I recall pushing Phase II's pans through the streets for Jouvay in 1989. Was this one of the last times this happened? When did everyone move onto trucks? Any further thoughts on pan mobility welcome!
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only time i ever got to experience pushing pan was when our truck hitch broke in the middle of the road at brooklyn jouvert a couple years ago... the crowd gleefully jumped right in around us and and started pushing we racks, it was G R E A T !!! a much smoother ride and SO MUCH MORE FUN with evrybody jumping and dancing down the road - the feeling of 'community' was so much stronger with people pushing.....
all the guys in my band always talk about those days before everyone went down the road using trucks, they have stories fuh days. i wish i coulda been around in those times.... it's so much better than being towed behind a vehicle
I really enjoyed Jouvay with Phase II, I am sad that no-one pushes the racks any more, but very glad that I jumped up and did it even if it was only the once. I'd still like to know exactly when it all changed, though!
Randi Curvan > lady raygunFebruary 15, 2009 at 5:40pm
Ah the days of pushing pans, Heaven for the budding panist. It meant you were close enough to grasp your chance when the big boys got tired.
You only had to learn 2 or 3 tunes and as soon as the band stopped to change tunes the older one's would see the longing in your eyes and give you a chance to play, In those days we used to say beat pan. I even saw a picture of me in Starlift circa 1965/66 on the internet pushing pan. I'm so glad that picture did not make the press else my Grand parents would have gone ape. Ha Ha!!
Like the time my G Ma's cousin saw me on TV pushing pan in the rain on Semi final sunday when I should have been in church. So the news got back before I sneaked back home to Barataria. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. I had to be very good for a week else there would have been no carnival for me.
society in general is becoming lazy..
look at notting hill carnival, steelbands have sound systems on the road with them. so they don't play all day.
for me pushing a band or just 1 man with a 4pan on a float is carnival.
bring back the ole time days.. well not that far but you get the drift
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all the guys in my band always talk about those days before everyone went down the road using trucks, they have stories fuh days. i wish i coulda been around in those times.... it's so much better than being towed behind a vehicle
You only had to learn 2 or 3 tunes and as soon as the band stopped to change tunes the older one's would see the longing in your eyes and give you a chance to play, In those days we used to say beat pan. I even saw a picture of me in Starlift circa 1965/66 on the internet pushing pan. I'm so glad that picture did not make the press else my Grand parents would have gone ape. Ha Ha!!
Like the time my G Ma's cousin saw me on TV pushing pan in the rain on Semi final sunday when I should have been in church. So the news got back before I sneaked back home to Barataria. Father forgive them for they know not what they do. I had to be very good for a week else there would have been no carnival for me.
look at notting hill carnival, steelbands have sound systems on the road with them. so they don't play all day.
for me pushing a band or just 1 man with a 4pan on a float is carnival.
bring back the ole time days.. well not that far but you get the drift