UN declares August 11 World Steelpan Day

[Pan Times]

Loop News Saint Lucia

Left to right:  Director of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Kareem Browne; renowned steelpan arranger, Dr. Ray Holman; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, His Excellency Dennis Francis; Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Senator the Honourable Randall Mitchell and President of Pan Trinbago, Mrs. Beverley Ramsey-Moore - at the United Nations, New York

New York, USA - The United Nations on Monday made the declaration at the 77^th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Introducing the resolution for determining World Steelpan Day before the General Assembly, Randall Mitchell, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, said the steelpan represents much more than musical versatility to the people of T&T where it was born.

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