According to MR. MARCUS ASH, the MINISTER OF CULTURE has shown blatant disrespect to PAN TRINBAGO and the STEELPAN BODY -- as a whole -- within the past few months.
One could say the disagreements started with the disastrous decision by the NCC and the MINISTRY OF CULTURE to convert to the NORTH PARK which ended up costing PAN TRINBAGO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in PANORAMA REVENUES.
Consequently, it is now six (6) months since Carnival has ended and PAN TRINBAGO has yet to receive their GATE RECEIPTS in a RESPECTFUL MANNER. You can just imagine how this failure to deliver the GATE RECEIPTS has affected the number of projects PAN TRINBAGO has on the table to facilitate EDUCATION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, and BUSINESS VENTURES that would aid the ORGANIZATION in elevating itself and moving forward towards FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.
It is the opinion of MR. MARCUS ASH that MARGINALIZATION OF STEELPAN in the MECCA by the GOVERNMENT demands that members/fans/friends/family of the STEELPAN FRATERNITY look at the HISTORY OF PAN and UNITE.
MARGINALIZATION OF STEELPAN has affected the NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in so many negative ways (and this is our cherished N.S.S.O) -- you will have to contact MISTER MARCUS ASH personally to get the FULL DETAILS. That negative list is so long!!!
And the MARGINALIZATION OF STEELPAN continues in so many ways -- both blatant and subtle -- that it is time to stand IN UNITY and remind THE POWERS THAT BE of what the STEELPAN FRATERNITY is CAPABLE OF ... especially the achievement of taking OUR INSTRUMENT (THE STEELPAN) to the world and giving GREAT GLOBAL RECOGNITION to THIS COUNTRY.
So, again, MR. MARCUS ASH urges the STEELPAN FRATERNITY to stand and UNITE AS ONE to MOVE PAN FORWARD.
MR. MARCUS ASH can be contacted at PAN TRINBAGO or SILVER STARS or ON FACEBOOK. He is inviting the GLOBAL STEELPAN FRATERNITY to come together at this critical moment in THE NEW HISTORY OF THE STEELPAN -- not just in word but also in DEED.
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