> ISSUE 13 SUMMER/AUTUMN 2006
CONTENTS 05 BUSHEY MEADS SCHOOL STEELBAND
24 CSO’S 5TH ANNUAL PAN EXTRAVAGANZA
Pannists receive the newly instated Micahel ‘Chato’ Toussaint Award for steel pan skills.
Sold out concert!
06 RUSSELL HENDERSON Dedicated his life to music.
29 EBONY’S BLOCKORAMA
08 DELPHINA JAMES
30 MERRY TONES
Do what you love, love what you do.Keep it Real!
One of the five surviving steel orchestras that competed at the inaugural Panorama in 1963.
09 PRAISE WITH STEEL 10 HAROUN SHAH A panman with a difference. Top scientist in biochemistry and outstanding musician.
12 GRAEME COLLEGE Since 1996, they have delighted audiences around South Africa.
14 STEEL FEST
FAIRFIELD HALL, CROYDON ON SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2006 @ 7.30PM All seats £15.00 Box Office: 020 8688 9291 - Book online: www.fairfield.co.uk
Costumes: Wayne Berkeley Choreography: Marcos Jose James Musical Director: Shawn Marcellin Produced by: Sonny Blacks
Dazzling colour and up-tempo music capture all the spirit and essence of Trinidad’s Carnival in this lavish and spectacular presentation that brings the overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement of this world renowned form of street theatre in a staged production. Fantastic and extravagant costumes have been created by Wayne Berkeley, the Carnival’s World Premier Designer. His amazing shapes and fabric and the boundless energy of the exotic carnival dancers are more than enhanced by the invention and virtuosity of such internationally acclaimed musicians as the Caribbean Allstars Orchestra and the Trinidad Steelband. The Calypso Allstars are at the forefront of Calypso but are equally at home playing the infectious Latin rhythms of South America and the vibrant street music of Soca. None of this would be complete without the unmistakable sound of the Trinidad Steelband, whose talented composers and arrangers have combined their traditional musical influences into a fusion of new songs that have captivated audiences around the world.
✬ SPECIAL OFFER! FREE CD of the show with every 2 tickets purchased ✬
26 HUMMERSKNOTT SCHOOL STEELBAND
Middlesbrough’s First Steel Band Festival.
15 WE ARE FAMILY
32 ANDY BULLOCK The legacy of Valley Harps began in the 1950’s with Western Symphony, a traditional steel band.
34 STELLA MARIS Evangelising through the medium of steel pan music
36 BATTLE OF DRUMS Eternity Brass wins the title.
40 SOUNDS OF STEEL Portchester Summer Arts Festival.
Bea Bernert sees her Pan Family- We are Family as a musical medium.
42 WORLD CUP & STEEL PAN
16 FRANK ROLLOCK
Trinidad and Tobago’s culture showcased to the world.
A remarkly talented musician.
18 STEELPAN, INCLUSION EDUCATIONAL FUTURE 20 WOODSIDE SCHOOL 21 WOMEN IN STEEL 23 READERS LETTERS
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