Trinidad & Tobago, WI - Come carnival 2010 Fitz-Gerald Sparks would be 79 years young and still playing tenor pan for his beloved Starlift Steelband for panorama even though he is confined to walking on crutches over the last eight years.
“Daddy Sparks” as he is fondly called in the home circle of Lady Hailes Avenue in San Fernando, has seen it all and done it all in the name of steelpan – from tuner to arranger to captain to manager of a host of steelbands throughout the length and breadth of Trinidad.
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This is indeed a truly inspiring story, not only for young pannists but for all young people in general. How does he do it? I mean how does he retain all those intricate arrangements? And on crutches to booth! Daddy Sparks, if steelpan be the food of love----play on.
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