New World Steel Orchestra, originally founded
in 1984 by Arthur France MBE was re-launched
twenty years later in 2004. Arthur was born in
Nevis the sister island of St. Kitts. Among
the most lasting achievements has
been his promotion of the first ever
Leeds West Indian Carnival in 1967,
throughout his life he has had a
love of steel pan music.
From the 1960s in Leeds when
he established, ‘The Gay Carnival
Steel Band’, he has had ambitions
to raise the profile of steel pan.
At the same time he has pushed to
encourage young people to learn to
play. Out of this ambition the New World
Steel Orchestra was born in 1984.
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