{"id":3383,"date":"2023-03-12T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:30:07","slug":"women-in-pan-candice-andrews-brumant-first-lady-of-bp-renegades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/women-in-pan-candice-andrews-brumant-first-lady-of-bp-renegades\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Pan: Candice Andrews-Brumant, first lady of BP Renegades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In recognition of International Women’s Day and Panorama’s 60th anniversary, we are celebrating women in pan this month. First up is BP Renegades Caption Candice Andrews-Burmant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a child, Candice Andrews-Brumant stood by the gates of the Renegades pan yard and listened to the band rehearse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Growing up next door to the panyard with her grandmother, she saw her uncles play with the band and longed to follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the age of 15, she was allowed to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andrews-Brumant ascended from a junior player with the band to Captain, a position she has held for the last 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is the first woman to hold the title and the only person to serve the longest in that position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When I joined I was always a helpful person so people would give me stuff to do and then they put me on committees, then I ended up as assistant secretary, secretary, board member, Vice-Captain and Captain,\u201d she said, revealing that she was offered the captaincy twice before but refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe in just shutting out somebody if they not doing a good job, I believe in helping to solve a problem. So if the captain at that time not doing a good job, put me on his team so I could help him be a better captain. It worked a little but it wasn\u2019t enough so I realised I had to jump in and save the day,\u201d she told Loop News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leading with empathy is the way Andrews-Brumant prefers to approach situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stating that she is not into naming and shaming, she said she puts herself in other people\u2019s shoes to understand where they are coming from to find a solution to an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo there are players in this band who I see oppose captains, fight captains, all kind of different unruly behaviours and with me, it was never like that and I thank God for that because I don\u2019t know how I would have dealt a situation like that but I find ways to deal with every situation. I wasn\u2019t always like this but along the way, from being in the band, I learn to deal with situations and find solutions,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n