Steelbands @ the Lake 2007 

Steelbands@theLake is part of the Zurich Festival(www.zuerifaescht.ch), a bi-annual 3-day event. This is a photo session of the 3rd day at the Riesbach harbour where all the steelbands played during these 3 days...

Stepping off the train in Stadelhofen and what do I hear? Vibrating sounds of drums & percussion...
Stepping off the train in Stadelhofen and what do I hear? Vibrating sounds of drums & percussion... *

...they almost magically draw everybody's attention. But I'll take a bus to the harbour, cause THEY will be marching in the rain...
...they almost magically draw everybody's attention. But I'll take a bus to the harbour, cause THEY will be marching in the rain...


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Bellevue
Bellevue


Zurich's opera
Zurich's opera

This is the place you want to be this weekend: Steelbands@theLake
This is the place you want to be this weekend: Steelbands@theLake

A little word game: HER name is Barbara SCHIRA and the gherkin's brand is CHIRAT...
A little word game: HER name is Barbara SCHIRA and the gherkin's brand is CHIRAT...

...it's a Swiss oddity to have a gherkin slice in EVERY sandwich, actually in 90% of all Swiss meals you'll find one.No clue why...
...it's a Swiss oddity to have a gherkin slice in EVERY sandwich, actually in 90% of all Swiss meals you'll find one.
No clue why...

oh-hoh, they're coming...
oh-hoh, they're coming...

...the CARIBBEAN CONNECTION
...the CARIBBEAN CONNECTION

The Swiss Steel and Percussion project for Notting Hill Carnival 2007
The Swiss Steel and Percussion project for Notting Hill Carnival 2007

More than 70 people, players of different bands. Not sure if everybody made it today...
More than 70 people, players of different bands. Not sure if everybody made it today...

...sure is that they are going to mash up the place in London. Nostalgia friends, PREPARE :-) !!
...sure is that they are going to mash up the place in London. Nostalgia friends, PREPARE :-) !!

Or let me say it so: Pan music was introduced to Switzerland majorly by British citizen. They just bring it back to England with a big thank you!
Or let me say it so: Pan music was introduced to Switzerland majorly by British citizen. They just bring it back to England with a big thank you!

I don't know all the players (band names on their pans), many of them used to play with Swisstrin, Zuri Renegades, and other projects in the past...
I don't know all the players (band names on their pans), many of them used to play with Swisstrin, Zuri Renegades, and other projects in the past...

My darling Diego Zwicky
My darling Diego Zwicky

Sigi Morscher
Sigi Morscher

oh well :-)Mr Junior J. Edwards
oh well :-)
Mr Junior J. Edwards


Böbi Brosi, Ueli Mumenthaler
Böbi Brosi, Ueli Mumenthaler



Trudi Kunz
Trudi Kunz

Janet Booth
Janet Booth



Darryl Belgrove
Darryl Belgrove

Christine Schüpbach
Christine Schüpbach

Anita Petri
Anita Petri

Fredi Klaus and Anita