From the 1957 Cook Album, The Champion Steelbands of Trinidad. here is one of the first all girl steel bands, Girl Pat Steel orchestra.Pan people, these pioneering ladies deserve our recognition!
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Proud to say my aunt Jean Manwarren(née Ewing) was a member of this band.Her brothers Hugh,Leon( dec)+ Terry(dec) were pioneers of the great Dem Boys+ Dem Fortunates. Her husband is the Titan king of many carnivals productions. Her son is Wendell Manwarren a member of 3-Canal.My uncle Terry(deceased) was a top costume maker for Harold Saldennah and made the first pan ashtray that we see in curio shops all over T+T..Thank you Glenroy for this.These were some very sophisticated ladies who early on defied the odds and the scorn of the naysayers for the love of pan.
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oh how I cherish this LP got it from my grand fathers collection,
Wish i had a chance to play back then! good on you girls..thanks for sharing this.
Diane
An important piece of pan history - Fabulous music! this really makes my day!
Thank you Glenroy for posting this sound file and all the other interesting things you share - you've got lots of followers down under :-)
Thanks for this rendition, present/new players should be listen to this, then they may be appreciative of what the pioneers did .
Great, just great. Being from La Brea, I remember distinctly that tone from Southern Symphony. Takes me way back. Thanks.
Great stuff Glenroy ......can you please send me this sound file ...I need it for my research
sal_wils@hotmail.com
Regards
Salah
Absolutely great I just had to get up and dance
Just great! A lot better than some of the tasteless noisy crap
you hear nowadays with people jumping around and wrapped up
in their own egos.
I did not realize how much I have missed hearing this. Thanks so much for the memories it has brought up.