When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, pan-mom and administrator Jenica Henry

Jenica Henry

Happy Birthday to Jenica Henry

February 1st

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Jenica Henry

“Set Goals, Stay Focused and don’t be afraid to fail (pressure can either bust pipes or make diamonds….and you, darling, are diamond material). Also don’t get caught up in changing who you are or what you value to make anyone else happy. Always be the most organic you that you can be. There is no one else like you and it is the only thing that can truly set you apart.” -- Jenica Henry

For this deep-thinking intellect and professional - the pan has been a constant companion that has now crossed and fused generations through a common experience for her children and her. Goal-oriented and focused, the extremely talented panist and pan mom Jenica Henry brings it all to the table. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - she shares her devotion and passion for the steelpan instrument, its music, the art form and more.

Jenica Henry with D'Radoes Steel Orchestra

Jenica Henry (at right) with Hip Hop artist Wyclef Jean, and fellow panist Athena Nicole in Pantonic’s pan yard

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Thank you for this wonderful, heartfelt, incisive, and reality-based interview. Jenica Henry's generational knowledge is as compelling as her love for pan and its people.

I came across these quotes, hastily jotted down in my journal in 1995,( so no credits). I believe they resonate with Jenica's approach to Pan and Life.

"In the practice of art, as in every human activity, each generation learns from the generations that have gone before. The lesser artists will imitate. The greater ones will turn to their forerunners not to find models, but to start reverberations in their own imaginations. Among these, a few may become the originals of their own generation".

"Great art enlarges the capacity of the beholder-or listener or reader-to experience life in all its variety. Each original voice, each fresh vision, adds a new dimension to artistic encounters".

I have great faith in the Millenials. I have found them to be resilient, visionary and competent

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Bugs February 1, 2022 at 12:48pm

Big Up Jenica.

Well done.

bugs
Lilian Sten February 1, 2022 at 12:28pm

Thank you for this wonderful, heartfelt, incisive, and reality-based interview. Jenica Henry's generational knowledge is as compelling as her love for pan and its people.

I came across these quotes, hastily jotted down in my journal in 1995,( so no credits). I believe they resonate with Jenica's approach to Pan and Life.

"In the practice of art, as in every human activity, each generation learns from the generations that have gone before. The lesser artists will imitate. The greater ones will turn to their forerunners not to find models, but to start reverberations in their own imaginations. Among these, a few may become the originals of their own generation".

"Great art enlarges the capacity of the beholder-or listener or reader-to experience life in all its variety. Each original voice, each fresh vision, adds a new dimension to artistic encounters".

I have great faith in the Millenials. I have found them to be resilient, visionary and competent
- Bugs > Lilian Sten February 1, 2022 at 12:49pm
  
  Yes, yes and yes Lilian.
  
  bugs

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