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Verse 1
Got ah
requisition, from Pan Woman
Compose
ah song for we
For we
contribution and dedication
Throughout pan history
One with a
real sweet melody
To have de
savannah jumpy
We go play we self
here for panorama
Is real
bacchanal in de savannah
Chorus
This song,
composed for pan women
Sincerely
done for thee
Show and tell all
ah dem pan men
About your pan
history
Dis song composed for pan
women,
We at home dey in panyard
nightly
We go play we self here
in de savannah
We come to take
over panorama
Verse 2Was real
intriguing, what dey requesting
A
real sweet melody
No hesitation,
imagination
Just brought me to dis
key
While conjugating
Thoughts
were compiling
As I kept dem
lyrically
Knowing dat dis
appealing requisition
Will be
executed musically
Chorus
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Verse 3
Thoughts of pan
women
Their contribution
Was very
clear to see
Their executions,
varied renditions
Of songs played
through history
Their requisition,
got my attention
And expedited
consciously
Dat is how I arrived
at dis conclusion
To celebrate
you with dis melody
Chorus
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Verse 4
Now dis
composition, for your attention
Was
done whole heartedly
Now play
your steel pan
From memorization
For the whole world to see
De
innovation, steel orchestration
Which came to you inherently
As
you exhibit here in panorama
You
are manifestant in pan history
Chorus
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Bridge
Ah tell
meh pan man, to watch de children
Take care ah baby, doh worry ‘bout
me
But if yuh miss me, yuh know
ah ready
Savannah jumpy, watch
meh on TV
Chorus
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“This One For Pan
Woman”
Karen Eccles
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Karen Eccles |
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Karen Kay
Eccles-Thomas –
(Karen Eccles)
daughter of the
south land (Marabella)
in Trinidad - fondly
called “Kay” or
“Mags” was born into
a family of pastors
and gospel singers.
She now resides in
Port-of-Spain,
bringing with her a
wealth of talent.
Karen - songwriter,
dramatist, dancer,
calypsonian, is one
of Trinidad &
Tobago’s foremost
entertainers since
the mid-seventies
and has been on the
stage either as a
representative in
the Best Village
competition,
performing with the
Marabella Folk Choir
(MCFC) and the
Arawak Dance Company
or singing
background vocals
for many
calypsonians.
She has been in the
Monarch semi-finals,
NWAC Queens and NACC
Young Kings on
several occasions,
and also twice as a
reserve in the
Monarch finals,
frontline singer
with the bands
Earforce, Traffic
and Maritime
Wavelength. Song
festival winner
1996, Calypso Queen
2004, top 20 awardee
and 3rd
place winner in the
50th
anniversary
Independence Calypso
Monarch competition
are some of Karen’s
achievements.
Karen, once a cast member of Kaiso House, Kaiso Karavan and Klassic Ruso, can
now be seen every calypso season at the Divas Calypso Cabaret International – Nu
Pub (formerly Mas Camp Pub). |
Tellison “Tello” Forde
Tellison ‘Tello’
Forde is the son of
an “Invader” - Cecil
“Coye” Forde - and
Beryl Isaac. He was
born at 67 Rosalino
Street in Woodbrook,
Trinidad, adjacent
to the pan yard of
Invaders Steel
Orchestra.
That “Tello” was the
son of an Invader
was proven when
Invaders performed
at his christening.
Father Cecil took
the Steeldrum
throughout Russia,
and was one of the
first to introduce
Pan in Spain and
Morocco in North
Africa. Young
Tellison followed in
his father’s
footsteps by
becoming a member of
Invaders Steel
Orchestra, and also
played tenor pan in
New York’s Moods Pan
Groove, Pan Rebels
and Bramblers USA.
“Tello” enlisted in
the US Navy from
November 1972 to
December 1984,
during which time he
had the good fortune
to serve under the
late Commander W.W.
Pippenger aboard the
USS Brumby DE 1044
which arrived in
Chaguaramas,
Trinidad in November
1975.
Tellison returned to
dedicated service
with Sealift Command
Department of the
Navy for 13 years,
always keeping his
tenor pan at hand.
He is well known
within the steelband
community for
compositions such as
Prophet of Pan
and
Coye: Pan Religion,
among others. |
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