You know there's a serious problem with the Arts and Culture when you hear this at a funeral service...
Canon Knolly Clarke called on Diaz to not only make sure that everything was all right with Guppy’s family, but also the young men coming forward who needed the skills, dedication, discipline and commitment to tune the pan, as too many people were hired hands in T&T.
He said they knew the skills but were charging money for everything.
Clarke said culture at the grassroots level would take the country out of the state it was in.
He said the future of T&T was in the hands of people like those who performed in the church that day that gave Guppy a musical sendoff with the pan, poems and song.
Clarke also challenged the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation to look after young calypsonians and teach them how to compose, present songs and be committed about their art form, as there was too much half-hearted work being done.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-12-12/recognise-pan-tuners%E2%80%94diaz
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Pantrinbago President called out about taking care of the Tuners, how many times this have happened and nothing done about it, they always wait till they die and talk about it. (Bertie Marshall as example)