Cold outside, Caribbean [Pan] vibe inside at the Civic -Tan Tan and all...

[Pan Times]

The Akron Beacon Journal

Ohio, USA - While skaters circled the ice at Lock 3, the Civic Theatre was suggesting warmer times and climes on Sunday afternoon.

Even before the University of Akron Steel Drum Band gave a 2:30 p.m. concert, the lobby of the theater was aiming for a beach-party atmosphere. You could get snow cones or have your face painted. Beach balls rested on the steps to the closed balcony.

....Their selections included Roy Orbison’s Pretty Woman and ABBA’s Dancing Queen, songs that seemed to fit with the dancing figure moving around the lobby: Tan-Tan, a towering, Trinidadian carnival puppet. Trinidad is one of the birthplaces of steel drum music.

Steve Lawrie of Akron spent about three weeks making the puppet. With a smile, he maneuvered the 40 pounds of puppet and harness on his shoulders at the Civic.
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[Carlton E. Munroe]

Trinidad is not one of the birthplaces of steel drum music. T'dad is the original birthplace of steel band music. Point Blank.

                                                                                                                                    AKA:  Curly / Tahzann