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	Laventille - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laventille is a suburb of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
		One of the wards of the city, it is bordered by Saint Anns river (commonly called the Dry river) to the West, The Lady Young Road to the East, from the lowlands along the Eastern Main Road in the south, into the hills above Port of Spain to the North.
		Laventille is characteristically a poor community, notably covered with squater settlements and slums called ghettoes, with a noticeable amount of Afro-Trinidadians and usually stereotyped as a community where poor and undesirable people and elements live.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laventille (290 words)

	Laventille (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Laventille is an even more specific homage to where she comes from and what she represents.
		There are interludes on the album where Destra talks about her home town, Laventille, with love, at a time when others have pigeonholed the place as a crime-infested no-go area.
		Laventille is a historic contributor to carnival and the culture of Trinidad; that was best declaimed in song by David Rudder in 1986 when he sang The Hammer.
	www.socanews.com /music/reviews/printer_1002.shtml (345 words)

	Sixth Annual Laventille Steelband Festival- from the Trinidad Steelband World
		The Laventille Steelband Festival (LSF) Committee, organiser of the sixth annual Laventille Steelband Parade will achieve a milestone this year, by staging the event devoid of DJ music.
		Laventille," in keeping with its desire to empower a greater sense of pride and belonging among those in the community.
		Among the laudable objectives of the camp are: to improve the knowledge of the steelpan and its history, to identify and generate an interest in careers in the steelpan industry, to improve the image of the instruments and maintain Laventille’s prominence in the pan world.
	www.panonthenet.com /articles/tnt/snerolaventille.htm (627 words)

	Pan Jumbie - Rendevous of Victory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Clive, who was not born in Laventille and was certainly middle class and college educated, famously led the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra to six of its 10 Panorama championships from 1970 to 2000.
		Laventille, or as the residents affectionately call it Laventy to distinguish it from the other Laventille, is the birth place of the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra.
		As Laventille declined, the response from the larger society was avoidance and denial.
	www.pan-jumbie.com /rendezvous/rv5.htm (6237 words)

	Port of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1560, a Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary.
		The 1783 Cedula of Population, which encouraged the settlement of French Catholics in the island, led to a rapid increase in the town's population and its geographical extension westwards.
		From the small cluster of buildings at the foot of the Laventille Hills, eleven streets were laid out west to the area bounded by the St. Ann's River, thus establishing the grid pattern which has survived in downtown Port of Spain to the present day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port-of-Spain (3536 words)

	Halcrow Group Greater Port of Spain Technical Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For the purposes of this Study, East Port of Spain is defined as that part of the Study Area lying east of the St. Ann's River, its perimeter to the north and east being Lady Young Road and on the South Beetham Highway.
		Laventille lies between Belmont and Morvant accessed from Belmont in the main via St. Barb's Road with Laventille Road running through this settlement from Piccadilly Street on the west to Morvant on the East.
		Laventille lies in the centre of the Study Area, epitomising the designation "behind the bridge", an expression it shares with its western neighbourhoods of John John and East Dry River, due to its main access point to Down Town POS being the bridge across the river on Laventille Road.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /plan2_EPOS12.htm (4597 words)

	IDBAmerica: A short history of the shiny drum
		But Laventille, a hilly, low-income suburb just east of commercial Port of Spain, Trinidad, justly prides itself in being the birthplace of one of the most popular musical instruments created during the 20th century–the steel drum or "pan," as it is more correctly called.
		Laventille was settled in the mid-1800s by freed African slaves.
		In the mid-1930s, these street bands began to use metal objects like garbage can lids, automobile parts, pots and pans, and biscuit tins because they were louder and stronger than bamboo, and they evolved into all-steel bands, or "steel bands" by the end of the 1930s.
	www.iadb.org /IDBAMERICA/English/MAY01E/may01e2.html (1040 words)

	SteeI Island - History
		In Laventille the unemployed youths' insatiable musical appetite drove their relentless experiments with milk cans, paint cans, garbage can covers, car hub caps, pots, old brake drums, and biscuit tins, with the biscuit tin said to be the first true pan.
		Laventille had become a settlement of people without land, without work, and deprived of natural access to the full richness of cultural resources.
		At the time of greatest pressure, the the steel pan was invented and quckly became a vehicle of social identification, with John John being its birthplace, the cradle of the most momentous musical occurrence in 20th Century musical history.
	www.steelisland.com /history.asp (1845 words)

	Terry-J - Laventille People Again!
		It is as though the area has successfully claimed some kind of monopoly on lawlessness and vice, so that all its children have no choice but to go around disrupting calm and bringing grief to those who cherish well-cultured social graces.
		It is one of the reasons I became involved in the staging of this Sunday's Laventille Steelband Festival.
		Early patrons can witness a tableau of the sequences that brought us from slavery to sophistication, coupled later with living graphics of the evolution of the steel orchestra; from tamboo bamboo to the symphonies of which we are only now proud.
	www.trinicenter.com /Terryj/2000/Jul/Laventillepeopleagain.htm (806 words)

	Pan Goes home to Laventille (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The fifth annual Laventille Steelband Festival will begin tonight (Friday 23rd July) at the headquarters of Tokyo Steel Orchestra on Plaisance Road, John John.
		Laventille" are four concets set to take place until August 6th.
		Performances include Laventille Serenaders, Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove and three-time junior calypsonian and Laventille resident Karene Asche.
	www.islandevents.com /entertainment/printer_454.shtml (254 words)

	Essay or Coursework - The aim of this study is to find out the purpose of this local manufacturing company, which has ...
		C.G.A. is situated in Laventille, which is a residential area, and legal charges would be incurred if the company were found to be discharging effluent into the drains in the area.
		C.G.A. is located to the bottom of the Laventille hill (which is part of the Northern Range) and between two main roads, North by the Eastern Main Road and South by the Priority Bus Route going East out of Port of Spain.
		Sixty-five years ago, the Laventille area was considered the gateway to the city of Port of Spain.
	www.coursework.info /i/55393.html (754 words)

	News : State of the Art Technology Centre Formally Opens : Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is continuing its drive towards developed country status by 2020 with the formal opening of the Laventille Technology and Continuing Education Centre on November 26, 2004.
		We will be able to achieve more in competitive export markets that continue to be impacted by a number of variables including rising and falling fuel prices and the negative and positive effects of globalization, as well as rapidly evolving information and communications technologies.
		I mention all of this to you the people of Laventille and environs, and of course all of Trinidad and Tobago, so that you would be aware of the many opportunities that now lie ahead of you.
	www.gov.tt /news/news_article.asp?id=2463 (2061 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		Unlike the veritable ghost towns of Laventille Hill, St Barb’s, Old St Joseph Road and other areas of Laventille, residents of Beetham limed at the roadside and spoke without fear.
		Ten years ago some schools in the area (Laventille) were getting 100 per cent failures at the Common Entrance exam, the official at the Morris Marshall Centre said.
		Christopher said long before the days of PNM founder Eric Williams, Laventille was a depressed area, suffering all the trials poverty brings.
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2003-05-11/news6.html (1227 words)

	Catholic News - The weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean
		Although he is no longer the coordinator of the Laventille devotions, Errol Cooper remains deeply committed to the Church and to serving the people of God.
		It was in 1985 that Errol was given the responsibility of coordinating the Laventille devotions, a responsibility which he has enjoyed and performed with excellence for almost 20 years.
		Not only must he set a theme for the devotions but he must also select topics to be preached, name the preachers and the schools to conduct the singing as well as request the presence of the police and the St John’s ambulance.
	www.catholicnews-tt.net /features040404.shtml (2287 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The yard communities of Laventille were mainly African in inspiration and flourished best in the hilly areas as the Establishment at the time preferred the flat land for themselves, which was easier for transport, road building and the division into equal lots by surveyors and lawyers....
		The western city is a definite shape of streets leading to a central square or plaza which is the center of the city....
		It is clear that [Laventille] has no center and does not need a center.
	www.mikaellevin.com /triangular_trade.html (1512 words)

	TriniView.com - Straker Village Laventille: A lesson in Caribbean Integration
		Mr Nathaniel Straker was born on the island of St Vincent in 1907 and migrated to Trinidad where he lived for most of his adult life.
		A village, west of Fort Picton in the hills of Laventille, is named after him because of the contribution that he made to building the village.
		The Eastern Quarry and Jeremy Quarry are situated in Picton hill to the east and west of Fort Picton respectively.
	www.triniview.com /articles/251204.html (1085 words)

	Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad ...
		I agree Laventille should take the responsibility in their hands, but you have a powerful structure that does not allow leaders to come out of Laventille and then deal with them as leaders.
		The [Laventille] fella who has the wisdom to guide moves away and probably tries not to highlight that he is from Laventille My good friend, [former Tidco president] Brian Harry, nobody in Trinidad know he from Laventille.
		That Laventille image is not good for people who succeed but a lot of people in high office from Laventille, you know.
	www.trinidadexpress.com /index.pl/article_news?id=79072567 (1526 words)

	Success/Laventille Lions
		Marjorie Edwards was no stranger to the formation of Lions Clubs as Lions International had already appointed her as Guiding Lion for the formation of the Scarborough Upper Lions Club in Tobago.
		One of the projects started by the lions of Success Laventille was the Warner's School of Enhancement.
		The venue was a gift from a service-minded gentleman in the area, where the lions organised classes in typing, parental and child care, baking, icing, tie-dying, and making plaster figurines.
	www.sputnick.com /angela/success_laventille_lions.htm (848 words)

	newsday.co.tt : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She pointed out that when she was finally allowed to view the body of her son at the hospital, his rasta hairstyle was already shaved off in preparation for surgery but she insisted that her son was not attended to by any doctor.
		She claimed that no doctor attended to Julien and it was only when he was pronounced dead at ward 54 around 2.30 am that a doctor was seen on the ward.
		She also feels that every area in Laventille should have the permanent presence of the police and army on a daily and nightly basis.
	www.newsday.co.tt /stories.php?article_id=3635 (718 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		The Council of Laventille Elders will join the Hindu Credit Union today in Woodford Square as a sign of unity in the fight against crime.
		Laventille, as they would say, is a big place.
		He said he had no hard feelings against Laventille elder, Thunderbolt Williams, who had warned HCU to stay out of Laventille.
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2004-07-18/news3.html (487 words)

	newsday.co.tt :
		Reports revealed that around 10.30 pm, Dickson, 36, of Mentor Alley, Laventille was walking along Laventille Road in company with another man when they were confronted by two men armed with guns.
		Corintha Dickson, the mother of the dead man said her son was not involved in any illicit activities.
		Records from the police homicide unit revealed that most of the murders last year and this year took place in Laventille and almost all were gang related.
	www.newsday.co.tt /stories.php?article_id=8819 (371 words)

	Panland News > TTIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Among those which performed from the Laventille area were National Panorama Champs, Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars, Witco Desperadoes, BP Renegades, Courts Laventille Sound Specialists, Harmonites, Blue Diamonds, Harmonics, Laventille Rhythm Section, Free Lancers Pan Groove, X-Press 21, Ebonites and Harlem Syncopaters.
		The Workshop targeted steelband management personnel from bands in the Laventille community and was opened to the national steelband fraternity.
		The concerts targeted both the Conventional and Traditional bands in the Laventille area, and was held at the bands respective pan yards.
	www.steelpansttil.com /panlandnews/index_2002_10.php3 (2113 words)

	Septemer school news
		Its main challengers, St Mary's College was held 1-1 by the improving Tranquillity while Queen's Royal College scored in the dying stages of their game against Mucurapo on Fatima ground to salvage a 2-2 draw.
		In the 22nd minute, Phillip Butcher deprived the Laventille lads from equalising with a timely tackle on Ian Mc Cauley in front of the goal.
		The Laventille boys continued to press for the equaliser and were rewarded seven minutes later when striker Shem Mc Farlane found the back of the net.
	members.tripod.com /~mpurcell/septemerschoolnews00.htm (14754 words)

	ONIKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bostic, 24, suffered severe head and spinal injuries in a car crash on the Eastern Main Road, Laventille, early Saturday morning as she was heading to a concert in Chaguaramas.
		One of her friends, Melissa McMillan, yesterday commended the staff of the hospital for the great work they have been doing but said the family was considering moving Bostic to a facility in Miami.
		She was operated on for five hours on Saturday after the car she was driven in by fellow performer Raymond Joseph (Ninja) skidded on the Eastern Main Road in Laventille and crashed into a wall.
	bluefieldspulse.com /ONIKA.htm (1455 words)

	2005 Laventille Steelband Festival - In Review
		Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille has copped the `Spirit of Emancipation' award among conventional steelbands participating in the recently concluded sixth annual Laventille Steelband Festival Street Parade.
		Sound Specialists won favour with the panel of adjudicators to capture the award at the Festival, staged by the Laventille Steelband Festival Committee.
		Once again, the organising committee paid tribute to the sons and daughters of Laventille who have contributed to the development of the district.
	www.panonthenet.com /articles/tnt/review.htm (356 words)

	Lincoln Enterprises Ltd - [Steelpan Tuners, Bertie Marshall, Master Tuner] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He obtained an old tenor pan (ping pong) from Tokyo steelband and tried to retune it, with assistance from his harmonica ("mouth-organ") of which he was an accomplished player.
		Bertie Marshall established "harmonic tuning" as the new order of tuning the instrument in 1956 and introduced the Double Tenor as a new addition to the range of instruments of the steel orchestra.
		Then he led the Armed Forces Steel Orchestra which had an ongoing contract for performances at the U.S. Naval Bas eat Chaguaramas, but it was his leadership of the legendary Laventille Highlanders, for which he became best known.
	ethnonet.gold.ac.uk /illustrations/ch6illustrations/610blincolnenterprises/p_tuner_bmarshall.html (991 words)

	Etcetera - Index Page
		It has operated off the East and West Coasts of Trinidad; in the Northern Caribbean off St. Eustatius, flying crews back and forth every fortnight and has also provided personnel and supplies for tows to Louisiana, Texas and Libya.
		It is primarily a kitchen in the National Schools Dietary Services programme, but also used for other onshore catering services and for the on-going training of kitchen and ancillary staff.
		The company's head office and warehouse are conveniently located in the Fernandes Industrial Centre, Laventille.
	www.foodetcetera.com (436 words)

	Laventille Steelpan Festival honours Destra Garcia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Top female entertainer Destra Garcia is among seven Laventille residents to be honoured at this year’s Laventille Steelband Festival (LSF) Parade.
		Organised by the Laventille Steelband Festival Committee 2005, under the chairmanship of Michael Cooper, the awards ceremony is a feature of the six year-old LSF Pan Parade.
		Julien Cudjoe, deputy chairman of the Festival committee said: "Laventille boast a wealth of heroes and it is only fitting that an event such as the Festival honour its sons and daugthers.
	www.islandevents.com /music/printer_1591.shtml (361 words)

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