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Millie Meyer, left, Ty Emerson and Jean Martinez during a steel drum session at Brittany Pointe Estates
Pennsylvania, USA - What images are conjured up when you hear the word panhandling? If you would have asked me that question two years ago, I would have immediately pictured a destitute individual, dressed in tattered clothes, holding a cup asking for money. A sad image indeed.
But now? That is not what I see at all. I see a group of fun-loving residents at Brittany Pointe Estates in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, who came together with one goal in mind — to learn to play the steel drums.
Fast forward to now, and they have far exceeded expectations. They are a talented and hardworking group that meets twice a week to learn new skills and play some of the happiest and most lighthearted music on one of the happiest and most lighthearted instruments around, the steel pan, better known as steel drums.
But let me rewind. This journey started a year and a half ago....
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