Biche boy strikes a bright future for pan

As Trinidad and To­ba­go cel­e­brates World Steel­pan Day on Au­gust 11, recog­nis­ing the on­ly acoustic mu­si­cal in­stru­ment in­vent­ed in the 20th cen­tu­ry, the con­ver­sa­tion in­evitably turns to the fu­ture. If you want to know if the fu­ture of the na­tion­al in­stru­ment is se­cure, look no fur­ther than the qui­et, lush agri­cul­tur­al vil­lage of Biche in east Trinidad.