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On Sun­day the Moods Pan Groove of Brook­lyn New York, man­aged by Clyde Du­rant, will be host­ing its first post-lock­down of­fline event, Pan­Jazz, from 6-10 pm, at The Palace, 713, Norstrand Av­enue, Cor­ner of Ster­ling Place, Brook­lyn, NY 11216.

“Break­ing the drought af­ter more than a year of so­cial dis­tanc­ing and be­ing con­fined to our homes due to the pan­dem­ic lock­down, peo­ple are look­ing for­ward to meet­ing, greet­ing, hug­ging, shar­ing clos­er space in pub­lic, and more heart­en­ing, sway­ing to the sweet sounds of the steel­pan. It’s the buzz in New York,” said the di­rec­tor of the event, Sher­ma Ear­le.

The event is in ho­n­our of Em­manuel “Jack” Rei­ley, and Dou­glas “Dougie” Mar­tin, the late man­ag­er of the Cross­fire Steel Or­ches­tra, who suc­cumbed to the COVID-19 virus.

To be fea­tured are ace pan­nist, world-renowned pan soloist, and cel­e­brat­ed arranger, Du­vone “Mas­ter Mae­stro” Stew­art; three-time cham­pi­on at the An­nu­al WIAD­CA and UK Steel­band Panora­mas, suc­cess­ful arranger at Trinidad Panora­mas, An­dré White and su­per New York group, Steel Sen­sa­tions.

Guests artistes are in store.

The en­trance fee is US$50 and hors d’oeu­vres will be served from 6 pm when gates open.

The show is sched­uled to be­gin at 7 pm.