steel drum
Example Sentences
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The main parade started later in the morning and featured steel drum players, stilt walkers and dancers wearing flamboyant costumes.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
Olof Dreijer, from the Knife, has found a new sound source: the steel drum, that remarkable percussion instrument that can also play and sustain melodies.
From New York Times • May 5, 2023
At the sound of the sprightly steel drum opening, Lido Pimienta lit up with a playful grin and started vocalizing.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022
Identifying her work as “arquitectura povera” in homage to the radical art movement Arte Povera, she reconstructed the industrial shell of a former steel drum factory into a cultural arts and sports center.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2019
It came just before lunch, as he was standing at his locker, and flew in with such force it knocked him back, making the row of lockers resound like a steel drum.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
