If you talk to a young pan player, his mother and his music teacher/ pan-yard drill master, they will all say the same thing about their involvement with the Hells Gate Steel Orchestra -

On my most recent 2023 trip to Antigua & Barbuda,  I happened to be waiting my turn at a local bank in the town of English Harbour wearing my favourite Beatles T shirt when an elderly man approached commenting on the picture of the four lads. He told me his name was Cecil Andres Carlos but affectionately known as NUPPY. He said he was born in 1951 in English Harbour and fathered 10 boys and 5 girls.

(James Russell is our local Toronto Black Historian for Antigua Barbuda Newsmag)

He demonstrates how we all connect through history

Canadians Reaching  out to Antigua Youth

Article Photos and videos by Norman Hart

 by Norman  Hart

The first Antigua  Barbuda Day took place Oct 20 2018 at The Lucie Thornton Blackburn Centre in Toronto. The event was to bring together the Toronto Association in celebration of Antiguan and Barbuda  artists/filmmakers. Among the many topics was the upcoming Carifesta 2021 which will be held on the Island.