Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Silver is not gold.....says Martin Daly....click and read his Sunday Express column.

Martin Daly, Senior Counsel writes in the Sunday Express that:

"The exploitative political embrace is all part of the self-declared greatness of Trinidad and Tobago. Carnival is the "greatest show on earth" but it has no permanent home. Pan is the only musical invention of the 20th century but "where pan reach"? The panyards are left like the buildings of QRC, to fend for themselves. No house and land for accomplished steel orchestras, many of who have no security of tenure of their yards.

Compare the treatment of Neville Jules, All Stars great, once again ignored, and just reach Professor Copeland. Jules began his work in 1945, in the time of Zigilee, and has produced musical work continuously, up to and including the present day. He pioneered the development of the family of pans playing in orchestral mode....."

Click the link above and read the column...

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