History of Steel Drums

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History of Steel Drums

• Carl R. Schneider - Presenter
• West Union High School
• 937-544-5553 (S)

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Trinidad and Tobago

• Most recent acoustic instrument
• 55 gallon oil drum
• Left from Naval Bases - WW2

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Pre-Pan

• British Colonial Rule - 1800s
• Hand Drums - Call Gangs
• Outlawed hand drums in 1886
• Tamboo Bamboo
• Machetes inside poles
• Outlawed Tamboo Bamboo
• Found instruments

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Early Pan

• Iron Band Parades
• Winston Spree Simon - 1930s
• Discovered dented section - made tone
• Convex in shape
• Ellie Manette - Father of modern pan
• Competitions at Carnaval

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Carnaval

• 2 Contests
• Popular songs of the year
• Technical and Versatility Piece
• 100 musicians and 300 pans
• Rehearse in panyards
• Community identity

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Performers

• Witco Desperadoes
• Phase Two Pan Grove
• Amoco Renegades
• Trinidad All Stars
• Skiffle Bunch
• Fon Clair
• Antillean All Stars
• Exodus
• Nutones

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Pan Players

• Len Boogsie Sharp
• Ken Professor Philmore
• Robbie Greenidge
• Andy Narell
• Jeff Narell
• Tom Miller
• Pan Ramajay

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Modern Pan

• Panyard
• University Tuning Project
• Worldwide
• High Schools and Universities
• Tuning
• Standardization on patterns and tuning

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