IMMEDIATE NATIONAL DISCUSSION on THAT EMBARASSMENT ... but of course, if you are PIMPING THE CULTURE and getting  a HIGH PAY CHECK  every month ... you would sweep the embarrassment under the carpet AND KEEP COLLECTING YOUR PAYCHECK ... and NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE!!!

The problem is that the ADMINISTRATORS (like BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE) who keep GETTING FAT off  the SWEAT OF PAN PLAYERS don't really care about ANYTHING other than THE NEXT PAN HUSTLE.

So how could we ever move THE AFRO-TRINI CULTURE GLOBAL?

Ah think ah going and JOIN DEM INDIANS and PUSH THE CHUTNEY SOCA -- even though I am a REAL TRINIDADIAN who has a GLOBAL SOCA and PAN VISION ... miles beyond THE LOCAL CULTURE VULTURES!!!