Hocus Pocus

What is a common misconception about the steelpan? Richard Gill, Couva Joylanders band captain, was ready for the question. While sharing some of the history of the band and its footprint in the Couva community, Gill was quick to dismantle any idea of the panyard as a place of frivolity, explaining instead that it functions as a space for musical instruction, civic development, and national pride, as much as it is a space for events. In the panyard, he says, learning goes far beyond notes and rh

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