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Rudy
Dear Pan Lovers, will you all support a drive to change Lazarri Street to honour Mr. Lennox "Bobby" Mohamed. Lazarri Street was the home of Cavaliers Steel Orchestra and is still the home of Mr. Mohamed. Bobby is the first arranger from the Southland that won a Panorama and is the youngest winning arranger ever at 22 years old. He led Cavaliers to (2) victories and (2) 2nd place finishes at five Panorama finals (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1969) Cavaliers did not defend their title in 1968 because the band was on tour in Venezuela. Bobby also led Cavaliers to (3) 3rd place finishes at the Classical Music Festival of 1964,1966 and 1967. He is the first arranger that qualified and placed with his own classical composition of "Revalations From Beyond" in 1967. Bobby is also the first arranger that changed from the major to the minor key at Panorama, introduced dimiuendos and crescendos, hence creating dynamics. We must keep the legacy of our Pan Pioneers alive.
All Steelpan Players perform these songs.
Pan In A Minor and Pan in the 21st Century
They are now part of "Calysonic - Institute for SteelPan and Calypso" in Dortmund, Germany. They followed their captain Werner M. Weidensdorfer, who is the musical director of Calypsonic e.V.
Their URL PanGanG will continue to present the developement of the orchestra with infos, pictures, audio and video. For more information you can also visit Calypsonic.
PANMAGEDDON
I am writing you this letter in appreciation of the hard work and dedication that the people of Trinidad and Tobago have put into the development of our national instrument. I have mentioned to Mr. Lashley our High Commission in Toronto about organizing an all steelband event on August 31 2012 to commemorate our 50th year of independence by performing the National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago as a tribute to our Cultural Heritage and our gift to the World. The Steelpan Instrument is just as symbolic to the World, as the Statue of Liberty in terms of freedom of expression. I propose this "Pan-mageddon" be held at 4:00 PM T&T time. All Steelbands should take to the streets, parks, community centers, savannahs in their districts creating the largest amount of Steelbands playing the official version of the Anthem at the same time. Its a little more than three (3) years from now, I am forwarding this message to you in your capacity to advise on making it work. Steelpan personnells world-wide can pay their respect and tribute to the Land of the Steelpan.
Regards.