Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Tributes poured in yesterday for steelband icon Ian “Teddy” Belgrave, who died at the St Augustine Private Hospital over the weekend. Belgrave, father of T&T Guardian freelance subeditor Chenier Belgrave, was 67. A friend and fellow pan researcher, Nestor Sullivan, manager of San Juan’s Pamberi Steel Orchestra, yesterday recalled Belgrave’s contribution to pan. He said Belgrave was originally from Laventille although he was involved in steelbands along the East-West Corridor. Sullivan said Belgrave’s brothers, Robin and John, were also involved in pan, with Robin being a member of Southern Symphony, and John a founding member of Ebony Steel Orchestra, based in London, UK. “Teddy first began in Highlanders with the late Bertie Marshall while attending Queen’s Royal College,” recalled Sullivan.
On leaving college, Belgrave migrated to Canada for his tertiary education where he became a member of Mellotones Steel Orchestra.
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I offer condolences to the family of Ian "Teddy" Belgrave on his passing to the Great Beyond. Teddy and I attended Queen’s Royal College together and were good friends. I remember spending lots of fun times with him at his home in Laventille. Unfortunately, our paths did not cross very often within recent times, but I would read about his achievements in the fields of "labour" and "pan". May he rest in peace.
I've lost a good friend...