Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore is calling on the Government to refurbish panyards throughout the country.In a telephone interview with the Express yesterday, following the Ancestral Pan Walk held to commemorate World Steelpan Day, Ramsey-Moore said the Government should consider putting a pause on the construction of community centres.She said more youths assemble at panyards rather than community centres. “I have been making that call for the longest while. Young people spend long hours at panyards, so they need to be upgraded. I made this call last year, and I want to renew this call. The only modern panyards are really those sponsored bands, but most of the unsponsored bands have the challenge of needing repairs and upgrades to their bathrooms and so on,” Ramsey-Moore said.She said this year’s World Steel Pan Day is focused on youth, as youth steel orchestras were featured at the panyard of Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra on Duke Street Port of Spain, where the walk started, as well as bp Renegades Steel Orchestra on Charlotte Street, Port of Spain.While she lauded the turnout for the Ancestral Pan Walk, Ramsey-Moore called for greater support from corporate and government entities for the development and preservation of the steelpan. “The walk was excellent. It was youth-focused because we are passing the legacy on. Hundreds of youths are here today because it is the future of the national instrument,” she said.She continued, “I have been disappointed with corporate Trinidad and Tobago for the past few months. And to tell you the truth, I don’t want to put a damper on today’s celebration, but corporate Trinidad and Tobago would have been providing...for the last two years or so, corporate Trinidad and Tobago was on board with us because we would have transformed the organisation, we would have ensured that there is accountability and transparency, our clean audits, we have been turning out for over four years now, and they came back. But corporate Trinidad and Tobago always looks at the signal that is sent from the State,” Ramsey-Moore said.She said every creed and race can find an equal place in the national musical instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. “And I take full objection and serious umbrage to anybody who feel it is a black people thing. No, no, no, no, no. We are more than that. We are a tool that can be used, or the steelpan is a tool that can be used for positive social transformation,” she added.Ramsey-Moore said she is disappointed that the steelpan is not yet on the nation’s currency. However, she noted that it should happen soon. “I know that the Central Bank would have put out a statement recently that within this August month, the steelpan is going to be on the hundred-dollar bill, and I’m praying and hoping that they keep up with their word and that it does happen,” she said.Speaking at bp Renegades Pan theatre on Charlotte Street, Minister of Culture Michelle Benjamin supported Pan Trinbago’s call for the refurbishment of panyards. Responding to Ramsey-Moore, Benjamin said: “It is evident today, the talent that comes from the panyards. You said it rightfully, ‘Minister, help me to renovate and to refurbish some of these panyards because our young children are in the panyards,’” Benjamin said.The rain did not dampen the spirits of the large crowd that joined the steelpan festivities and procession from All Stars to Renegades. The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment Steel Orchestra played a medley of songs as steelpan lovers and aficionados on a festive parade, young and not so young, made their way to Renegades panyard.