Amanda Johnson Atesha Hopkins Atasha Hopkins Antonio Hopkins Canuth Johnson Carlton Solomon
Kenneth Christmas Keron Johnson Leron Lezama
Nathaniel Solomon Roxanne Hopkins
David Defreitas Edison Hopkins
NATIONAL ANTHEM
NLCB Buccooneers Steel Orchestra INVOCATION - Reverend Nevin Lewis WELCOME & OVERVIEW - Ms Avian Parks PARTNERS Mr. Vinod Bajaj - MGBGR, General Manager Mr. Ancil Dennis - Area Representative, Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant FEATURE ADDRESS Mr. Marvin Johncilla - NLCB, Chairman TIME CAPSULE NLCB Buccooneers Steel Orchestra PRESENTATION OF AWARDS DINNER VOTE OF THANKS Mr. Don Grant - President, DG Events ENTERTAINMENT
NLCB Buccooneers Steel Orchestra CELEBRATION / DANCING
The story of NLCB Buccooneers is a simple, uncomplicated one. A group of young boys in the community were encouraged to play pan. The objective then, in addition to appreciating the country’s indigenous instrument, was to ensure these young men stayed out of trouble. The band started with five young men: Sheldon Trimm, Sheldon Peters, Christopher Dixon and “Green Teeth” who worked with Sonny Murray on the fishing boats. Then came young men like Edgar Johnson, Charlie Murray, Mervyn Solomon and Alan Joseph were already involved in cricket. Pan was an addition to their experience. Besides, some mothers in the community wanted to make sure their young sons were nearby and were happy that the pan side held their interest. From June 1967, the group led by Benedict Yorke, met at Chance Street to learn the rudiments of pan playing. The band got bigger, to become a brute force. One of the players, Iran Anthony worked at the Mt Irvine Estate which was purchased by wealthy Englishman Patrick Boyle Coughlan. Anthony presented the opportunity to Coughlan to assist the Buccooneers with the upgrade of their pan tent. By 1969, the band had a new roof. By 1972, the band was officially sponsored by the Mt Irvine Development Ltd and was then known as the Mt Irvine Buccooneers Steel Orchestra. The company was responsible for the well-known Mt Irvine Hotel, and the band became the resident performers there. In Buccoo, they developed their own niche, creating the Folk Theatre in the 1970s and later becoming a feature at the Sunday School entertainment. Sunday School is a weekly music fest in Buccoo. The band approached Ricarda Soloman, a German woman who was secretary of the Buccoo Beach facility, to play on a Sunday.
“We were getting $250 a month. But people were vexed because they wanted to hear DJ music. But by the third year, people didn’t fuss,” said Codrington Johnson, one of the early members of the band.
In 1980, the band decided it was time to show the rest of Trinidad and Tobago who they were. Captained by Mervyn Solomon, the Buccooneers performed at the National Steelband Music festival, playing their way to the finals with the test piece Handel’s “The Arrival of the Queen
of Sheba”, Handel’s “Water Music 5th Movement” and Mighty Sparrow’s “Dead or Alive.” Although they didn’t win, their performance was the reason they toured Canada following year, as part of a national tourism thrust. Later in 1981, the medium band parted ways with its sponsor and remained without one until 2005, when the National Lotteries Control Board (the NLCB) added its name to the band. This Tobago band is a champion band, winning the Tobago competition on many occasions. A powerhouse in the medium category, they are marked as the band to watch in the national competition.
As a lover of my Country, a lover of our rich culture and indeed a lover of our national instrument, the steel pan, it gives me great pleasure as Chairman of the National Lotteries Control Board, at this time when the NLCB Buccooneers – a champion band from Tobago, celebrates its 50th Anniversary. The NLCB has been supporting Buccooners Steel Orchestra for over 13 years and one of my first questions to the Outreach Committee was about the association with our title-sponsored Steel bands. I am sure that the Buccooneers management and its players would unanimously agree that there has been a marked improvement in the ongoing relationship. Consistent with our Corporate Social Responsibility, our patronage to the Buccoo community is in keeping with our identified pillars, upon which our support and financial backing of this band is rooted. We stand behind buccooneers, even in these very difficult times as they continue to play the music we all appreciate and love.
Marvin Johncilla, Chairman
The captains of the NLCB Buccooneers had one thing in common. They possessed a passion to ensure the band was a group to be reckoned with. Often, that love for the band went before love of self, sacrificing time and effort. Understanding that notion too well was Codrington “CJ” Johnson who was captain between 1999 and 2004. He said the key to leading the band was treating the band like his extended family. At home, he made sure his family of 10 – including seven siblings - was looked after, providing everything they needed. Likewise, he made sure the band had everything required to be considered a serious group. “The aim was to groom a band to beat all the Tobago bands,” said CJ. The love for his band members and the music also made the objective a more fulfilling task. To date there have been eight captains who have steered the Buccooneers ship. They are as follows: •
Benedict Yorke: 1967 – 1979
•
Mervyn Solomon: 1980 – 1984 and 2013 - 2015
•
Iran Anthony: 1985 -1986
•
Codrington Johnson: 1989 – 2004
•
Renwick Roberts: 2004 -2006
•
Charlie Murray: 2007 – 2010
•
Kirth McPhearson: 2010 – 2012
•
Anthony Hopkins: 2016 – present
The current captain Anthony Hopkins believes the band may have succeeded in CJ’s early objective. Now the band is coming closer to its philosophy of ‘one band, one sound.’ “The members understand the value of hard work,” he said. Hopkins’ best memory of the band is before he was made captain.
“The band was dormant for two to three years. In 1988, me and three other guys, Sheldon Trimm, Sheldon Peters, Kurt McPhearson, we were alone in the pan tent. Our playing brought out the older guys. We used to finish practice at 6 and go to cinema at 8.30p. That was so much fun, although we had no money. Those are the memories that keep me here,” he said.
Hopkins has been with the band since he was 18 years old. Although, when he was younger he used to run away from home just to listen to the band while they practised. Also known as the “Scientist,” Hopkins’ special talent is his ability to play all instruments in the steelband – bass, cellos, guitar and tenor. His children have followed him there – his 10 year old son is on the tenor, his 22 year old daughter is on the tenor and his 18 year old daughter is on the three-cellos. His five-year-old son is waiting in the wings, ready to play the tenor pan. 2018 would be Hopkin’s fourth year leading the band, as it enters its 11th national Panorama in the medium category. “We have been the most consistent band for the past 10 years,” he said. As Hopkins celebrates his 50th birthday as Buccooneers’ golden anniversary, he believes that determination will continue for another 50 years.
Seion Gomez continues the
legacy of arrangers before him – Vernon Dennis and Bobby Mohammed, by ensuring the band plays good music and defining the sound that can be easily recognised as NLCB
Buccooneers’.
Vernon carried the band to their first music festival and Bobby, to their first national Panorama. Seion has continued the band’s musical journey since he met them in 2007. It was coincidence that the tuner at Buccooneers, also Seion’s friend, mentioned that he may have a band for him. While in Tobago, the tuner overheard a conversation at the yard, as the band was looking for a pan arranger. The tuner asked captain at the time Mervyn Solomon who he was asking for and Seion’s name was mentioned. “That’s the same fellah!” the tuner told Mervyn. With Seion, the medium-sized band came fourth in the 2008 national finals, between 2009 and 2012 it was a series of seconds. In 2013, the band was victorious, boasting that they were champions. Between 2014 and 2016, the band came second and this year, third.
“The experience with the Buccooneers is special because we are building a band together. I met a community band and converted it to a force. Trinidad bands have no choice but to respect them,” Seion said.
Seion is a graduate from Northern Illinois University with a BA and MM in Music. But his primary education came from his father, a Phase II Pan Groove musician who played the tenor pan and taught him how to play at home. After, Seion was deft enough to play music he heard on the radio. At Diamond Vale Government Primary School, he played the tenor pan. At Diego Martin Government Secondary, he immediately joined the school band and entered Junior and National Music Festivals as a soloist. By Form Four, he joined the Port-of-Spain/Laventille Police Youth Club. His arranging skills developed while he was at secondary school. As a favour to his primary school music teacher Ms. Granderson he returned to Diamond Vale to start teaching pan on Fridays. He established a full side who later participated in Junior Panorama and toured Antigua. He also did arranging for the Police Youth Club for Junior Pan festival. In 1995, Seion left Trinidad to study in the United States. It was at university that his arranging skills were taken more seriously by the local pan fraternity. In 1998, Richard Forteau - manager of Courts Sound Specialists and a member of the PanTrinbago executive was invited to Seion’s rehearsals. By Christmas of that year, he received a call from Mr. Forteau asking if he could arrange for his band. Seion also had the opportunity to arrange for single pan band Scrunter’s Pan Groove. His arrangements were done during his school vacation, and often sending faxes of his completed score for section leaders to rehearse. On his return to Trinidad, Seion joined the University of Trinidad and Tobago’s Academy for the Performing Arts in the steelpan department. With such a responsibility, he has been able to balance his time in the classroom with his time at the Buccooneers pan yard. “They are my external family,” he said. One of his goals for the band is to provide them with a “holistic experience” so that the members are exposed to different styles of arrangements. The other is to make band members music literate, starting with basic notation so that they can be self-sufficient and not dependent on rote to perform the music.
“NLCB Buccooneers is one of the better bands I have worked with. This experience has been close to my heart and I thank the lord for creating that opportunity.” Seion said.
The management and staff of
Producer of
Tobago Fashion Coda wish to congratulate
NLCB Buccooneers Steel Orchestra
50 Anniversary on their
th
May you continue to grow and glow in God.
38 Glen Eagles Drive, Mt. Irvine, Tobago c. 1-868-732-1864 | o. 1-868-639-0216 email: dgevents9@gmail.com
Unlike the story told by calypsonian Lord Blakie in “Steelband Clash,” the people of Buccooneers were never the ones to face off with a rival band. In his calypso, Lord Blakie recalls the fight between Invaders of Woodbrook and Tokyo of John John, Laventille when the bands met each other on Park Street, Port of Spain during a Carnival in the early 1960s. “Mama yo! If you see cutlash … Never me again, jumping in a steelband in Port of Spain,” he sang. Steelband was a form of resistance against the social and class structures, to ensure that pan players understood that they too had a place to be acknowledged. But even among them, bravado and territory were as precious as the music they made. Just as armadas on the sea, the bands clashed to show their strength. But in Tobago, the badjohn characteristic was hardly evident. The band may have played on the word Buccaneers, the pirates of the Caribbean Sea, but they never had the attitude to plunder or pillage, except during Music Festival or Panorama competitions.
“It was never a badjohn thing. We were genuine guys liming, going to the (Buccoo) reef, doing barbecue. We would pack up the boat and play pan,” said Codrington “CJ” Johnson who has been with the band since inception.
“Men go vex, but there was no fighting. The band had badjohn but it was one love,” said his brother Edgar. Winston “Dr Rat” Bruce, captain of Amoco Renegades in Trinidad and known as a badjohn in his heyday, called the Buccooneers “the fish tea band” because their community was known as a fishing village. Often, fish was the currency of exchange. “Buccoo is love, 20lbs of
lobster, a big pot of fish broth, who making sweet bread,” said Edgar.
Buccoo is known for goat races during Eastertime, Sunday School parties and the Buccoo Reef. Away from the popularity of these events and the underwater landmark that has placed Tobago on the world map, the Buccoo is a tight-knit community where everyone knows each other. It has been a community that looks out for each other. The band was developed in the same likemindedness, ensuring the youth in the community stayed close and out of trouble.
Early on, there was the ongoing response when someone did something foolish – “What happen, you went to school in Buccoo?” The community never had a primary school for decades but its people made sure they were aware of what was happening around them. Music was their way of demonstrating that there was talent there.
“The village helped us. We practised, they tolerated us. We are really grateful,” CJ said. “Buccoo people were educated with pan. They understood.” Mr Duncan, for example, accommodated the band on his property on Chance Street but even that had its limits. “When it was 9.30pm, it was lights off!” Edgar Johnson recalled of the early days. Right next door was Eileen James, who sewed the shirts the pan players wore during their first overseas tour to Canada. Being so close to the band did not bother her either. “We still love we band. After the
season they bring us hampers in appreciation for tolerating their noise,” said Eileen, who has been living on the same spot for the past 30 years.
When the band was unsponsored, money came from the boat tours to the reef. “Brittania, Solo Amor built that band,” said CJ. The proceeds from the tours often supported the needs of the players – from instruments to performance clothes. Across the sea, in Trinidad, Simon Carimbocas of Simon’s Music felt like extended family, ensuring the band got the necessary instruments requested. Overseas, in Pennsylvania, former band member Colin Anthony, assisted with getting the band its uniforms and signage. The Buccoo community helped make the NLCB Buccooneers what is today. Now they are a self-sufficient band, a family band who welcomes everyone who wants to celebrate with them.
Congratulations to
NLCB Buccooneers on their 50th Anniversary
YML Yat’s Marketing Ltd. Suppliers Of:
Chicken, Beek, Goat, Oxtail, Cowheel, Lamb, Chicken Parts etc . . . Orange Hill Rd., Scarborough Tobago W.I. Tel: 1-868-635-YATS (9287) 1-868-639-4547 Fax: 1-868-635-0117
Email:fyathali@yahoo.com
Aaron Clarke Aeisha Collins Akeem Holder Akeem Phillips Ako Campbell Akua Leith Alana Ramsay Aldwin Brebnor Allan Cardinal Allan Joseph Allan Scott Alpheus Carrington Althea Johnson Ancil Dennis Ancil Hutton Andre Frederick Andy Solomon Angela Johnson Angela Joseph-Walcott Anil Rodriguez Ann Pollard Anna Noel Anthony Hopkins Anthony Peters Anthony Romeo Anton Cruickshank Ariel Foster Atasha Hopkins Atesha Hopkins Atiba Roberts Atiba Roberts Ben Jackson
Benedict Yorke Bert Ferguson Brian James Buccoo Reef Corp Busta Franklyn Carlon Sealey Carlton Cadiz Carlton Leith Carolyn Daniel Ceron Brebnor Charlie Murray Chrissy Morris Christelle London Christopher Roberts Claude Carrington Claudette Arthur Clive Francis Codrington Johnson Collin Anthony Cortnel Roberts Dana Phillips Darrel Dennis Darren John Darryl Daniel David De Freitas David Smart Deborah Stanislaus Deion Allen Delbert Henry Denesia Charles Denille Pegus Denzil Charles
Deonese Mathhew Desanne Winchester Desray Alexander Desron Winchester Dexter Chance Dexter Peters Diane Smart Dilcia Murray Donald Edwards (Deceased) Donald Morrison Dulcina Roberts Dwight Lindsay Earlene Crooks Edgar Johnson Edison Le Maitre Edwina Joseph Edric Lindsay Errol Nickson Errol Phillips Eukely Duncan Eustace Thomas Frederick Chance Fritz Hackette George Baird Gloria Alexander Hakeem John Hayden Solomon Hutchinson Kent Ilene James Inskip Rochford Iran Anthony Jaleen Jacob
Jamal Gib Jamila Ro Janice So Jemma So Jeremy Ro Joel Dunc Johnan Ro Jonathan Joycelyn B Judy Solo Julien Bra Junior Cla Kadeem M Kadesha L Kadesiah Kandice C Kareem Pe Kareem Ye Kareema M Karryl Bar Kasel Cam Kayle Noe Kaylon Ca Keisha Da Keisha Wh Kelvin Cad Kelvin Gri Kenneth R Kerlon Sa Kerwin Ro Keston Du Kevin Solo
bbs omany olomon olomon oberts can (Deceased) oberts Caraballo Braithwaite omon aithwaite asp Morris Lorraine Peterkin Campbell eterkin earwood Mc Millan rton mpell el ampbell avidson harton diz iffith Roberts andy oberts uncan omon
Kevon Duncan Kirk Lee Fai Kirth Mc Pherson Kissandra Dillon Koreece Graham Kwesi Ollivierre Kymbalie Carrington Latalia Charles Latoyah Smith Leisha Mc Farlane Lenora Duncan Leslie Ann Charles St. Paul Lawrence Alexis Lawrence Crooks Linda Ramsawak Lizelle Charles Luther Skeete Lyndon Rowley Lystra Potts Magdalene Rochford Manchester Rochford Mark Loquan Marlon Braithwaite Marshon Primus Mathew Mc Pherson Mervyn Solomon Michael Anthony Michael Small Michelle Charles Mickey’s Bakery Miles Peters Milton Tony
Mitchel Bruce Nigel Peters Nkhruma Potts Odette Clarke Patrice Brebnor Patrick Keizer Paul Leith Pearl Johnson Peter Pollard Philbert Bruce Precious Williams Preston Johnson Rashard John Rayshawn Pierre Rebecca Roberts Reese Roberts Remmie Ferguson Renrick Roberts Renwick Roberts Rickey Anthony Robert Gomez Rondel Kendall Ronnel Chance Ronnie Ross Roxanne Black-Hopkins Roy Dennis Roy Skeete (Deceased) Rudolph Duncan Rudolph Roberts Seion Gomez Selvin Duncan Selwyn Johnson
Shalton Leith Shane Robley Sharon James Sheldon Johnson Sherrena Smith Sherwin Pierre Shirlan Carrington ShontelleYearwood Shirley Roberts Siddique Sanderson Sonny Murray Stacey Solomon Stephen Roberts Story Rhineheart Sue-Ann Alfred Sylvia Melville T-Ann Charles Theresa Duncan Tillal Webb Tom Rucker Trishelle Stewart Unil Rochford Vernon ‘Sel’ Dennis Victor Solomon Vida Carrington Wayne Cruickshank Wendy Hector Winston Duncan Zephrine Toppin
Tobago Panorama YEAR POSITION
SONG
ARRANGER
1970
2nd
Simple Calypso Lord Blakie
Selwyn Mohammed
1971
2nd
Ah Doh Lening Lord Kitchener
Bobby Mohammed
1972
2nd
Indian Cricketers (Gavaskar) - Relator
Selwyn Mohammed
1975
2nd
Tourist Leggo Short Shirt
Selwyn Mohammed
1980
4th
Ayatollah Mighty Sparrow
Vernon Dennis
1982
1st
The Will – Scrunter
Vernon Dennis
1983
1st
Marilyn - Chalkdust
Vernon Dennis
1984
2nd
Ram Kirpalani Chalkdust
Vernon Dennis
1999
1st
Toco Band Lord Kitchener
Vernon Dennis
2010
1st
Surrender - Destra
Seion Gomez
2011
2nd
Calling Me - Destra
Seion Gomez
Vibes - Mark Loquan / Professor Ken Philmore
Seion Gomez
2012 2013
1st
Gold – Machel Montano
Seion Gomez
2014
3rd
Rainorama Lord Kitchener
Seion Gomez
2015
2nd
Madness - David Rudder
Seion Gomez
2016
2nd
Bass On Fire Mark Loquan
Seion Gomez
2017
1st
Rhythm Run Tings – Kernal Roberts
Seion Gomez
National Panorama – Medium Category YEAR POSITION
SONG
ARRANGER
2008
4th
Hooked - Destra
Seion Gomez
2009
2nd
Dangerous - Destra
Seion Gomez
2010
6th
Surrender - Destra
Seion Gomez
2011
3rd
Calling Meh - Destra
Seion Gomez
2012
2nd
Vibes - Mark Loquan / Professor Ken Philmore
Seion Gomez
2013
1st
Gold – Machel Montano
Seion Gomez
2014
2nd
Madness – David Rudder
Seion Gomez
2015
2nd
Rainorama - Kitchener
Seion Gomez
2016
2nd
Bass on Fire – Mark Loquan
Seion Gomez
2017
3rd
Rhythm Run Tings – Kernal Roberts
Seion Gomez
IMAGE
The band is just a stone’s throw away from my house so I would always hear the escapes of music notes and be wondering what was making those sounds. Not long after, I discovered It was a steel band. Then, I also realised that my eldest sister and my elder brother were players in the band. Year after year I would see my friends and cousins join the band. So, it was only fair for me to ask my parents if I could follow them and play. Much to my frustration, my brother told them I wasn’t quite ready. But in 2006, that fateful Panorama I got permission to play and since then I have been in the band, continuing something I call sibling tradition. My position in the band is “brother.” I feel as if I have a responsibility to keep an eye on the members of the band. This is not just a group of people coming to play pan, it is a family. In the band, I play the best pan in the orchestra, the bass. In 2016, during the Panorama finals, spectators were amazed by my movements that they called me “Spider” since I touch each note with grace. My favourite memory is our first venture to the Toco in Trinidad. As one of the next generation of pan players, this visit showed me how tightly knit the band is. The band was invited by the Toco community to participate in the Republic Day festivities. We showed that were a force to be reckoned with – even in tug of war! The best part was our energetic pan performance which was marvellous. My hope is that one day the band would be recognized as one of the treasures of Buccoo.
Congratulations to
NLCB Buccooneers
Mickey’s Baking Service Just like Grandma bakes it!
Bower Junction, Mt. Gomery, Tobago Contact:
385-4311 | 303-2498
Congratulations on your
50th Anniversary Celebration from the management and staff of
Crusoe’s Holiday Apartments
33 Store Bay Branch Road, Tobago, W. I. Phone (868) 638-7789 / Fax: (868) 631-0155
The NLCB Buccooneers are not afraid of what will happen in the next 50 years. Already, the next generation is ready to carry on the legacy.
to opportunity to read music and learn different styles. He hopes to travel the world with steelpan.
Interestingly, just as the pan side served as a means to keep the young ones out of trouble in 1967, the young pan players agree that this was one reason for joining the group in 2017. Desray Alexander, who has been in the band since he was nine years old, said it was his mother’s decision that he play. “Mom forced me to come and play. She sent me out to do something,” he said. Now 19 and a student at SITAL, he ensures he plays every opportunity he get. He is often found behind the guitars or the quadrophonic (aka quad) pans. Being in the band, Desray said, means a lot to him. He said he has had
The band has also offered Trishelle Stewart the opportunity to lead. She is leader of the guitar section. Now in her fourth year with the band, Trishelle has seen growth within herself. “I have to make sure other players have the music. That means I have to know it first and that is a responsibility,” she said.
Trishelle’s joining the band was Edgar Johnson’s doing. He invited her and other youngsters to attend pan lessons and they were soon part of the band preparing for Panaroma competition. The other advantage of playing the band, she added, was having the discipline to balance school work and her after school activities. When she started, she was completing 6th Form at Signal Hill Secondary School. Now, she balances working with late hours at the pan yard. Best of all, she said, she loves the band because of the people as different ages bring different perspectives and for that, she is grateful. Precious Williams, who followed her friend and classmate Trishelle to the Buccooneers, agreed the band’s membership is as close as family. “It feels like home,” said the young lady of Bon Accord. In addition, she has had the opportunity to meet other young musicians. Atasha and Antonio Hopkins have followed in their father’s footsteps. Their father Anthony Hopkins, who is captain of the band, were their inspiration to join the Buccooneers. “My best memory of Daddy is hearing him practice every Panorama season. It’s a different vibe,” Atasha said.
Before joining the band, she used to play the instrument at school. Now with the band for 10 years – a combination of playing cello for eight and guitar for two – she plans to continue with the band. “I just love the vibes,” she said. “We got to travel. So far I have been to St Vincent and Grenada.” Ten-year-old Antonio can be found in the front line playing the tenor pan and has already made one Panorama national finals. A student of Buccoo Government Primary School, Antonio has been playing since he was three years old. “Daddy taught me,” he boasted. Like a true performer, he said the best part about being in the band is the music. The next generation hopes to take the band to another level of playing. Through learning music and the ability to read scores, they hope they can make music more innovative demonstrating why the NLCB Buccooneers is the best band in Tobago.
The NLCB Buccooneers already has a plan for the next 50 years. In addition to complete ownership of the property on which they stand, they look forward to the revival of the Folk Theatre. Add this to the Easter Goat Races, Sunday School and boat rides to Buccoo Reef and the Nylon Pool, the cultural exposition will showcase the talent in the community as well as present an opportunity to increase tourism numbers on a regular basis.
“This will put the village on the national map, more than Goat Racing and Sunday School,” captain Anthony Hopkins said.
“It has been proven that Tobago can compete in Trinidad. Buccooneers has been consistent in the past five years but the opportunity to showcase is lacking,” said Sonny Murray.
Early in the band’s development, in 1971, the Folk Theatre was hosted to attract the foreign tourists who craved evening entertainment. The show featured limbo,
drumology as well as calypso performed by Crusoe Kid and Axe Back. The pan theatre, limited in infrastructure, was covered with coconut branches to give a rustic, island feel.
“We hosted it every Thursday night consecutively for nine years,� said Charlie Murray.
The Folk Theatre’s revival is one way to ensure Buccooneers has a home to highlight cultural talent. Besides the Folk Theatre, there are plans to develop a music school. First step is to begin music notation among the members so that an arranger could send music ahead and the band rehearse on its own. By the time the arranger adds new elements to the work, the band would have already understood and would have been able to play the basic music. The band has moved a long way. More prepared in planning, there is an organised method in getting the work done. Perhaps, the next 50 years would be easier.
The management and staff of the Magdalena Grand Beach & Golf Resort wish to congratulate
NLCB Buccooneers Steel Orchestra on the 50th Anniversary
IMAGINE Imagine a lush rainforest, beautiful beaches and Tobago’s finest oceanfront resort. Imagine diving in some of the world’s most beautiful reefs. Imagine spacious rooms with private balconies and terraces. Imagine a choice of three different pools. Imagine multiple restaurants with a variety of local and international cuisine. Imagine a spa, fitness center, tennis courts, bike paths and an 18-hole championship golf course.
You don’t have to imagine it. Experience it at Magdalena Grand.
Tobago Plantations Estate, Lowlands, Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies • Phone: 868-660-8500 • info@MagdalenaGrand.com
W W W .M A G D A L E N A G R A N D . C O M