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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.
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.
A man passed away that some may know from back in the days of the '' Penthouse '' down town
Port Of spain , TnT. his name is CHOY AMING ...
He took alot of guy to the island of Bermuda and gave them the opportunity to see what life was like outside of
Trinidad and Tobago, including myself. he brought the cultures of his home land to the people of the island
along with his brother ( mas maker ) Neville Aming and family. and for years our music and costumes paraded on the streets of Bermuda every May 24th. ( Bermuda Day ).
I have alot to thank him for, lord know where i would be today had it not been for that trip that i and many
like me, befor and after made. from the 60s to just afew years ago.
R I P. Sir.
I Thank You...
God Bless..
Miguel.