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Roland
Barnes—sobriquet
“Trinirollo”—an
Executive Vice
President of The
Temple Group, a
Program Management
and Construction
Management firm
based in the
District of
Columbia, has been
actively involved in
planning and
promoting cultural
programs for the
past forty years in
the Washington
Metropolitan Area.
As a
co-founder,
ex-President, PRO,
bass player and
percussionist of Pan
Masters Steel
Orchestra since
1985, “Trinirollo”
has acquired many
creative skills
including the
promotion
of Trinidad &
Tobago’s national
instrument, the
Steelpan.
Motivated
by such panists as
Don Clarke, Roger
Greenidge, Lennard
Jack, Jr, Kristen
Jones and Ken
Philmore,
“Trinirollo” has
expanded his
cultural aspirations
to include composing
and singing Calypsoes, including
Pan genres for the
past fifteen years,
under the creative
musical arrangements
of Loughton “Sarge”
Sargeant.
His
2015 contribution is
entitled,
Friendship,
illustrating the
premise is that “We
need to take time
and let friends know
we care. Friendship
should be nurtured
every day in the
year!”
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