Steelpan Arranger
Lennox “Bobby” Mohamed (Mohammed)  - Steelpan Arranger
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Lennox “Bobby” Mohamed (Mohammed)

 

Lennox “Bobby” Mohamed (Mohammed) - Cavaliers
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Panorama Championships
Trinidad & Tobago - 1965, 1967

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Lennox “Bobby” Mohamed (Mohammed)  (born June 2, 1942, in San Fernando, Trinidad)

Accomplishments and influences of Lennox “Bobby” Mohammed


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EDUCATION: Presentation College
STEELBANDS:
  • Gondoliers (1950s - 1961)
  • Cavaliers (1961 - 1970s)
  • SPECIALTIES:
  • Player
  • Arranger
  • CAREER:  Mohammed was a founding members of the Gondoliers Steelband in the late 1950s, but left to form the Cavaliers Steelband in February 1961. He went on to take Cavaliers to victory in the 1965 and 1967 Panorama competition. As a member of the Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband, he performed at: the MRA Conference in the USA (1964); the Commonwealth Arts Festival in London, England (1965); and Expo '67 in Montreal, Canada. The following is a summary of the Cavaliers record in the Panorama competition with musical arrangements by Mohammed:
    • 1965 - "Mas" (Lord Melody), 1st
    • 1966 - "My Brother, Your Sister" (Lord Kitchener), 2nd
    • 1967 - "Sixty-Seven" (Lord Kitchener), 1st
    • 1969 - "Mas in Brooklyn" (Mighty Sparrow), 2nd
    AWARD:
    • 1992 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold (for Culture)
    Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit

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