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Lebanon
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Double second steelpan
musician Shawn Thwaites and his wife vocalist Sabreen
Thwaites have been away from US shores since December
2008. The talented duo has been delighting
audiences as they already have back home, but this time
around while touring Lebanon.
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Sabreen and Shawn
Thwaites perform at the US Embassy in Lebanon |
Their main
performances have been delivered in the cabaret-style
setting of the “Music Hall” - one of the biggest and
best known venues located in the center of
Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.
Interestingly, Sabreen herself previously graced that
stage back in 2008, but as part of the world famous
Harlem Gospel Choir. In celebration of Women’s
month in March, the Thwaites also performed for the
United States Ambassador to Lebanon, Michele J. Sison,
at the US Embassy in Beirut.
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The Thwaites after their
performance at the US Embassy.
US Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison is in
blue dress |
As Lebanon’s
tourist season heats up, the country - which Thwaites
says was named the “number one tourist hot spot for
2008” by the New York Times - is expecting record high
numbers of visitors for 2009. And the Thwaites
will be in the spotlight as they wow some of those
expected visitors, while doing both the pan community
and the United States proud. Shawn Thwaites is
extremely pleased at the opportunity to showcase the
steelpan art form to the entire MENA (Middle East and
North Africa) region. The couple is expected to
remain in Lebanon until June 2009, and in the
entertainment spotlight at every opportunity.
Their adorable daughter Kamari is in Lebanon with her
parents sharing in the experience; she is attending
school there and “learning Arabic and French” according
to dad Shawn.
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The lovely and talented
Sabreen Thwaites |
Shawn Thwaites
is one of the trio of talented music-loving siblings -
the others are well-known elder brother Sherwin and
younger brother Sheldon. Both Shawn and
Sherwin are Berklee College of Music alums, while
Sheldon is currently enrolled at the institution.
All three brothers are pan players, with Sheldon equally
impassioned on drums. Their father, Robert
Thwaites is extremely well-known and a veteran within
the steelband world, and was a member of the famed Pan
Am North Stars Steel Orchestra in Trinidad.
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