Trinidad Guardian
A special space was reserved in the VIP section for the members of Beijing’s Ritan High School, hosted in Trinidad by Panland T&T Ltd. Ritan is one of the very few schools in China with a steel orchestra and Panland invited the school to witness the Laventille Steelband Festival & Street Parade to forge a strong relationship with a complementary school programme in T&T.
The entourage of 23 visitors, including 16 high school students, parents and teachers, returned to China on Monday. This connection between T&T and China came out of new links that have been established for the supply of steelpan instruments in the Chinese market after years of work and was facilitated through the Embassy of T&T in Beijing.
Panland began supplying pans to China in June this year. Ritan High School is interested in developing its pan programme and this trip will broaden their understanding of the steelpan and the land of its birth.
Success Laventille Secondary School had been selected to host an exchange with the students and teachers of the Ritan High School, based on the successes of its championship steel orchestra, Success Stars Pan Sounds, its experience as cultural ambassadors, and its well established music programme.
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