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Difficulty: Easy (great for junior high, high school, and college steel bands)

"Walking Down the Avenue" was written as part of a project I did while I was studying for my Master's degree at George Mason University. Our pan professor, Victor Provost, challenged my classmates and I to write short pieces for beginners and then we would perform them in class. This is the second of two projects done. This is a pedagogical piece used to introduce young students to Calypso music, the indigenous folk music of Trinidad and Tobago. The "Avenue" also refers to a very specific street in Trinidad and Tobago. The street in question is Aripita Ave, which is one of the main streets that the colorful Masquerade Bands parade down on Carnival Tuesday.