Sunshine Awards nomination for former Pan Trinbago president

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The former President of Pan Trinbago Inc., Patrick Arnold, has been nominated for the 2011 Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame.

Arnold (pictured), who was recently awarded Trinidad & Tobago’s second highest national award: the Chaconia Medal (Gold), will be recognized for his contribution to the steelband movement and music. He has served the movement as a player, tuner, administrator and president of the world governing body for pan, Pan Trinbago, from 1996 to 2009.

The 23^rd Sunshine Awards takes place on Saturday 22^nd October 2011, at the AXA Equitable Center, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, USA. This year, the program is dedicated to the United Nations Declaration of 2011: The International Year of African Descendants. The event will begin with a cocktail reception, followed by the presentation of awards and a live show.

The Sunshine Awards was founded in 1989 to recognize and pay tribute to the creators, performers and promoters of art, dance, music and poetry of the various Caribbean islands.