Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 2 AL O'CONNOR'S LIFE BEFORE STEELPAN 11
8. CHAPTER 3 FROM HUMMINGBIRD TO HUSKY 21
9. CHAPTER 4 THE O'CONNOR/ALEXIS ERA AND THE NIU/BIRCH CREEK CONNECTION 33
10. CHAPTER 5 GUEST ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS 47
11. CHAPTER 6 ON THE ROAD-THE NIU STEELBAND TOURS AMERICA 55
12. CHAPTER 7 PANNING TO THE EAST-THE NIU STEELBAND CAPTURES ASIA 65
13. CHAPTER 8 THE PAGANINI OF PAN, LIAM TEAGUE, COMES TO NIU 79
14. CHAPTER 9 RETURN TO TRINIDAD AND THE WORLD STEELBAND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2000 89
15. CHAPTER l 0 STEEL PAN DEGREE PROGRAM AND THE NIU/UWI PIPELINE 97
16. CHAPTER ll O'CONNOR RETIRES, TEAGUE/ALEXIS ERA BEGINS 103
17. CHAPTER 12 EPILOGUE-THE NIU STEELBAND INTO THE FUTURE 117
18. Appendix One 125
19. Appendix Two 131
20. Notes 137
21. Index 149