The Trinidad Guardian
Global - For many in T&T and the US, the name Mannette is synonymous with pan and steelband. As the Kennedys are to American politics, so are the Mannettes to steelband. It is no surprise, then, that in Barry Mannette a new generation of Mannettes is making a name and forging a new path in pan in America and the Caribbean.
Barry Mannette’s life has been a whirlwind of late. For the past two school years, Barry has been living up in De Kalb, Illinois where he just graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Master’s Degree in Music specialising in pan. ....Barry is off to St Vincent and the Grenadines this summer to arrange for the St Vincent and the Grenadines Panorama—his first experience arranging for this particular band and Panorama.
He definitely impressed the staff at Northern Illinois and as Cliff Alexis notes, “There’s a very bright future for Barry as far as I can see in steelpan today. Hopefully, someone will recognise his talents and give him a job.”
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Congrats. are in order Barry.
CONGRATS TO YOU BARRY....HOPE YOU GET THE SUCCESS YOU DESERVE.....