Ten bands with pan players from across the globe hit the stage outside the Brooklyn Museum for 10 minutes each.
-- Carnival events are taking place all weekend ahead of Monday's West Indian American Day Parade, including the steelpan competition, which returned Saturday for the first time since the pandemic.Preparations underway for 56th Annual West Indian American Day Parade and Carnival
"Steelpan is the music of Carnival," said Cecille Ford, with the West Indian American Day Carnival Assocation."It was created out of the steel drum, out of the 55-gallon oil drum in the 1930s. Since then they've been taking it, tuning it, refining it."Rehearsal took place on neighboring streets, where people were moving to the melody.
"When you hear a steel orchestra, you're suppose to move. Every part of the body is supposed to move," said Damoi Morgan, with Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra. Back at the competition, the sounds of steel drums weren't the only attraction; so was the food and culture.
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