By COREY CONNELLY - Newsday - Sunday, January 17 2016
Ten-time National Panorama champions Desperadoes Steel Orchestra will return to its treasured headquarters at Upper Laventille Road, Laventille — permanently — long before Carnival 2017.
For manager Curtis Edwards, it will be a watershed moment for steelband from the “Hill” - a time to reflect on its successes over the past 70 years and make projections for the future.
“We are expecting that the building will be completed by June and the we will have a formal opening and the legacy will continue,” an elated Edwards told Sunday Newsday on Wednesday shortly before the start of a Despers practice session at the former site of the Greyfriars Church of Scotland on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain...
..Edwards said “Different Me” was a winner.
“People should not even bother to go to the (Queen’s Park) Savannah (on the night of the Panorama finals. We will win when the judges come on Wednesday,” Edwards said. “This tune is trouble. It is a genius piece of work.” With an active membership of about 160 players, Edwards observed that the young players in Desperadoes have been making quite an impression.
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