SpicemasGrenada.com:
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - ....One Trinidad steelband captain, Junia Regrello of TCL Skiffle Bunch, has responded to the idea of a competition at next year's Grenada carnival by
asking, “Why not?'”
A 25-member Skiffle Bunch contingent recently visited Grenada to participate in pre-Spicemas activities.
....The event, advertised as a “pan war” and a clash of Trinidad panists “matching their skills against Grenada's finest pan players,” included the participation of Republic Bank Angel Harps, LIME Commancheroes and Coyaba New Dimensions.
....Regrello, a panist for almost 45 years, described Grenada as having a strong “pan fraternity.”
He said the steelbands are good but pointed to what he called “some inconsistency in tonal quality.”
Regrello, a one-time Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Culture in the government of former Prime Minister Patrick Manning, also suggested that Grenadian steel orchestras “need to have a more varied repertoire, and the arrangers can probably do a little more work.”
Younger inexperienced Grenadian panists, Regrello added, “were using inappropriate sticks; the grip on the sticks was poor and they were not hitting the notes the way they should. There is technique in everything you do.”
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