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Desperadoes during its winning performance of Nailah Blackman's More Sokah at the National Panorama Finals, Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, in February 2020. - Vidya Thurab
Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore said despite an allocation of $4 million, the organisation was going full steam ahead with its shows for A Taste of Carnival.
She said Pan Trinbago was hoping it would have received about $8 million. However, after it was announced that funding for a Taste of Carnival would only be $15 million, the National Carnival Commission was now offering $4 million.
Ramsey-Moore said on Thursday the organisation has to raise an additional $2 million to satisfy the bands that will take part in the shows at the Queen’s Park Savannah, and give a grant to those bands that cannot.
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86 band registered but 86 bands did not take part.
Give dem back de foh million. We go play for free , we just love to play for free, after all, it’s a God given instrument.
All the promises of about FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE for PAN TRINBAGO and when time come to produce "a little taste of PAN" is BEG BEG BEG ... GIMME GIMME GIMME.
Ah wanna hold meh head and BAWL!!!
4 million dollars fuh 83 bands tuh appear?
4 million dollars fuh ah new panyard fuh de "govahment band"?
Ah wanna fall...