We have Steelpan, We have Art, We have Music, We have High Culture - We Exist!

[Pan Times]

We have Steelpan, We have Art, We have Music, We have High Culture - We Exist!

Ole Mas, Oil, Paint, Powder and PAN - again King in Brooklyn for J’Ouvert

New York, USA - This was indeed a very special J’Ouvert morning in New York as I was rudely awakened by NYPD (New York Pan Department) helicopters heavily rumbling in the skies above the neighborhood in the wee hours of the night. These menacing “Ghetto Birds” or gunships as they are commonly called in the hood were flying so low and were so loud the glass started to rattle. Half-asleep, I wondered “Where am I - Mogadishu, Afghanistan, Gaza - or Hell?” And almost simultaneously - amazingly - I heard the distinct sound of iron and drum beating the rhythm of the Jab Jab, the Pan Man and ole mas - mixed with the hum of thousands of humans dancing, chipping and reveling in the street.
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[Cindy Cummings]

Thanks to WST.  This looked more exciting than what I saw last year when I was there.  Now I am wondering what we missed last year for J'ouvert morning.  Perhaps we went outside too late, and caught the tail end.  Next year, I want to play in a band for J'ouvert - they are having too much fun.

[Cheryl Flemming]

I want to express my thanks to When Steel Talks for their coverage of Panorama, Dimache Gras, Jouvert and Parade of the Bands on the Parkway. I live in Montreal, Canada and was unable to come to New York, i enjoyed my self for the weekend. My name is Cheryl Flemming.

[Cecil hinkson]

Holla! Holla! Mother Cheryl Welcome to WST.

[Glenroy R Joseph]

 No one does a better job of globally covering that aspect of Caribbean culture that originated in Trinidad.

Nobody.

Caribbean culture lovers, and Trinidadians in particular owe WST a huge thank you, so I'll add my thanks to Ms. Flemming's.

 

Thank you, WST