The Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band, which took its name from the Marine Hymn, goes back to the very beginnings of tuned steel pan music in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad in the 1940s. (Musical steel pans were originally made from the tops of used oil drums discarded by U.S. military forces.) Based in Ypsilanti and known all over the world, they've had an amazing career that has included opening for Liberace, performing for Queen Elizabeth, and winning the "bomb" prize at Trinidad's national Panorama steel band competition, given for best arrangement of a European classical composition for steel band. Maybe it's been a while since you've heard this historic ensemble that we're lucky to have based here in southeastern Michigan-- come and ring in your summer with some genuine tropical sounds!