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New Pan Steel Orchestra drums up excitement

Photo by Charlie Walker

The New Pan Steel Orchastra performed for about 175 guests at the 4-H Center in Wirtz on Sunday.

Photo by Charlie Walker

Guests were invited to compete in a limbo contest while the New Pan Steel Orchestra played Caribbean music. The winner was Ellett, grandson of lake residents Bev and Tom Scott.

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Charlie Walker

Friday, August 16, 2013

Some two dozen members of the New Pan Steel Orchestra performed to a full house on Sunday at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center in Wirtz. The musicians were 10 and older, and several played as many as six drums at once.

Many of the guests brought food and drinks to enjoy during the performance, which was sponsored by the Smith Mountain Arts Council.

A free steel drum workshop will take place at Trinity Ecumenical Parish on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, call Richard Rudolph at 427-3860 or email questschoolofmusic@cox.net.

Saturday, September 14, 2013