Carl R. Schneider - Presenter West Union High School 937-544-5553 (S) History of Steel Drums Carl R. Schneider - Presenter West Union High School 937-544-5553 (S)
Trinidad and Tobago Most recent acoustic instrument 55 gallon oil drum Left from Naval Bases - WW2
Pre-Pan British Colonial Rule - 1800’s Hand Drums - Call Gangs Outlawed hand drums in 1886 Tamboo Bamboo Machetes inside poles Outlawed Tamboo Bamboo Found instruments
Early Pan Iron Band Parades Winston “Spree” Simon - 1930’s Discovered dented section - made tone Convex in shape Ellie Manette - Father of modern pan Competitions at Carnaval
Carnaval 2 Contests Popular songs of the year Technical and Versatility Piece 100 musicians and 300 pans Rehearse in panyards Community identity
Performers Witco Desperadoes Phase Two Pan Grove Amoco Renegades Trinidad All Stars Skiffle Bunch Fon Clair Antillean All Stars Exodus Nutones
Pan Player’s Len “Boogsie” Sharp Ken “Professor” Philmore Robbie Greenidge Andy Narell Jeff Narell Tom Miller Pan Ramajay
Modern Pan Panyard University Tuning Project Worldwide High Schools and Universities Tuning Standardization on patterns and tuning