Gauteng, South Africa - Steel band musicians of St. Jude’s Private School hailing from Festac Town in Lagos, Nigeria, represented their country well, and indeed, their part of their continent for that matter, when they participated in the 2014 International Marimba and Steelpan Festival held in South Africa five weeks ago. The sixteen-student-ensemble chaperoned by two staff were the only West African presence at the South African festival held the first weekend in August.
St. Jude’s had a very good showing, bringing home three trophies, a giant one for the best steel pan performance, and one for placing third in the “Battle of the Bands,” an open category.
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