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WALLBERG Steelband Meeting in Switzerland

 

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Switzerland-   The 8th Annual WALLBERG Steelband Meeting held in Volketswil-Switzerland was again a night with good steelpan performances. Organizer Peo Oertli-Kassim, invited four bands. Shortly before this event he "discovered" STERLING'S ANGELS, an all band. The pannists all siblings coming from two different families. Young ladies are between the ages of 10 and 22, The band played Sterling Betancourt's original and old time music.
 
The first band on the schedule was Move On. They have worked with arrangers such as Junior Gill, Martin Grah, Brigitte Fischer and Andy Narell. Their varied music includes, Calypso, Latin, Rock and well known Pop songs.
 
Pat Bernhard, a professional music teacher made his first encounter with Pan when he arranged for a 50 piece Band. He was one of the arrangers (co-operation with Tamla Batra) for "Peasant and Poet", played by PANCH at the 2000 World Steelband Festival. At Wallberg he came together with Tamla Batra (E-Bass), Max Felber (Drums) and Claudio Pini. Claudio Pini is the arranger and composer for Ferrum Helveticum, who are probably the best steelband at this time in all Switzerland. Pat and Pini, both play the Double-Seconds. Traditional known as Jazz musicians, they entertained the audience with nice standards and heavenly solos.
 
The organizer Peo Oertli-Kassim himself is a professional percussion teacher. Some time ago he also started to play pan and formed the band Rhytmics Selection. He has been experimenting with his 4 piece band on his own composition which he calls steel percussion. On this night they would be accompanied by Esa Tervala on the double guitar who plays with using 4-sticks-technics. In addition, Esa Tervala is also known as a pan tuner.
 
Between the breaks Ferrum Helveticum's brand new DVD ATLANTIC OSCILLATION was shown on a big screen.
 
It was late and after midnight yet the crowd still not tired, Orq. Caché had them all riding the Calypso and Latin beats. It will be hard for Peo to top 2004. With little money and no financial support he Peo depends on the groups willingness to perform for a smaller wage as well. He also want to offer good quality steelpan music. He we will see us in 2005 again. Walberg has tradition, and yes I'd say for all Swiss pannist it's kind of a pan Mekka, you simply should have been there.
 


Monika Nicoletti
Switzerland Correspondent 
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