Month: August 2018

Top 10 List

A top ten list of why your team should participate in a Calypso Steel Drum Workshop: 10. It’s fun tapping a steel drum, which sounds like a kitchen pan, only more exotic 9.   Finally, something to drown out the helicopter pad 8.   There will be plenty of Instagram moments 7.   Saying “yah […]

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Steel Drum History

Steel drums, also known as pans, are the only family of chromatic, acoustic instruments invented in the twentieth century. They hail from Trinidad, and their fascinating history is inextricably linked to the culture and resiliency of the Trinidadian people. At one time or another, Spanish, English, Dutch and French colonialists ruled the island of Trinidad. African slaves […]

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Old-Fashioned Team Building Never Looked So Good

China is moving swiftly toward algorithmic governance.  Among other things, this means that faces of jay walkers and people who are late in their payments are projected on billboard-sized screens, for everyone to see. If this causes you to cringe, pay attention because corporate America is not far behind. Take a look at Yva, for […]

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