Trinidad Express
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Both panmen and management of 48 unsponsored steel orchestras (single pan, small, medium and large) received donations from Scotiabank to help in their preparation for Carnival and the Panorama competition.
The donations are given through the Scotiabank Foundation, which is dedicated to the development of youth, environment, sports and culture. The event took place at Scotia Centre, Park and Richmond Streets, Port of Spain, on Wednesday evening.
But despite this donation, steel orchestras are still finding it difficult to make it; earlier this week, 165 bands received sums of $10,000 (single pan) and $20,000 (conventional) from the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism in their preparations for the Carnival season.
...."An arranger for a single pan band is $15,000; for a conventional, it runs from $40,000 to as much as $60,000."
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