I think that the NEXT TIME that a GLOBAL STEELBAND gets a chance to PERFORM on a BIG STAGE -- the QUALITY OF THE MUSIC must be a MAJOR CONSIDERATION!!!

[Claude Gonzales]

MARKETING is ONE THING!!!

But PERFORMANCE is ANOTHER THING!!!

That is why we NEED a REAL WORLD GOVERNING BODY OF PAN and not a BACKWARD ORGANIZATION like PAN TRINBAGO.

I know that we have the HUMAN RESOURCES in TRINIDAD and in EXPAT LANDS to form such an OVERARCHING BODY -- if we could really understand THE CHALLENGE.

[Claude Gonzales]

Now, my position (for decades) has always been that anytime you PUT MORE THAN THREE PANS TOGETHER YOU HAVE NOISE. But even so, THERE IS NOISE and LESS NOISE!!!