Why would ANY TRINIDADIAN (and I mean ANY ANY ANY TRINIDADIAN) go into an INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION and TRY TO PLAY JAZZ -- when we could BARELY PLAY A CALYPSO RIGHT ON THE PAN?

[Claude Gonzales]

It is REAL HARD being a CALYPSO LOVER and watching PAN MEN disrespect THE INSTRUMENT unless it is PANORAMA and THE GOVERNMENT HANDING OUT MILLIONS OF FREE DOLLARS TO WIN VOTES!!! And even then, man playing almost 5 out of 8 minutes of the CHOSEN CALYPSO without playing a SINGLE LINE from the ORIGINAL SONG  trying to impress we with how much they know  about FOREIGN MUSIC. On a CARNIVAL SATURDAY NIGHT IN TRINIDAD -- of all the places in THE WORLD.

WE REAL LOSS, YES. If THE COVID doh bring we back to we senses -- ALL IS LOST FOR DECADES TO COME!!!

If ANY PAN PLAYER could take a calypso like PAN IN HARMONY and play it RIGHT  in a PANOGRAMA or INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY COMPETITION -- nobody in the world could beat we. But we are obsessed in trying to play music that we barely understand on an INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT like THE PAN.

I GIVE UP!!! Ah hope THE WHITE BOY win the PANOGRAMA!!!