steelband

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English

Steelband playing at the 2WALKandCYCLE Conference 2016

Etymology

From steel +‎ band.

Noun

steelband (plural steelbands)

  1. A band in which all musicians play steelpans.
    • 1991, George Goddard, Forty years in the steelbands, 1939-1979, page 120:
      The steelband movement has always had an attraction for "smartmen" — men who saw the movement as something to be exploited.
    • 1995, Stephen Stuempfle, The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad, →ISBN:
      The steelband movement today remains a vital and influential part of the artistic life of Trinidad and Tobago
    • 2004, Milla Cozart Riggio, Carnival: Culture in Action – The Trinidad Experience, →ISBN, page 204:
      The Nigerian army has a steelband, as do the Dutch police service and as did, until 1999, the US Navy.

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