Thunder, Lighting and Rain can’t stop New York steelbands
New York, USA - Even as a bright and sunny weekend now looms ahead for the always-anticipated annual steel band music panorama competition in New York, many steel band music connoisseurs do not have to think back too far, to when rain seemed to be the order of the day—or make that evening—in steel band launches. So much so, that if you were a patron at the events, you were pretty much resigned to maybe getting a good soaking to go along with your sweet sessions of steel band music. Just asked the music lovers who were at the Despers USA band launch two weekends ago. It turned into another veritable ‘wet fete’ preceded earlier in the evening by lightning streaking across the sky, and inevitably followed by showers of rain which began while Pantonic Steel Orchestra was in musical charge of pan lovers’ attention. It had been bone dry when hosts Despers USA opened up earlier that evening, followed by New York Pan Stars and ADLIB Steel Orchestra.
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