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Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture steelband performance was this competition among two great Icons of classical PAN?

After the recently concluded IPC, there was a heated debate between the supporters of Trinidad All Stars and Phase Two on Boogsie’s tune of choice ‘Woman on the Bass” and the band’s placement in the competition. All Stars won the competition. The cen

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Have Some Pan Players Lost The Plot?

The phrase "losing the plot" seems a bit strong in the context of these issues, but I am open to a more colloquial improvement after you have read this post. 

In the U.K, there was a huge appetite for steel bands, and I mean really huge, but nowadays

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Virginia International PANFest this weekend in Virginia Beach, VA

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“Four Pillars of Steel - A Repertoire Championship” - The Concert

The musical face-off featuring four (4) celebrated steel orchestras, WITCO Desperadoes, CAL Invaders Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars and Tokyo, saw the bands vying for the coveted title “Repertoire Champion” ..

The highly entertaining program was

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Panorama Coverage

This is really a question to anyone.

Does anyone have any knowledge if the panorama is going to be televised today?

If so what stream?

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NWAC National Calypso Queen Competition 2015

TV4 will be kicking off their Carnival 2015 coverage with:

Monday Jan 19th at 6:30PM EST

click to watch live http://ow.ly/HAUQg

with Performances from
Denise Belfon
Alana Sinette
Ify Alleyne
Sasha Ann Moses
Sista Ava
Georgia McIntyre
Marva McKe

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Brute Force Steel Bands

In the nineteen fifties, the Cuban mambo sounds were very popular with steel bands, and were even heard on the road at Trinidad Carnival.
The Brute Force Steel Orchestra of Antigua was one of the best known and most popular steelbands in the Caribb

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SanUuan All Stars/Despers

 remember the San Juan AllStars/Despers clash. It was outside the hospital on Charlotte Street. From what I remember AllStars ran through Mac Williams and Casablanca and then came to Despers.  When they tried to run through Despers  "dey bounce dey h

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Personality or Performance? Which do you prefer as a bandleader?

In many sectors, personality is everything and especially when you are going for a job interview, one of the key things that they are looking for is personality. Everyone likes to hire a "people person." However, as much as I like to have charming an

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Carib Gold - featuring Geoffrey Holder and Cicely Tyson

Carib Gold (1956) is a maritime themed B-movie, written and filmed almost entirely in Key West, Florida, with locally-cast musicians and extras. It is most notable for its largely African-American cast headlined by Ethel Waters, featuring the first k

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Do you expect to be paid and fed when you go on a gig?

I have heard some different views on this subject and would really like to hear what most people think that a professional service provider should be entitled to when fulfilling a contract to perform for a client. First I would like to share my exper

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Deltones’ $.35m second prize withheld

Petrotrin Siparia Deltones went home yesterday morning without its $350,000 second place cheque because of a pending investigation into its performance at the Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Final at Skinner Park, San Fernando.

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Pan from Antigua And Barbuda Hellsgate Steel Orchestra: Khan Cordice Arranger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wspl9K4v4o

They say this is world's oldest steel band!

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NCC drops internet plan

Trinidadians and other fans of Carnival living abroad may be facing a blackout after the tendering process for the television production rights to stream a dozen Carnival shows and mas online were quashed by the National Carnival Commission (NCC). T

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Latest 2014 Panorama performances...

It is that time of the year folks- When Steel Talks!

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No Pan stream from Pan Trinbago!!!!

It is really pathetic that in this day and age, Pan Trinbago has not introduced a form of online stream for the millions of foreigners and Trinidadians away from Trinidad.
Single Pan is no less a Pan and as such should have just as much recognition

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Listen to Pan Is Beautiful XII

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Pan is Beautiful Solo and Ensemble Prelims - Audio Recordings

Pan is Beautiful Solo and Ensemble Prelims - Audio Recordings

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Duets or Trio? Is a client getting value with a duet?

Trawl through YouTube and you will hear lots of annoying duets trying to perform some basic melodies on the Pan. Most them sound very empty because they choose the wrong combination of instruments for the type of booking. Ofcourse, this is a matter

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Poor attendance for beautiful pan

By By Gary Cardinez

The preliminary rounds of Pan is Beautiful XII are behind us, and we eagerly await the finals in the solo, single pan, ensemble and orchestra categories.

Sadly, the turnout for the preliminary rounds of competition at the Queen’

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