SAN­DRA L BLOOD

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Pan is be­ing cel­e­brat­ed in var­i­ous ways this Au­gust in what has been termed Steel­pan Month. This year’s cel­e­bra­tion flowed from a vein that re-imag­ined pos­si­bil­i­ties af­ter it was host­ed it in its en­tire­ty for two years on the vir­tu­al on­line plat­form. It has been re-en­gi­neered and re­tooled for a big­ger and bet­ter ex­pe­ri­ence.

With its rein­tro­duc­tion, Cel­e­brat­ing Steel­pan Month 2022 was in­spired by the re­flec­tion on how the world griev­ed for pan dur­ing the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic (2020-2021) even as re­cent­ly as Ju­ly 26 with Google and pan.

Pan Trin­ba­go’s Events Com­mit­tee chaired by Shiv­orne Mitchell, said it’s al­so a re­ju­ve­na­tion in it­self, a re­har­mon­i­sa­tion of love, ed­u­ca­tion, ef­forts and the true spir­it of pan, ul­ti­mate­ly, re­brand­ing cer­tain as­pects of the month.
Week #1 – The Rein­tro­duc­tion caters to Pan­ter­na­tion­al Pre­sen­ta­tion, a vir­tu­al event from Au­gust 1-4 at 8pm, but on Au­gust 5 from 6pm with North­ern Re­gion’s Let’s Cel­e­brate Steel­pan Month, at 8pm; and on Au­gust 6, South/Cen­tral Re­gion’s Pan Ex­plo­sion at 7pm.

Week #2—Re­flec­tion: Au­gust 7 at 1pm, a church ser­vice at All Saints An­gli­can Church; the 8 at 8pm, Kli­max—The Pin­na­cle of Steel­pan: Kendall Lewis; 9, Spon­sor Ap­pre­ci­a­tion Day and 6pm, North­ern Re­gion’s we­bi­nar Fi­nan­cial Man­age­ment for Un­spon­sored Bands; 10, En­tre­pre­neur Day and UN­ESCO Her­itage Film Night; 11 is World Steel­pan Day; 13, 11am to 8pm at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Pop-Up Shop; and 12, 3 to 10:30pm, East­ern Re­gion’s Pan Car­a­van.

Week #3—The Re­ju­ve­na­tion: Au­gust 14, 3-10pm, East­ern Re­gion’s Pan Car­a­van and at 7pm, South/Cen­tral Re­gion’s Pan Ex­plo­sion; Au­gust 16, 6pm, North­ern Re­gion’s Healthy Lifestyle Post Covid-19 We­bi­nar; Au­gust 17, 8pm, vir­tu­al event Blast from the Past; and 19, a To­ba­go Re­gion event.

President of Pan Trinbago, Beverly Ramsey-Moore

Week #4 – The Re­har­mon­i­Sa­tion: Au­gust 21, Steel­band Lead­ers Recog­ni­tion & Ap­pre­ci­a­tion Cer­e­mo­ny; Au­gust 22, Steel­pan Busi­ness Fo­rum; Au­gust 23, 8pm, a vir­tu­al event Blast from the Past; Au­gust 24, Pan and Pow­der from City Hall to Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah; Au­gust 26, 6pm, North­ern Re­gion’s Let’s Cel­e­brate Steel­pan Month and 7pm, South/Cen­tral Re­gion’s Pan Ex­plo­sion.

Week #5 – The Re­brand­ing: This, the fi­nal week, will of­fer a Youth Gala & Award Cer­e­mo­ny on Au­gust 28 with fur­ther in­for­ma­tion to be ad­vised. Dri­ven by their brand mes­sage Pros­per­i­ty in Pan, which is ac­tu­al­ly an ac­tive project, work­ing these events with Mitchell are Richard Gill, Eva-Marie Pouchet, Sal­isha James, Lau­ren “Lau Pie” Pierre, Nicholas Deabreau and Mar­cus Ash.

Pan Trin­ba­go Pres­i­dent Bev­er­ly Ram­sey-Moore, said she is a stick­ler for giv­ing youth op­por­tu­ni­ties to hone the right or­gan­i­sa­tion skills and build ex­pe­ri­ence, where­by boost­ing their self-es­teem, team spirit­ed­ness and team work, thus, she has giv­en them full reign.

Hav­ing learned the val­ue of be­ing proac­tive, the com­mit­tee of­fered a peak in­to its up­com­ing events for Sep­tem­ber 2022 which will in­clude Pan on the Prom­e­nade with Sin­gle Pan and Small Bands cat­e­gories, and Drums of Praise.

Ram­sey-Moore said while the ef­fects of Covid-19 were dis­rup­tive, dam­ag­ing in many ways both ex­ter­nal and in­ter­nal to the of­fice and steel­pan body on a whole, she took the bit­ter with the sweet, and if the seeds she plant­ed are well wa­tered, the fruits or flow­ers they bear will on­ly lend well for a brighter pan, for years to come.

Executive members of Pan Trinbago’s Events Committee.