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Pope Francis plays the Tenor Pan at the Vatican - July 6, 2013

Posted by Pan Times on July 6, 2013 at 11:27am in News

Images from: REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys/Pool

Above:  Holding his own tenor sticks, Pope Francis looks at the President of Trinidad & Tobago Anthony Carmona (left) playing a tenor pan, during a private audience at the Vatican July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys/Pool

 

Above:  Pope Francis plays a tenor pan received as gift by former President of Trinidad and Tobago, George Maxwell Richards (unseen) during a private audience at the Vatican July 6, 2013.  REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys/Pool

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  • James Martinez July 9, 2013 at 9:14am

    The Pontiff looks like he's a natural. 

  • yvette johnson July 8, 2013 at 9:06pm

    I thought this issue was settled in 1967!   Here's his eminence Cypher on the Church and playing mas (s)

    http://youtu.be/LSoZhWJY6f8

  • Trevor Harewood July 8, 2013 at 4:25pm

    Next step is to send the Catholic carnival mas band with costumes to the Vatican to parade in front the pope...no wining please!

     

    • Cecil hinkson > Trevor Harewood July 8, 2013 at 4:45pm

      "HIGH MAS" is ah different kindah mas.

  • kenneth clarke July 8, 2013 at 12:46pm
    Pan is a blessings from the highest high
  • Albert John Simon July 8, 2013 at 9:56am

    Thank you very much very much for showcasing this historic event. In addition to WST members, I am sure that Roman Catholics, like myself the world over would now know how  beautiful a musical instrument is the "Pan"

    Our President, His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona has indeed made our native country of Trinidad and Tobago extremely proud by presenting this beautiful gift to the Pope.

  • yvette johnson July 6, 2013 at 11:06pm

    Now, that all these non-Caribbean folks are playing pan, can the Caribbean nations at least put pan in the school curriculum  in addition to adding it to our flags.   But then, I am a Federationists who thinks we should have one flag, one government, one economy and one curriculum from the cradle to the grave!

  • 911 July 6, 2013 at 9:31pm

    I was playing on a gig in Bayside Miami Fla that was in 1998 and while playing a gentleman came up to me dress all in white and said that he just love the sound of the instrument that I was playing, which was a double second.

    He said that they could take all the other instrument,Sax,Piano,Guitar and so on and throw all  in the sea.That the steel pan

    will be the only Instrument that will be in heaven.And with that he just disappear.I don't know if he went up or down or side ways.That why I always appreciate my Instrument the steeldrums.

  • Jean Campbell July 6, 2013 at 9:20pm
    I guess not. He took only the tenor pan!
  • 911 July 6, 2013 at 8:53pm

    Now that is nice and wonderful the pope playing the steel pans..But I am not seeing any tassa drums

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