July 26 is one of significance in steelband history - TASPO at the Festival of Britain

[Pan Times]

Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO)

The date July 26 is one of significance in steelband history; it commemorates the performance of TASPO (Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra) at the Summer Festival of Britain seventy-one years ago in 1951 on that day.

 

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