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Scholar, 17, top pannist
… and lil’ brother, 6, follows
in Khion’s footstep |
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Joeline Thomas |
| KHION
DELAS, a 17-year-old youth of Rousillac Road, La Brea, has received
top recognition for his outstanding performance during the August
holidays workshop held for steel pan arranging and drumming.
Delas was among 61 youths from both north and south Trinidad who
participated in the classes.
The youngster said that he has a deep passion for all kinds of music
and that was why he had a special interest in the course.
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62 graduates of the workshop. |
He said he would like to become a composer and arranger
when he gets older; he also revealed that he would be pursuing
a degree in music.
“Arranging is a different experience for me; it opens
you to many different types of music and cultures,”
he stated.
Khion said that he loves music so much that he plays quite
a number of instruments which include the steel pan, piano,
both the bass and normal guitar, the recorder, violin and
harmonica.
Despite his overwhelming passion for music, the youngster
still found time to attain 10 CXC passes with three distinctions.
His CXC passes include Mathematics, English A, Literature,
Spanish, French, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography
and History.
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KHION
& KHAALIS DELAS
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Khion also plays pan with Phase Two Pan Groove of Tragarete Road,
Port of Spain, although he resides in the deep south of Trinidad.
Following in close pursuit of Khion is his six-year-old brother,
Khaalis Delas, who also performed extremely well at the drumming
workshop.
Khaalis said he loves music, too, and would like to play as much
instruments as he can, just like his older brother.
The six-year-old also plays the steel pan extremely well, according
to his older brother.
The Pan Co-ordinating Council alongside the Center for Creative
and Festival Arts at the University of the West Indies hosted
the training camps.
British Petroleum of Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) sponsored the
workshops.
Parliamentary representative for Tunapuna Eddie Hart gave the
feature address to the graduates during the ceremony held at the
Eric Williams Auditorium, La Joya, St. Joseph last Monday.
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