MHTL Starlift will be hosting a panel discussion tomorrow night 14th Sept. at 7pm at their pan yard, this should be a event not to miss.
Please share with us whatever you can be it video or message especially Dr Copeland segment on the Future and it's Potential.
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As Noble Williams (a man who played PAN MUSIC in Los Angeles for years) once said to me: "If it have ONE PAN in the band IS AH STEELBAND when you hire my band!!!"
CONGRATS TO STARLIFT...I WILL BE THERE IN SPIRIT....
HOPE GEORGE DOTTIN AND SOME OF THE OLDER GUYS ARE HONORED FOR STICKING WITH THE BAND THRU THICK AND THIN, AND THE GOOD AND LEAN YEARS.
TWO THING THAT STARLIFT DID AND ONE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND ONE FORGOTTEN:
PLAYING OF THEIR OWN TUNE: THIS WILL BE REMEMBERED:
HAVING THE FIRST NON-METALLIC ELECTRONIC DOUBLE SECOND THAT WAS PLAYED USING THE SOUND MODULE IN AN ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD IN ANY PAY YARD : THIS WILL BE FORGOTTEN...
ROBERT PARTAP FROM THE OLD CARONI (1975) LTD. WAS THE ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEER WHO DID THE CONNECTION TO THE SOUND MODULE, FOR A UNIT OF A STARLIFT PAN BEATER.
.WE ARE STILL TO EMBRACE THE FACT THAT SINCE PAN IS AN ESTABLISHED INSTRUMENT, IT WILL HAVE TO BE BOTH ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC.....
STARLIFT PAN BEATER FOREVER..
It is my hope that the STEELBAND in T&T is the focus of the discussion about the future, pan people more or less know that the potential of the instrument is limitless, but the Steelband always get lost in a Pan discussion.
Cecil: PAN and STEELBAND is one and the same!!! Yuh trying to split hairs!!! STEELBAND and CALYPSO will never die in TRINIDAD and TOBAGO. All they need to do in the MECCA is to record some decent PAN MUSIC that could get some global airplay and dey business fix!!!
Claude me Brother I strongly disagree with you, we have the STEELPAN "PAN" the instrument, them we have the STEELBAND, the family of PAN, many times in conversations the use of the word "PAN" could mean either Instrument or Orchestra, in this discussion I hope that it will be about the Steelband in T&T.
Cecil , we have made this distinction so many times that anyone who does not understand it is certainly not listening , or deliberately trying to mislead.
Andy Narell playe pan.
Trinidad All Stars , Southern Marines are steelbands.
In many instances , the success of the pan itself ( as a lead or soloing instrument) depends on the prominence and visibility of skilled individuals ,.
The steelband , however has yet to carve out a role and identity , (at least outside the pan bubble) as a viable alternative to established musical orchestration, instead of as an exotic curiosity.
It remains to be seen whether such a role is achievable...
"The first presentation will be delivered by Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz, who will speak on the theme The Birth and Evolution of Pan. He will cover areas such as, Where, When, How and Who gave birth to Pan. He will also give an insight into how pan grew and spread to areas such as Belmont, Curepe, St James, Woodbrook, San Fernando and Tunapuna."
I don't know about how pan grew and spread [From Port of Spain] to areas such as Belmont, Curepe, St, James, Woodbrook and San Fernando; but I do know that the MODERN PAN spread from TUNAPUNA into Port of Spain.
" At the end of the panel discussion, entertainment will be provided by a disc jockey who will play tunes performed by Starlift over the years for Panorama and otherwise."
Q. Starlift panyard and entertainment after the panel discussion by a DJ? That does not compute! Is there a stage side?
MHTL Starlift Steel Orchestra will host a panel discussion on the topic—The History of Pan, Its Future and Potential—at 7 pm next Wednesday at its House of Music pan complex, off Mucurapo Road, Port-of-Spain.
This year, the band is celebrating its diamond jubilee and is doing so by hosting a programme of events during the period August to November. The celebrations began with an Ecumenical Service at St Theresa’s RC Church in Woodbrook on August 10, with representatives of the Presbyterian, Anglican and Roman Catholic churches officiating.
The second event was a special edition of the band’s now famous Independence Day brunch on August 31 and the third will be a panel discussion. On October 19, the band will host a Gala Concert and the final event will be the launch of its 2017 Carnival band presentation.
The panel discussion is aimed at chronicling the history of pan in T&T and Starlift steel orchestra, in particular, as well as taking a look at the future and potential of our national instrument. A release said a team of high-profile individuals who are very knowledgeable about pan has been put together to deliver some interesting presentations of the art form: past, present and future.
The first presentation will be delivered by Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz, who will speak on the theme The Birth and Evolution of Pan. He will cover areas such as, Where, When, How and Who gave birth to Pan. He will also give an insight into how pan grew and spread to areas such as Belmont, Curepe, St James, Woodbrook, San Fernando and Tunapuna.
Melville Bryan, a steelband historian and former school principal, will deliver the second presentation, titled, Two Critical Periods in the History of Pan. There are two sub-headings in this presentation, one dealing with violence in pan and the solutions utilised and the other dealing with pan moving up the social ladder. This latter section relates to the entry into the world of pan by college boys, bank clerks, teachers, female pan players and professionals such as doctors and lawyers.
Presentation number three will be made by retired banker Keith Simpson, who is a veteran Starlift member and present manager of St James Tripolians single pan band and a historian in his own right. Simpson will recount the history of Starlift as it relocated to various locations in the suburb of Woodbrook. He will also touch on the band’s long involvement in producing Carnival costumed bands, some of which were the largest of its time.
The final presentation will be made by UWI St Augustine Campus principal Professor Brian Copeland, who will focus on the future and potential of the instrument. Professor Copeland is the recipient of this country’s highest national award, the Order of the Republic of T&T (ORTT). He is a leading member of Steel Pan Research Laboratory, a unit at UWI that is responsible for two steelband innovations—the G-Pan and the Percussive Harmonic Instrument (PHI).
There will be a question and answer period, during which the audience will have the opportunity to engage members of the panel in discussion on various aspects of their presentations. Moderator of the event is UTT professor and chairman of birdsong Steel Orchestra Professor Clement Imbert.
Admission to the event is free. At the end of the panel discussion, entertainment will be provided by a disc jockey who will play tunes performed by Starlift over the years for Panorama and otherwise.
Chairperson of the Starlift Jubilee Celebrations Committee Rhona Harris commented that this event can be viewed as a gift to the nation from Starlift on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. The band hopes that many people will avail themselves of the opportunity to learn about the history and potential of the instrument from aficionados using different perspectives.