YOUNG pan talent thrilled the crowd at the En ToTo Young Pannist and Nation-Building (YPAN) cultural explosion at the Paddock, Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on September 19.

Students from Bishop Anstey High School, Shell Invaders Youth Orchestra, BP Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra and Bishop Anstey High School East and Trinity College East (BATCE) showed their prowess through pan and displayed their love and appreciation for the national instrument ahead of Republic Day on September 24.

Newsday photographer Jeff K Mayers captured these images.

[caption id="attachment_1109890" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Pan was not the only instrument at the showcase. A drum accompaniment added the music during the YPAN cultural explosion. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109891" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Members of BAHS Steel, the Bishop Anstey Girls' High School steelband, perform at the En ToTo Young Pannist and Nation-building cultural explosion showcase. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109888" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Members of the BP Renegedes Youth Steel Orchestra perform at the En ToTo Young Pannist and Nation-building (YPAN) cultural explosion. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109889" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A pre-Republic Day celebration at the Paddock at the Queen's Park Savannah on September 19 saw this young man from the BP Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra playing the pan. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109887" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The BP Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra highlighted the national instrument at the YPAN cultural explosion on September 19. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109885" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Students of Bishop Anstey High School East and Trinity College East (BATCE) highlight their talent. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109886" align="alignnone" width="1024"] This young man from Bishop Anstey High School East and Trinity College East (BATCE) focuses  on his instrument on September 19. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109884" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The Invaders flag took centre stage as students perform at a pre-Republic Day celebration at the Paddock in the Queen's Park Savannah. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109882" align="alignnone" width="1024"] There were smiles all around as the Shell Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra performed on September 19. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109883" align="alignnone" width="1024"] This Shell Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra player smiles during their performance. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1109881" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Students enjoy the sound of Trinidad and Tobago's national instrument during the En ToTo Young Pannist and National-building cultural explosion event on Septe