This is what I LOVE about research! DISCOVERY! I would not have found this clip, which shown not only my high school, Trinity College, but one of my liming spots, where the tuner would be sinking pans, and the first place I learned to play poker. (Who can tell me where the place this tuner is at in the video clip?)
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Ghost (the Pan'tum)......thanks for posting this clip. It generated many positive responses, which enabled your re-connection with school mate(s) and directed me (and others) to yet another 'PAN' resource in KIM's book.
Yes..Harmon......Hodge(Brent) all of us from Belmont........not to far from Cadiz Road where THE GREATEST STEEL ORCHESTRA ...W I T C O D E S P E R A D O E S occupies for Carnival because of circumstances beyond their control........HARRY......now HASSAN C......
Glenroy, I also agree with you and Kim. I still think it was a bit informative, and it is a good thing to have other perspectives, even if it is for the point of correcting, as Kim rightly did. I am a HUGE fan of Kim, mainly because of his unselfish dedication and commitment to telling the truth. Trust me, his book will be in my collection shortly. Hassan C.,then you must know BD (Harmon). Remember, "Football Made Simple", the TV coaching clinic by Alvin Corneal? GHOST.
yeah Pan'tum-The Ghost Who Talks....old school ..the steps by the hall that you could not go up well you were not supposed to.....class of 76 ..77 ......former school footballer......
You're right, though Kim. I'm certainly glad you wrote your book so that the historical record isn't twisted or distorted by faded memories or half truths.
For instance, I first remember Southern Marines practicing under Milton Lyon's mother's house which was near the Guaracara river bordering the Texaco oil refinery
. As a matter of fact, certain daring individuals ("Tarzan" where are you) would swim the oily Guracara to the refinery to "borrow' discarded oil drums
. Even the tuning went on in Mrs Lyon's back yard.
When we started Scarlet Symphony it was under someone's house until we built a tent on some unused lands.
Finding practice places for steelbands was always problematic but not impossible, and we never had to practice in a junk yard.
Even when I was with Silvertones we practiced in a abandoned lot close to the captain's house . Maylin Zepherine was the captain at that time after David "Peasy " Balbosa got ill ( Incidentally, Fonclaire was a block away)
If you want to know the real story about pan, get a copy of Kim's book.
I finally got my copy in the mail , and was completely blown away!
Anyone with any connection to the steel band will recognize incidents and people in this book which has to be the official record for the steel band movement.
I must complement Kim for his effort to also chronicle steel band activity from the south and other areas.
My only caveat is I didn't see a picture of myself (just joking, Kim), though there was a picture of my old friend Owen "Tan Man" Horsford (pg 138) playing king sailor with Southern Marines, a mas I also played that year.
An outstanding historical document, Kim, and you should be proud.
That's garbage. IEvery statement is wrong. Steelband was never in the junkyard. It was in people's yards. It did not start with the arrival of the oil industry. That stupid statement is usually Americans trying to insert themselves in everything. The oil industry started around 1908, long before pan. And for its part, pan started before oil drums were used. The first steelbands used metal containers that stored paint, carbide, biscuit, olive oil and other materials, anything except oil.
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Me to, Glen.
Ghost (the Pan'tum)......thanks for posting this clip. It generated many positive responses, which enabled your re-connection with school mate(s) and directed me (and others) to yet another 'PAN' resource in KIM's book.
Steve, I'll send you the information about getting a copy. I have no financial interest , but as a culture lover I encourage everyone to get a copy.
if anyone needs the information as to how to get a copy I'll gladly send it to them.
(I'm not sure that its appropriate to post the detailed infomation from the vendor on this forum)
Could you please tell me where I can get a copy of Kim's Book ? Thanks .
Killer defender!!! Yow, I calling Harmon now!!! Small world.
Yes..Harmon......Hodge(Brent) all of us from Belmont........not to far from Cadiz Road where THE GREATEST STEEL ORCHESTRA ...W I T C O D E S P E R A D O E S occupies for Carnival because of circumstances beyond their control........HARRY......now HASSAN C......
Glenroy, I also agree with you and Kim. I still think it was a bit informative, and it is a good thing to have other perspectives, even if it is for the point of correcting, as Kim rightly did. I am a HUGE fan of Kim, mainly because of his unselfish dedication and commitment to telling the truth. Trust me, his book will be in my collection shortly. Hassan C.,then you must know BD (Harmon). Remember, "Football Made Simple", the TV coaching clinic by Alvin Corneal? GHOST.
yeah Pan'tum-The Ghost Who Talks....old school ..the steps by the hall that you could not go up well you were not supposed to.....class of 76 ..77 ......former school footballer......
You're right, though Kim. I'm certainly glad you wrote your book so that the historical record isn't twisted or distorted by faded memories or half truths.
For instance, I first remember Southern Marines practicing under Milton Lyon's mother's house which was near the Guaracara river bordering the Texaco oil refinery
. As a matter of fact, certain daring individuals ("Tarzan" where are you) would swim the oily Guracara to the refinery to "borrow' discarded oil drums
. Even the tuning went on in Mrs Lyon's back yard.
When we started Scarlet Symphony it was under someone's house until we built a tent on some unused lands.
Finding practice places for steelbands was always problematic but not impossible, and we never had to practice in a junk yard.
Even when I was with Silvertones we practiced in a abandoned lot close to the captain's house . Maylin Zepherine was the captain at that time after David "Peasy " Balbosa got ill ( Incidentally, Fonclaire was a block away)
If you want to know the real story about pan, get a copy of Kim's book.
I finally got my copy in the mail , and was completely blown away!
Anyone with any connection to the steel band will recognize incidents and people in this book which has to be the official record for the steel band movement.
I must complement Kim for his effort to also chronicle steel band activity from the south and other areas.
My only caveat is I didn't see a picture of myself (just joking, Kim), though there was a picture of my old friend Owen "Tan Man" Horsford (pg 138) playing king sailor with Southern Marines, a mas I also played that year.
An outstanding historical document, Kim, and you should be proud.
That's garbage. IEvery statement is wrong. Steelband was never in the junkyard. It was in people's yards. It did not start with the arrival of the oil industry. That stupid statement is usually Americans trying to insert themselves in everything. The oil industry started around 1908, long before pan. And for its part, pan started before oil drums were used. The first steelbands used metal containers that stored paint, carbide, biscuit, olive oil and other materials, anything except oil.
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