PERFECT CADENCE IN NEED OF A HOME

Birthed from Bon Air Secondary School, Perfect  Cadence Steel Orchestra is now looking for a place to call home.  Sharla Kistow has the details.

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00:00Whenever Perfect Cadence Seal Orchestra members take stage they put on

00:04memorable performances for their audiences and themselves. The Arruka

00:08based a small conventional seal band is about nine years old and despite

00:13continuing to excel in the industry and making it to Panorama semi-finals

00:16several times over the years they have never had a place to call home. Mark

00:21Huston, assistant manager and arranger for Perfect Cadence says while the band

00:26is in a dire need of a place to call home it has never stopped them from

00:30playing and enjoying the steel pan. Huston says once upon a time the band

00:34used to practice at Bonaire Secondary School but that is no longer so since

00:38there was a change in the school's administration. Adding most of the

00:42members in the band are past and present students of Bonaire Secondary.

00:46Previous administrations before that supported the idea of a school band and

00:51so on but 2023 present administration somehow didn't support that as a matter

00:58of fact in 2022 they discontinued this CVQ pan in the class pan

01:04manufacturing program which trained students to make the instruments and by

01:092023 the band was forced to leave the school. Since then the band reached out

01:14to several stakeholders including MP for Lopeno Bonaire West Marvin Gonzalez for

01:19some assistance and is yet to receive feedback. He says that in September of

01:24last year the band did get some assistance from NUGFW which they were

01:29grateful for but now the temporary agreement the band had with the

01:33organization has come to an end. However he's hopeful the time can be

01:37extended he also praised that the assistance of the NWRHE. We got these

01:42tents these four 20 by 20 tents donated from the NWRHE we want to thank them for

01:50that as well but unfortunately they have use of it now we have to take it back

01:55you know I'm really through Mr. Justin DeFritos our band manager who was at the

02:02time the IR manager at NWRHE you know he was responsible for making this happen

02:09when the time came in his absence he died unfortunately in December. Mr.

02:15Huston says despite the many obstacles he's optimistic about finding a home

02:19soon because giving up is not and would never be an option. He adds that there

02:25are many young people in the community depending on him. I'm saying corporate

02:29Trinidad MPs anybody who has the means to assist we need the assistance now

02:38these tents in ten minutes would not be here our instruments would just be at

02:44the mercy of the elements we want to start we start with yourselves after

02:49carnival and proceeded our agenda of activities which includes again

02:55restarting the training camps in July August doing something for Easter.

03:02Anyone who is willing to assist a perfect cadence in finding a home can

03:06contact Mark Huston at 725-7865. Charlotte Kisto TV6 News