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Creative Life
00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9ab20000Our series Creative Life discontinued on October 30th, 2017. It has been replaced by Ways of Life. The Creative Life archive lives on this page. Creative Life offered an audio tour of arts, culture, and inspiration on the Cape and Islands. Our region is rich with creative diversity, and so are the stories we tell.Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison.Creative Life is made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.

In Dennis, the Pan Man reigns supreme

Photo by Martine Powers October 2015

 

 Michael Gabriel has lived on the Cape for decades, but he originally hails from Trinidad — the birthplace of the metal percussion instrument known as the steel pan. Gabriel is a virtuosic pan player, and his gifts allow him to lead a kind of double life.

  Spending his  summers in Dennis, Gabriel can be found jamming at weddings, church performances, and all manner of beachside bash. Then, in the winter, he heads back to Trinidad to gear up for an annual competition known as Panorama — the world’s premiere venue for steel pan performances.

You can see THIS VIDEO  of Michael Gabriel playing steel pan with the orchestra Phase II Pan Groove.

This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Martine is a graduate of the Fall 2015 class.  You can find out more about that program at Transom.org

Creative Life is edited by Jay Allison and made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.