And while that took place today, tonight at the House of Culture - we'll hear shimmering sounds of Steel Drums. The event is the 4th annual Pan Yaad concert where pan groups will converge for something like a symphony of steel drums.
It has become a mainstay of the September Celebrations - and we got a preview today:...
Greg Vernon, Director ICA
"Tonight's concert will be the 4th Pan Yaad that we having for the September celebrations. This is we are very proud of because we have merge all the pan groups together in one yard in making a good representation of pan music."
"Tonight we will be seeing 4 groups, we are very proud to say that we have come back with Grace Primary Steel Orchestra, we have Panerifics and we also have Pantempers. This year we have gotten a soloist from Trinidad and Tobago, Dane, who will be with us and he will be doing some of his music Trinidadian style and so this will be a plus for this pan yaad this year. It's a different style of music, it's a music that represents the Caribbean and it's a true Caribbean instruments - it's one of the youngest instruments that was made in the Caribbean and so we are very proud to call it our own and having it here in Belize."
"As you know Sir Colville Young has been very instrumental in getting this moving along with Dr. Pike and so we are very proud of the pan music in Belize and the influence it has. We move even further in getting UNICEF support in giving us a grant that would help us develop pan music for youths in the country of Belize and so this is how serious we are in getting this music moving."
Trinidadian soloist Dane Gulston will be performing at tonight's concert. Tickets are 10 dollars adults and 5 dollars for children. But if you can't make it there - we'll show it live on Channel 7 right after this newscast.
