THIS is an open letter to the Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Winston "Gy
“Pan in de countryside” is the latest innovation by Pan Trinbago.
As the name suggests, “Pan in de countryside” is taking steelpan to people who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to come to the city to hear bands, therefore the organization
Read more…Southern Marines Steelband Foundation’s 2011 Panorama season was a success when compared to the last four years. After a long drought a little rain came. We were able to come into the National Small bands Panorama finals, and place third out of eleve
Read more…This is the sixth movement of my suite for steel band and choir, "In the Shadows of the Forest." The performance is by the Choir of the Sound (Seattle, WA) and a band made up of local players. This performance was on May 13th, 2011, in Lynnwood, Wash
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A British Pan Woman
by Rachel Hayward
United Kingdom - This March marks the 25th anniversary of my involvement with pan. Forty years ago pans were introduced into British schools through the efforts of renowned pan pioneers such as Gerald Forsyth a
Read more…400 Questions & Answers On Pan 1960 — Present “400 Questions & Answers On Pan” is a rich resource that connects the threads between the history and accomplishments of the steelpan movement and its people. Often, many of us wistfully wonder out lou
Read more…IT COMES as no surprise to me that the recent revelations about the record collection of the late Queen Mum has indicated the royals spend their evenings behind palace doors dancing to black music.
Your record collection says a lot about who you ar
Read more…Observations about Panorama 2011
by Jeannine Remy
Trinidad & Tobago - ....The south stands were full of people who waited in anticipation for the large bands and all of their splendour. Never before have I attended a panorama final with so much co
Joel Hamilton-Mills says
"I like the documentary feel of the DVD, most of it is good...............However they still have a way to go, as the mistakes are more sloppy that anything, i.e. wrong labelling of bands, wrong music playing in the backgrouRead more…
Originally printed at http://www.trinidadexpress.com/letters/Big_truck_music_killing_sound_of_steel-118292739.html
March 19, 2011
THIS is an open letter to the Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Winston "Gy
New York - When Steel Talks continues its exclusive series of interviews with the legendary Ray Holman who visited WST studios on a cool 2004 Autumn afternoon. There was much to hear from this well-re
Read more…Steel Drum Festival this weekend in Kemah
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Texas, USA - The Kemah Lighthouse District comes alive with the beat of steel drums, fire dancers, exotic bird shows, a |
Vanessa Alexandra Headley - Steelpan Gem
A When Steel Talks Spotlight
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Vanessa Alexandra Headley has been playing the steelpan, the national instrument of her native Trinidad
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to our fellow panman Ralph Davis and his family on the passing of his son, Jamal. Ralph is a founding member of Pantonic Steel Orchestra and an original member of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra.
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by Dalton Narine
Henry “Bendix” Cumberbatch, who succumbed to heart failure Feb. 29, arranged for three steel bands in the 1980s. He reached his peak with an arrangement of Chalkdust’s “Ash Wednesday Jail,” which placed Casablanca
Read more…10th Annual Panorama to showcase steel drum bands in Baltimore County Public Schools
The Parkville High School Steel Drum Band, led by Chris Gnagey, will host the 10th Annual Panorama concert featuring performances from the following Baltimore County
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An Inside View of the Small Band Panorama Season 2011
by A Eric Mc Allister
Trinidad & Tobago - I wonder if even Pan Trinbago Officials were prepared for the quality of music they got at the Larry Gomes Stadium because if they were, I doubt they
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World music awards to be held in T&T
At a later date
Stating that steelpan music “did not get the recognition it deserved,”
Martin said he was disappointed that a “pan catego
Panorama - the misunderstood carnival event. Panorama judging -the misunderstood adjudicating. Panorama judges-the misunderstood musical judges. Panorama criteria- the misunderstood loss of points system. Panorama musical genre- The misunderstood g
Read more…Steel Drum Bands Rock Old Mill’s Gymnasium
Maryland, USA - Steel drum bands from five local high schools shook the gymnasium floor Friday night at Old Mill High’s sixth annual Panorama concert.
Bands from Catonsville, Perry Hall, Sparrows Point,