Pan has lost its way and its soul

A UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) graduate, former secondary school teacher, composer, arranger and pannist, Ray Holman has had more than a half century of experience in the music business with many successes along the way. He strongly feels that pan music has lost its way and its soul, given the present day criteria for judging the National Panorama competitions.

Holman spoke exclusively to Newsday on this subject, as well as other pertinent areas of his musical life, including his achievements over the years.

Holman says he has been talking about the quality of judging for the past 30 years.

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