About CARIBEAT & OUR COMMITMENT TO STEELPAN

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Owned by Luis and Monique McSween from Trinidad and Tobago,  CariBeat is the leading Caribbean Travel, Tourism, and Lifestyle Company in the US. Based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, since 2008, CariBeat delivers extraordinary Culinary Cultural Tours, Aviation and Airline Consulting Services, Destination Marketing Services, and the Negotiation and Management of Cultural Cooperation Agreements between countries, as well as Caribbean-style events, culinary products décor and apparel to clients globally. CariBeat is also the exclusive agent in the US and Canada for the world’s largest touring and most awarded steel orchestra, bp Renegades Steel Orchestra. In February 2024, CariBeat signed the first of its kind Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a Steelpan Cultural Exchange and Youth Development Program, with Meridian International Center. Based in Washington, DC, Meridian is the largest Cultural Exchange Agency of the US Department of State.

   BP Renegades Steel Orchestra is the world’s largest, most traveled, and most acclaimed steel orchestra. The Band is the highest profiled ambassador of steelpan music and the culture of Trinidad and Tobago.    

Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, world steelpan champions - BP Renegades Steel Orchestra holds several accolades and awards to their credit, including: The National Panorama Competition – the world’s largest steelpan competition, which is held in Trinidad and Tobago annually. The Band won this competition 13 times and is the only Band in the world to hold this record.

 For more than 25 years, Renegades been taking steelpan music to every corner of the globe. The Band has toured six of the world’s seven continents, the Caribbean, the British Isles, Japan, and La Reunion Island, mesmerizing audiences wherever they go. 

· Renegades has performed at several concerts and Jazz festivals all over Europe and Japan, sharing the stage with greats such as Miriam Makeba and Oscar Peterson. 

· In 1993, Renegades performed at the Earth Celebration on Sado Island - Japan, the highlight of which was a command performance featuring the Kodo drummers of Japan, the Kangsadan Orchestra of Thailand, and the Renegades Steel Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago. 

· In 2006, Renegades performed at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Sydney and at the Womad Festival in Adelaide, Australia. 

· Renegades appeared at the Folle Journee Classical Festival in France in January -February of 2008, and since then has become an annual feature at the Festival.

In August 2009, Renegades performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, to commemorate the 47th Anniversary of the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago. The Concert, titled Classics and Steel, sold out in less than 2 hours of the box office opening.