Love City Pan Dragons

LOVE CITY BABY DRAGONS

The first "litter" of Baby Dragons, drawn from Pan Summer Camp '98 participants, was "hatched" in September 1998 by their first instructor, Victor Provost. Those original members have now grown to be the core of today's skilled and self-assured Pan Dragons, several of whom have been playing pan for most of their lives. The youngest Baby Dragon, now eight and a long-time Pan Dragon, celebrated his fifth birthday after 6 months behind his guitar pans.
The Baby Dragons' skill, discipline, focus and love of steel pan music was a tribute to their instructors, Victor Provost and Sam Lawrence, and to the support of their families, the older Pan Dragons, and the St. John community. The Baby Dragons was discontinued after 3 years due to lack of funding.

The Pan Dragons Board is currently seeking a sponsor to start another Baby Dragons. There is a waiting list from the 2004-2006 Summer Pan Camps that would fill a band of eager beginners if funding were in place. It is the tradition of the band to provide this valuable program at minimal cost to the families of the members, who struggle every day to keep up with the cost of living on increasingly affluent St. John. We are counting on the community spirit of our good citizens to make it possible for the Pan Dragons program to once again serve double the number of children it does now.