Scores of music lovers where treated to a high level of steel pan entertainment when the Springer Memorial School’s graduating class held the inaugural When The Stars Align at their Government Hill institution recently.
For over six hours the best schools’ orchestras carried the audience on a musical adventure spiced with sweet rhythms and pulsating beats which kept everyone on a melodious high. From the opening presentations by the Daryll Jordan School to the fitting climax by the Springer girls, the show was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Among the highlights of the night was a powerful rendition of Never Enough by the multi-talented Destinee Bruce of the Springer School. The track hurdler showed that she could also scale musical heights in her singing as left the audience in awe of her talent.
While the setting sun blazing across the State House may have impacted the view of the early presentations, the emphasis would have been on sound rather than sight. With the onset of darkness the stars began to truly shine with the St Leonard’s Boys’, The Alleyne School, Combermere School, Harrison College and neighbours the Barbados Community College fuelling the musical journey.
Once again the multiple awardwinning Christ Church Foundation School showed that they are in another galaxy of excellence in steel pan presentations. Although their leader Lowrey Worrell was under the weather and he literally sat out Foundation’s performance, it did not impact their flawless presentations.
Foundation gave a tutorial in top-class pan while showing how to move seamlessly from one high-energy tune to the next. The obvious enjoyment displayed by the faces and bodies of the Foundation players was transmitted to the audience who responded with gay abandon.
The graduating class must have been proud of the night’s performances and the wide variety of food and drinks on sale would have helped their fundraising cause. It was also a great piece of organisational logistics to set up two stages which allowed one orchestra to prepare while another was performing thus reducing any possible lag time.
The Springer Dancers added another feature for the audience and the closing pieces by the hosts were enhanced with a flag-waving congaline climaxing the event in grand style. (KAB)
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