British Pan Woman - A Celebration of Women in Pan - Woman's Month

[Pan Times]

A British Pan Woman
by Rachel Hayward

United Kingdom - This March marks the 25th anniversary of my involvement with pan. Forty years ago pans were introduced into British schools through the efforts of renowned pan pioneers such as Gerald Forsyth and Russell Henderson. My secondary school – the Radcliffe, in the new city of Milton Keynes - started their steelband in 1984, and despite having never seen or heard pan before, and as I was involved in every other musical activity possible (orchestras, choirs and so on) I was not going to be left out of something that looked as interesting as these mysterious new instruments.
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[eugenia patricia culley]

congrats, Rachel keep it up with pan.

[brian henderson]

Well done Rachel! Keep up the good work, and if you ever need a good 2nd pan-man....... ;-)

[Peter Gray]

Congrats, Rachel ... and keep the faith.

 

Peter Gray