...Some four decades ago the Government of Guyana donated a set of steel pans to the Cuban community in Santiago de Cuba as well as provided two steel pan tuners to assist with the launch of Cuba’s first steel orchestra.
On Friday afternoon, two of the organizers of the visit, Guyana’s Honorary Consul for Florida, Ramzan Roshanali, and president of the GACC, Wesley Kirton, were guests at a special event where performances were given by both the children and adult sections of the steel band. Both sections performed a variety of popular Cuban, Caribbean and American songs, including “We are the World”. The band hopes to be able to perform in Guyana in the not too distant future. Scores of people from the community flocked the small hall and the streets surrounding the venue to view and listen to the performances.
The children’s section of the steel band performing in Santiago de Cuba.
Speaking through a translator, the director, members of the band, and community members thanked Guyana for assisting with the formation of the band, which has since received additional assistance from Guyana’s CARICOM sister nation- Trinidad and Tobago...
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