The Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment has ex­tend­ed con­grat­u­la­tions to Joshua “De Pan Man” Re­grel­lo, whose Steel­pan play­ing marathon made his­to­ry.

On De­cem­ber 27, 2024 Re­grel­lo be­gan his 31-hour per­for­mance at WACK 90.1 FM’s stu­dio in San Fer­nan­do, where var­i­ous lo­cal celebri­ties and fans cheered him on through­out the jour­ney.

In a re­lease com­mem­o­rat­ing the pan­nist, the Min­istry added, "this ex­tra­or­di­nary ac­com­plish­ment sets a new glob­al bench­mark for mu­si­cal en­durance and shines a spot­light on Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Na­tion­al Mu­si­cal In­stru­ment, on the world stage."

Min­is­ter of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, Michelle Ben­jamin, al­so praised Re­grel­lo for his new record, say­ing his ac­com­plish­ment was not for him­self on­ly, but for Trinidad and To­ba­go. She said, “Joshua’s world record is a win for all of us. It shows what is pos­si­ble when tal­ent, hard work, and love for cul­ture uni­fy. He played his heart out for Trinidad and To­ba­go, and the whole world watched on with awe and ex­cite­ment. The Steel­pan start­ed right here, and to­day, thanks to Joshua’s amaz­ing feat, it con­tin­ues to make his­to­ry. The Min­istry is proud to stand with him and all our cre­atives who are push­ing bound­aries and rep­re­sent­ing us with pur­pose and pride.”

The Min­istry al­so reaf­firmed its com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing lo­cal artistes, the Steel­pan fra­ter­ni­ty, and to pre­serv­ing and pro­mot­ing the arts as a vi­tal part of T&T’s na­tion­al iden­ti­ty, cul­tur­al con­fi­dence, holis­tic de­vel­op­ment.