BBC - A History of the World - Object : A tenor or ping-pong steel panSteel pan music came to UK in 1951 when a band from Trinidad and Tobago performed at the Festival of Britain. Steel bands ...

The U of M band has five bass steel drums that surround the percussionist, so he stands in a kind of well. Abby Johnson plays three cello "pans" or steel drums that require movement. Instead of a ...

"There's a lot more student input," said senior Ella Egan, 17, who plays the tenor/lead pan in the group. "It's sort of like a chamber group in that we don't really have a conductor.

Taylor is having a flatbed “float” made to hold 10-12 steel pan players in the Marche du Nain Rouge on March 20. “My costumes sometimes range from a shoulder piece to a costume which would ...

People from St Vincent and Grenada formed the first Reading steel band called Hurricane Force in the 1960s. This pan was skilfully hammered and tuned from an oil drum by Theo Stevens.