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  roberto codallo January 15, 2011 at 7:14pm

  LOOK HOW THE COMPOSITION OF THE MEMBERS IN THE BAND CHANGED IN A FEW YEARS FROM MOSTLY MALES TO HALF FEMALES,NICE
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  Patricia Smith December 29, 2010 at 8:08pm

  A great performance.  Thanks for posting it.
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  Glenroy R Joseph December 25, 2010 at 1:48pm

  This piece of music brings back special memories, and at this time of year it's nice to reflect on the past.

  As far as I know, it was first performed on pans by my "other" Sando steelband, Silvertones,  at the 1967 music festival(shortly before I joined the band).

  The band placed second in the unsponsored category to City Syncopators who performed "The Poet and the Peasant".

  "The Barber of Seville" was arranged for Silvertones by renowned San Fernando musicologist Mrs. Marjorie Wooding, and the band included some of the best panists of the day, guys like Boy Grant and Jonesy on bass, Carly and Ben Bachu on double tenors, Johnny  Brooks on tenor, and my late friend "Teddy Loco" Ted Belgrave, a crack shot on double seconds.

  The band in those days was led by Maylin Zepherine and "Peasy" Balbosa, who was ill at the time.

  Fortunately for me , this version is performed by All Stars which has been my band of choice for the last thirty years or so.

   
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  Hollis Marcelle December 25, 2010 at 12:14pm

  Great Interpretation and execution of a very magical piece of music