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ODW: You have to be a CALYPSO LOVER to fully appreciate THIS SCENE in MOKO JUMBIE -- given that background, this is one of the BEST MOVIE SCENES I have ever seen (Hollywood, Turkey, Europe, Wherever)

Go to 29:00 minutes in the MOVIE!!! At this point in the plot development the two central characters are getting prepared for and anticipating their date later on that night .... AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!

MOKO JUMBIE THE MOVIE

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A little STEEL DRUM MUSIC TRIBUTE to BOND -- JAMES BOND!!!

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I went all over THE INTERNET looking for ONE DECENT PAN VERSION of "RAINORAMA" and could not find ONE to suit my standard -- that is a shame ...

So I had to settle for THIS VERSION!!! She tries hard but she does not have the DEPTH OF TONE and sense of MOCKERY to DELIVER THE LYRICS -- but I have to give her CREDIT for GOOD DICTION!!!

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I like CALYPSOS that begin IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION ... save all the long SETUPS because that turn into the PAYOFF LINE and dumps into THE CHORUS comes so quickly -- there is NO TIME TO WASTE ...

Here are THREE CALYPSOS that begin right in THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION ...

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An examination of Steelpan Production - Archives Of Ontario

Ontario Canada - This documentary by Claire Prieto and Roger McTair examines steel drum production, education, performance and cultural influence in Ontario in the 1970s and 1980s. It follows the stories of men and women who work with steel drums in

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NO TRINIDAD CARNIVAL 2021!!! NO BRAZIL CARNIVAL 2021!!! But you could still go to VENICE CARNIVAL 2021 ...

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After WHEN STEEL TALKS put up the "AFRICAN ROOTS OF TANGO" documentary it really sent me SEARCHING ... so maybe CALYPSO CAME FROM COSTA RICA?

THAT DOCUMENTARY was really educational beyond THE TANGO TING -- LONG STORY!!! I have been searching and searching since then.

EVERYBODY should see that DOCUMENTARY ... it shook me in the same way that reading "THE LOSS OF EL DORADO" did decades ago

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GEORGE RAMPERSAD: THE SILENT MAJORITY!!! This man knows how to PUT SOME LYRICS TOGETHER and HE LOVES THE CULTURE!!!

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Where is THE PAN in a GRAND PERFORMANCE like this? We need a PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE that could GLOBALIZE THE INSTRUMENT ... PANORAMA should not be THE CEILING for THE INSTRUMENT

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[JAMAICAN] WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE

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BEVERLEY: YOUR SHIP AND TRUMP SHIP BOTH SINKING .. EVEN BUSTER POINTDEXTER KNOW THAT!!!

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EARL RICHARDS: I have a NEW "MUSIC GIRL FRIEND" down IN SOUTH and she promising me "BRIGHT DAYS"

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Khan Cordice: Beat the PANdemic - The concert series Live Stream

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Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango

Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango by Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the expression of Tango's Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of the tango. Tango was a reflection of the social life of the slaves that

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Los Pan Pan LIVE - Manhã de Carnaval -- PAN REACH REAL FAR, BOY!!!

A STUNNING PERFORMANCE!!!

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I would like to invite MR GERARD MENDEZ to come on THIS FORUM and explain his VEXATION and DISAPPOINTMENT with BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE ...

GERARD MENDEZ is running ALL OVER TOWN wasting down THE WOMAN IS BOSS PRESIDENT!!! But I would like to invite him to come on THIS FORUM and EXPRESS HIMSELF and HIS DISAPPOINTMENT and ANGER and HATRED towards THE  MOST LOVED PRESIDENT in the HISTORY O

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Watch PAN IS SWEET - 2019 - Broadcast --

Watch the amazing performances from last year's Competition!

Watch now

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Perhaps the MOST PASSIONATE RENDITION of a CALYPSO EVER ...

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A little REGGAETON in the morning!!! This is ONE GENRE TRINI MUSICIANS should have been CHASING -- they could MASTER THIS and reach GLOBAL AUDIENCES ...

... and with ALL DEM VENNIES in TRINIDAD NOW they could find a lead singer and add our CALYPSO NUANCE ... FOREIGN EXCHANGE LIKE RAIN. If you listen to REGGAETON carefully -- you could hear THE CALYPSO ROOTS!!!

THE BIRTH OF REGGAETON IN PUERTO RICO

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PICTURING THE SINGULAR ENTRANT FROM GUYANA in the "INTERNATIONAL" PAN RAMAJAY

DARIUS AUSTIN is the conductor in this STEELBAND VIDEO. I regret that I do not have a PROPER PICTURE of him and this is the BEST I CAN DO.

Very early in the game I tried to work directly with THE EXODUS STEELBAND to cover this aspect of the INTERNATI

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