MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- It may be February, but Mahopac High School’s steel-drum band brought the warmth of the islands to Fulmar Road Elementary School when they performed recently for students.
Bringing a calypso-like feel to songs such as “Brown Eyed Girl” and “Uptown Funk,” the high school musicians delighted the younger students with the drums’ vibrant, melodic beats and their colorful costumes and hats.
While the drums’ complex, percussive melodies sound difficult to execute, Mahopac Middle School/High School music teacher and steel-drum-band teacher/conductor Don Flynn said that the instruments are not that difficult to learn.
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