DOCUMENTARY: STEEL PAN AT THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN IN 1951
/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 */ .elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))} REMEMBERING AN ICON OF SOCA & CALYPSO DOCUMENTARY + REVIEW /*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}Imagine you are looking back on an event, that changed not only your own life but as well the whole history of steelpan music. This short documentary will blow your mind. The video piece was published in. I stumbled over it while researching the life of the calypsonian Roaring Lion, and I thought it would be great to share it with you. It contains original footage from the event, which only takes place once in a century. Short Documentary | BBC "The 1951 Festival of Britain " Length: 5 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y3jgxz-mYA Sterling Betancourt was a part of the Trinidad All Stars Steel Percussion Band, describing his first experience of leaving the tin twin island and finding himself in this completely different world. While living here, I can tell...