The Joseph Gomez Pan Busters perform during the Steelband Jamboree.
The Joseph Gomez Pan Busters perform during the Steelband Jamboree.

Under a hazy Sunday evening sky, the upbeat rhythms of steelpans filled St. Thomas’s Lionel Roberts Stadium for the annual Carnival Steelband Jamboree.

A total of 12 bands, mostly school-based and some clubs, took the stage, delighting the couple hundred audience members with upbeat melodies that seemed made for easy listening.

“We put our own spin on the Carnival theme this year: We say ‘Nothing is More Fabulous than a Well-tuned Steelpan for Carnival,” Eduardo Corneiro, master of ceremonies and chairman of the Carnival Steelband Jamboree Committee, said.

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