Nostalgia's Organising Committee
	Dr Lionel McCalman (from Guyana) is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Education and Community Studies, University of East London (1994). He has an excellent tract record as a university lecturer, administrator and sits on a large number of Education Committees. He obtained his PhD in Anthropology, University College London and has since published 3 books in the Arts while tutoring both PhD and undergraduate students. He is a governor at two London Primary Schools and undertakes an immense number of community-based workshops and projects to support underprivileged children. He was recently appointed as an External Examiner to the Department of Education, University of the West Indies. He is the treasurer of Nostalgia Steelband and nearly all the activities of the band has rested on his shoulders for the last 10 years.
	Professor Haroun N. Shah (from Trinidad) is currently the head of Molecular Identification Services at government's Health Protection Agency new 'Centre for Infections' He holds several chairs at various universities and have spent the last 25 years in academic life at the University of London. He has supervised over 50 postgruduate students and chairs a number of scientific committees. He is the editor of 3 scientific journals and has published over 150 peer review scientific papers. He has generated several million in scientific grant income for basic research and has an extremely hectic working schedule. However, he has a real passion for steelband music and for the last 10 years have been a very committed member of Nostalgia. He is currently one of the band's directors.
	Professor Saheer E. Gharbia (from the Middle East) Head of the Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics Laboratories at the HPA Centre for Infections (2002). Following her PhD in molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, The Royal London Hospital Medical College, University of London, she gained post graduate experience and then took up scientific positions at McGill University, Canada before returning to the UK as a Senior Lecturer at the University of London in 1995. She moved to the School of Biosciences, University of East London, (1997) and by 1999 became the first female academic in the UK to be promoted directly to a Chair. She sits on numerous government scientific committees and is the head of Research and Development on new technologies for infectious diseases. She has been an active member of Nostalgia for 8 years now and contributed to much of its published work.
	Adriana Flórez (from Latin America) Music teacher for 20 years; currently a qualified Kodály music educator; applying the Kodály concept of music education with children from 3 to 6 years. Involved in a large of events eg organising concerts, Christmas plays, day trips, and various multicultural activities. Presently working with "Baraza Arts Education and Training" as part of a team of teachers on a project to give young children an awareness of music from different cultures and also her own project "Music for Everyone" which is based on the principle that music must be taught to "every single" child from the earliest possible age. She is the secretary of Nostalgia Steelband.
	Raul Gomez (from Latin America) Music tutor working for the Lambeth Music Service for schools. His activities in art are very varied and includes performances in several films eg 'El Alma del Maiz' (The Soul of the Corn) filmed in 1995 which included Colombian native percussion instruments and the drum score for the film Maria Cano (1994). He featured in the stage production 'The Good Person of Szechwan' (Berthold Brecht) and was a percussionist in Jesus Christ Superstar (Colombian version, 1993) staged by "Estacion Central Producciones". He is also drummer/percussionist/performer with different bands eg Yamaha School of Music and a percussionist with a full symphonic orchestra for the project, Orquesta Sinfonica Experimental de Colombia. He also plays Rock, Blues, Latin, Caribbean and Colombian folk music in several venues and festivals in and around London and the U.K. He is an active committee member and one of Nostalgia's most gifted musicians who plays and also teaches members of the band. Marvin Barbe is one of the longest running membership of Nostalgia, having been with the band from his thirteenth birthday. He was a member of his school steel band and came to join Nostalgia as a junior member. He has stayed with the band, and is today one of Nostalgia's top tenor pan players. Marvin is a student on the B.A. Education and Community Development degree at the University of East London, and works as a teaching assistant at Salisbury Primary School, London. He is a keen footballer and is manager of a ladies football team. At carnival he goes by the name of DJ Super Trini. He mixes all the music and keeps the crowd entertained. Marvin is a director of Nostalgia Steel Band and Carnival Club.
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