Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Music Festival Vol. III "Finals" (1966)City Syncopators was an unsponsored band in 1966 and surprised many with a superb performance, that earned them second place in the Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Music Festival of 1966.Their performance of the Poet and Peasant Overture, arranged by Anthony Lynch, is considered by many to be one of the best ever of this classical piece by a steelband, to this day.Here, Live from the 1966 Trinidad and Tobago Steelband Music Festival, is City Syncopators Steel Orchestra and The Poet and Peasant Overture. (Franz Von Suppe')
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Some may think that in the sixties pan was relatively primitive compared to today, but they would be wrong.
By 1966 most bands were complete orchestras, with high tenors, tenors, double tenors, seconds, guitars, cellos, tenor bass and six bass.
And many of the best tuners ever were in their prime back then.
Yes, there have been a bit of fine-tuning of the pan family since then, but with the exception of the electronics, nothing really consequential.
And of the 62 bands that took part in this festival , I guaranty that the vast majority of them were on the road that year and also took part in panorama.
And I know that there were bands that not participate. For example, in Marabella neither Southern Marines nor our fledgling band Scarlet Symphony were strong enough that year to participate.
So when we talk making progress over the last 45 years or so, the question begs to be asked, Where?
About the only area where we have improved is, thank God, in pan music education in schools.
But as far as advancing the lot of the steelband and defining its role in the culture, we have done little.
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Some may think that in the sixties pan was relatively primitive compared to today, but they would be wrong.
By 1966 most bands were complete orchestras, with high tenors, tenors, double tenors, seconds, guitars, cellos, tenor bass and six bass.
And many of the best tuners ever were in their prime back then.
Yes, there have been a bit of fine-tuning of the pan family since then, but with the exception of the electronics, nothing really consequential.
And of the 62 bands that took part in this festival , I guaranty that the vast majority of them were on the road that year and also took part in panorama.
And I know that there were bands that not participate. For example, in Marabella neither Southern Marines nor our fledgling band Scarlet Symphony were strong enough that year to participate.
So when we talk making progress over the last 45 years or so, the question begs to be asked, Where?
About the only area where we have improved is, thank God, in pan music education in schools.
But as far as advancing the lot of the steelband and defining its role in the culture, we have done little.
Thanks You Glenroy. I was there and have never forgotten this performance. Reliving it is wonderful. This is what i miss about steelbands now.