Sion Hill Euphonium graduates 32 new pan players

Having started in 1995, the Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra (SHESO), except a few years, has consistently hosted a training programme geared at teaching young players the art of playing the steel pan.

And, despite some trying conditions, the organization did not allow setbacks to stall the 2025 edition, which concluded last Sunday, August 31, 2025, at the Sion Hill Village Hard Court.

Hence, 32 youngsters who stayed the course graduated, having been introduced to the various instruments over the pan side’s six week Summer training programme.

Apart from receiving their certificates the graduates gave those in attendance a display of their newly acquired talents, as they belted out, We jamming still, Swinging Engine, Phantom of the Opera, and I believe I can fly.

Their display of confidence and dexterity thus reciprocated the efforts of trainers, Christopher Walrond and Septimius Caine.

Lauding the work and commitment of Walrond and Caine, despite the challenges of having to host the training without the comfort of being in an enclosed pan yard, Chairman of the SHESO, Warren Knights, insisted that the programme is pivotal to the growth of the organization.

“This is one of our flagship programmes because it helps us to replenish the band, build our band, and it also helps to mold young minds- give them a positive alternative so they can do something else with their time other than [being]idle and getting themselves into trouble”, Knights said as he addressed those attending the graduation ceremony.

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