World Leaders Who Were Involved In Pan
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You recently asked for information from anyone who knew about the clash between Invaders and Tokyo. Here is my account. I am not exactly sure what year it was (there are differing opinions), but I was about seven years old and our friends who owned
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During the 1950’s steelband competition was a regular feature of Carnival celebrations. This included not only a band competition, but, also a tenor pan competition for individual players noted for their dexterity. These were the early pioneers. Part
So far we have YOUR THREE and ONE from WHEN STEEL TALKS. I am adding SALAH WILSON and Robert Greenidge and Lawford Dupres and Ken Lawrence and Courtney Leiba!!!. Merrytonestothebone added Rudy Smith and Othello Molineaux and Sonny Blacks and Salmon C
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Lincoln Noel - Master Craftsman - Steelpan Tuner
Also known as “The Pan Doctor,” Lincoln Noel was one of Trinidad & Tobago’s most celebrated Pan Tuners in his day.
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They started making their steel pans from oil drums collected from the Lago Oil Refinery. The barrels were formed by hammering the bottoms with a sledge hammer until they had the right shape and tone.
The group increasingly started to play variants
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“There were lots of guys who went to Trinidad. Some remained in T&T. Among the ones who came back and were in the early steelband movement in Grenada was a fella named Willan Dewsbury. He was part of the Grenada steelband called Hell Cats (he’s the
Read more…... and that is a REAL SHAME because CALIFORNIA has EXPOSED more people to PAN MUSIC than any other STATE in AMERICA or any COUNTRY in the REST OF THE WORLD.
ROBERT GREENIDGE alone could BEAT NEW YORK and the rest of the ENTIRE UNITED STATES. And don
Read more…“Once the music is in motion, the drummer is the ‘conductor’ of a Panorama arrangement - not the person in front of the band, whose role is more theatrical. Great Panorama drummers have a combination of finesse, awareness and power. They ‘captain’ th
Read more…The pan aficionado will recognise the title of this column as coming from Kitchener in his song “Sweet Pan”. Of course, Renegades played it in the 1984 Panorama and won. What I am setting out to do here ultimately is to declare what I
Read more…Commercial awareness
Can someone please tell me why after 3 years and 2 months, the book "Invaders Steel Orchestra: The History of a Legendary Trinidad Steelband" has still not been published?
amidst a wave of publicity in September 2015 and even goi
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While serving his final active tour as Commandant of the Tenth Naval District in San Juan, Puerto Rico, between December 1956 and July 1960, Rear Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery, immortalized his name with a unique achievement subordin
Read more….... "people like Junior and Edwin Pouchet (White), Mark Loquan (Chinese), Jit Samaroo, Bobby Mohammed, Steve Achaiba (All Indo Trini)" -- who contributed to PAN PAN PROGRESS in the MECCA and beyond the borders.
But when I read his list I realized t
Read more…Courtney Leiba was well-known LOCALLY as the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band Scratcher-Man.
And then he became GLOBALLY KNOWN as the STEELBAND SCRATCHER-MAN.
Courteney toured throughout the British Caribbean Islands and America and Canada with TRIPOLI ST
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I JUST GOT THE NEWS FROM THE NUSING HOME...MY FATHER KIM LOY WONG JUST PASSED AWAY
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