Steelpan Music at Brooklyn Museum

CASYM presents Yuletide Extravaganza to full house

New York, USA - So it is that time of the year again. The time of year when, like the monitoring of a growing teenager, we get to see the telling notches of growth, progress and success up against the wall - for CASYM Steel Orchestra. At last, it is the annual Christmas Show at the Brooklyn Museum.

CASYMITES, CASYMITES, CASYMITES - little ones, big ones, tiny ones, munchkin ones and the soon-to-be ones all over the place. Bright-eyed, exuberant, articulate and intelligent - CASYM’s past, present and future come together at this annual presentation with a bang to showcase the organization’s ‘success’ and continuity, to the community it serves and the global onlookers. CASYM showcased its educational and cultural programs that are designed to foster the development of youth.

Adoring parents, teachers and students coalesce around the steelpan instrument every year at this time to showcase the power of the steelpan in education, culture, personal and community development. This year was no different. The Brooklyn Museum auditorium was packed with folk standing on the side looking to get in.

Class 1, Class 2, the CASYM Dancers, the CASYM Steel Orchestra and others made the evening complete by validating CASYM’s twenty-six year commitment to community empowerment and development through their performances and educational process. Indeed, the instructors of CASYM programs are all college graduates who themselves went through the CASYM program.

How does one judge or measure success? Is it appraised by the wealth that you have accrued? Is it quantified by the awards and proclamations you have received? Can it be measured by the stories and memories people have about you? Or is it simply the path and legacy that you have left behind for those who follow you, to succeed themselves?

CASYM Steel Orchestra has all of the above. While the organization may not have financial wealth it has positively touched many, many lives through its music education programs and performing orchestra - providing its members and affiliates a wealth of information and experiences they will cherish for the rest of their lives. Ultimately one measures, success and progress through the forward movement of your children.

Contact CASYM - 1 (718) 735-6708/4932