Stella Maris Steel Band is a ‘Pantastic 10’

[Pan Times]

Stella Maris Steel Band is a ‘Pantastic 10’

 

Jamaica, W.I. - The Stella Maris Steel Band is making preparations to host its 10th anniversary concert. The band, which boasts being the first and only Catholic steel band in the island, has 20 members and, according to band manager Margeret Rhoden, the future should see growth.

The band received its first batch of steel pans from an anonymous Trinidad donor several years ago. Rhoden says what started out as casual music lessons, grew into a professional charity-driven musical band.

"We do work for charity and that is a major part of why we are members of the band. The only challenge is that we don't have steel band tuners in Jamaica, so we have to send to Trinidad to get the pans tuned and that is very expensive. Currently, we can only manage to get them tuned once per year, because it is about US$60 per pan and we have 20 members," Rhoden said.
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[Mario Joseph]

Hey bro the wording is wrong. That is what they do. They get a Trini tuner to come and tune.

[Curtis "Sleepy"Marcelle]

It is better to request the Trini Pan Tuner to come to Jamaica....you would save money.