RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Amid this month's recog­ni­tion and cel­e­bra­tion of the steel­pan, the T&T Mu­sic Stars Steel Or­ches­tra has been pre­sent­ed with a new home.

The hand­ing-over cer­e­mo­ny took place at the Chi­napoo Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre in Mor­vant this morn­ing, host­ed by the East Port-of-Spain (EPOS) De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed.

The Mor­vant-based steel or­ches­tra, formed in 2005 in Mal­ick Barataria, moved to Chi­napoo, Mor­vant in 2007 to fa­cil­i­tate the con­tin­ued par­tic­i­pa­tion of a wide num­ber of young peo­ple that re­side in Chi­napoo and sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties.

For­mer­ly housed at the old Chi­napoo Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre, the build­ing while be­ing re­fur­bished, up­grad­ed and re­pur­posed by the EPOS as re­quest­ed by the com­mu­ni­ty, left the band with­out a home, and as such, with­out the safe­ty and se­cu­ri­ty of space for their in­stru­ments.