Joan Rampersad - Newsday
BPTT Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra
THREE of the top junior steelbands in TT were selected to entertain at the Youth Steel Explosion held at the Emancipation village in the Queen’s Park Savannah on Tuesday. BPTT Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra, Republic Bank Exocubs and St Margaret’s Youth Steel Orchestra, entertained for 30 minutes each, silently competing for bragging rights.
Following the playing of the National Anthem by Emmanuel Joseph, the lad joined his fellow young Renegades, and led by Barry Mannette, they started the event with an Ella Andall composition, The Redemption Song.
The band followed with a jazz piece Feel So Good, composed by Chuck Mangioni long before any of them was born, but the way it was executed earned them tumultuous applause from the small crowd on hand at the event.
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Barry Mannette is like the Marco Polo of steel band,Just jumping from band to band.