Released on = December 29, 2006, 7:55 am

Press Release Author = When Steel Talks

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = When Steel Talks, the global internet resource center for
all matters related to the steelpan instrument named Mrs. Anna Raffoul as the 2006
recipient of the prestigious When Steel Talks Steelband Personality of The Year.
Anna Raffoul is the current president of the Dominica Steelband Association. The
award is given to the person who has had tremendous impact on the steelband music
world through their work in promoting the art form and inspiring others.


Press Release Body = Global - The 2006 When Steel Talks steelband personality award
of the year goes to Mrs. Anna Raffoul, president of the Dominica Steelband
Association. Anna Raffoul achieved through sheer determination and innovation, a
steelband first in Dominica, W.I. She, along with her handpicked helpers and
resources, organized and hosted the highly-successful inaugural OECS Junior Pan
competition in Dominica this past April - with absolutely no intervention from her
country\'s government. Mrs. Raffoul and her staff oversaw the efficacious
mobilization and attendance of competitors from several other Caribbean islands.

Others around the world with far more assets at their disposal - including private
companies, national and international associations, and national governments - lay
claim to lengthy titles, but show far fewer results. For Mrs. Raffoul, the
successful output of the intensely motivated young people who took part in the
Junior pan competition, and the upward mobility of the steelpan art form in general
in Dominica and throughout the Caribbean, are the factors that make the difference,
and her work necessary.

Additionally, Mrs. Raffoul continues to work behind the scenes. On behalf of the
steelband movement in her country, the dynamic and energetic woman has been
sacrificing much personally and financially, to continue the uplifting of Dominica\'s
young people, especially those who find joy in the beauty and artistry of the
steelband instrument. Later on in November Mrs. Raffoul again played a major role
in what turned out to be Dominica\'s most successful-ever annual Pan by the Bay
steelband music festival, held around the country\'s Independence celebrations.

So for achieving the successful reality of her own brainchild - the inaugural Junior
Pan Competition - and continuing in that vein through avenues such as her unstinting
involvement in and dedication to her country\'s Pan By the Bay festival, When Steel
Talks (WST) salutes Mrs. Anna Raffoul, and is proud to declare her the Steelband
Personality for the Year 2006.

A look at Anna Raffoul... http://www.panonthenet.com/articles/dominica/nana.html

Contact Anna Raffoul at: 1 (767) 448 2622 | email: dominipan@hotmail.com



Web Site = http://www.panonthenet.com/year_in_review/2006/person_of_the_year.htm

Contact Details = Contact Anna Raffoul at: 1 (767) 448 2622 | email:
dominipan@hotmail.com