CALYSTO STEELBAND SOCIETY - CALGARY

And The Band Played On:

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UPCOMING GIGS:

Canada Day - Banff - 2007/07/01
HSBC Calgary Marathon - 2007/07/08
Kensington - Sun & Salsa - 2007/07/22
Arbor Lake - 2007/07/28
Birthday Party - Private - 2007/09/15
Chamber of Commerce - High River - 2007/09/22
Ski Club Party - Private - 2007/09/29

Some of our past Gigs for 2007:

Ramsey Community Centre
Nathan's Resturant and Bar
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Conference
ACIF Conference - Canmore
Social Services Conference - Kananaskis
Private Function, Scenic Acres - Birthday Party

Some of our past Gigs for 2006:

Extendicare Christmas Party
Schooner's Pub
Healthy U of C Week Finale
Air Quality Modelling Conference
Private Function, Okotoks - Birthday Party
Riverbend Campground
Private Function, Strathcona - Birthday Party
Hull Child & Family Services "Stampede Breakfast"
Encana Stampede Event - SAIT
HSBC Calgary Marathon
Ramsay Community Centre
Private Function, Springbank - Birthday Party
Mount Royal College - "Mountroyalville"
AMEC - Fort Calgary
Oilympic's Break-Cup Bash
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Barbados - February 2006:
Groot's Bar & Restaurant
Holetown Festival - Limin' Tent
Swizzle Hot Pot
Surfside Bar & Restaurant
Doris's Place
Holetown Festival - Main Stage
Surfside Bar & Restaurant
Fishermen's Pub
Holetown Festival Tattoo
Europa Hotel

Tuscany Community Centre - Wedding
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FOR BOOKINGS OR INQUIRIES CONTACT:

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Telephone: 403-547-7557

Email: calystosteelband@shaw.ca

Ramsay Day - July 18, 2006

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Band Practice

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Timi provides further assistance to Tomoko, a visitor from Japan on how to play the 6 bass.

Ena plays the 6 Bass - A born natural!

Ena a Japanese visitor gets a "One on One" lesson from Timi on the "6 Bass"

Band practice in close quarters.

Timi providing the full bass to a new song.

Ena and Tomoko visiting from Japan try out the cello pans.

Michael & Brian learning a new song.

Barbados 2006

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Schooner's Pub - December 03, 2005

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Silver Springs Community Center - October 29, 2005

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Wish Upon A Star Gala - October 22, 2005

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Earl's - Dalhousie - June 24, 2005

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Nathan's Resturant and Bar - June 02, 2005

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Mount Royal College - May 27, 2005

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Pinebrook Golf and Country Club - Oct 23, 2004

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Barbados - February 2004

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This is an article printed in a local newspaper during our visit: The Barbados Advocate

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In the beginning there was... Ann

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Our Musical Director, Ann Jamieson first began playing the steel drums/pans back in 1967 when her elementary school back in New Brunswick decided to start a band. After her parents began wintering in Barbados, Ann was given additional exposure to this upbeat Caribbean music and by 1972 she made her first island debut. It has been mentioned on more than one occasion that Ann was the first female to ever play with a professional band in Barbados. Originally, being in a steel band was compared with being in a "gang" and was frowned upon particularly for a woman. Not to be discouraged red-haired Ann, known as "Ginger" by the local Bajans, continued with her dedication to the pans.

By 1978 Ann and her husband Hal, moved to Calgary both as professionals in the oil and gas industry and in 1984 Ann decided to start her own youth band promoting positive atmosphere and encouraging kids to stay in school and avoiding the perils of adolescence. Over the years some of these individuals (a few of who originally stood literally on milk crates in order to reach their pans) had left the band to go off to post secondary school only to return years later after graduating. Once again they had returned to trill, strum, run or beat out that all familiar sound of the steel pans. Today the band consists of twenty members ranging in age from their late teens to their early sixties as well as coming from diverse backgrounds but we all share a common denominator, the love of the steel drums.