Stranded

[Pan Times]

STRANDED! NYC Bands Marooned 2009 Harbor View Festival Steelbands Reign

New York, USA - The bake and salt fish (another great Caribbean dish) was simply awesome. Just writing about it - is making me yearn for some more right now. The weather and ambience were spectacular. Location - central Brooklyn, New York outside Utopia Pan Soul - The Next Generation’s panyard. And therein lies the problem. The geographical locator for this story was suppose to say ‘Baltimore, Maryland.’ This year When Steel Talks bummed a ride with part of the New York contingent of steel bands participating in Baltimore’s annual Harbor View Festival. As in the past the event featured groups from the Northeast region of the USA - D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. The groups were competing for the Carlos Lezama Challenge Trophy and the Pan Trinbago People’s Choice Award. click for more