“Ten Years of Pan in Schools”

[Pan Times]

Trinidad & Tobago, WI - The Pan in Schools Coordinating Council helps to introduce new music technology to the classroom and develop young pan tuners. In 1999 a group of school teachers with a deep interest in the development of the steelpan, came together to form the Pan in Schools Coordinating Council (PSCC). The past ten years of the organisation’s history has had a significant impact on the formal introduction of steelpan into the classroom. This has helped to create a positive outlook of Trinidad and Tobago’s place on the steel pan world stage. The main sponsors of the PSCC have included the Ministry of Education, BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC and BG Trinidad and Tobago Limited. click for full story

[Terrance Noel MBE JP]

In the 60s pan started to make an inroad into the schools of Great Britain. The Steelband Association of Great Britain took up the challenge and made great inroads by organising festivals (not competitive) for schools. Since the Association demise the Steelband Advisory Service is continuing the drive.
Terry Noel JP
Leader BT Melodians Steel Orchestra
www.btmelodians.co.uk

[Peter Gray]

Putting pan in the classroom is useless unless you put music in the classroom. Just the numbr of schools having pan curricula by itself means nothing.
Peter