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It is not just PAN MEN who get AWARDS, eh!!! FIVE CALYPSONIANS get awards also ...

Hum­ming­bird Medal (Sil­ver) — For Loy­al and De­vot­ed Ser­vice to T&T

El­la An­dall (Ca­lyp­son­ian/ac­tress) Cul­ture/Mu­sic

Willard “Re­la­tor” Harris (Ca­lyp­son­ian) Cul­ture

Don­ric “Fun­ny” Williamson (Calypsonian) Culture

Fred “Com­pos­er”

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‘Panomundo’ explores steelpan on 4 continents

A steelband from Nigeria participates in Panomundo.

The influence of Trinidad & Tobago’s steel pan music has been grossly under-documented. The history of the instrument and its impact on the world community seems to be under-reported and only par

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An OPEN OFFER to ALL CANDIDATES in the UPCOMING PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION

If you want your MESSAGE or MANIFESTO or CV or RESUME or STUMP SPEECH or MISSION STATEMENT ... posted on THIS FORUM, I am willing to put up THE POSTING for you!!!

My email address is musicfromthetropics@yahoo.com and you can send finished passages wh

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Ah waiting to see if BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE have ah BIG STORY coming out in the PAPERS TOMORROW!!!

If I was BEVERLEY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, I would have had a BIG STORY coming out in NEWSDAY TOMORROW -- one day before the excitement of NOMINATION DAY. And then about WEDNESDAY I would have another story in THE EXPRESS and the following Saturday or Sunda

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They shoulda just call themselves the NEW VISIONARIES REBORN!!! Is the same RECYCLED PLAYERS!!!

They sit on the SIDELINES and suddenly reappear at ELECTION TIME. Like is only POWER they looking for!!!

Just so they discover SOUTH tonight!!!

This politics is really something!!! I say that THIS KITCHEN going and get  REAL HOT in the next few weeks

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I feel like MARCUS ASH and AQUIL ARRINDELL could be the new YOUTHFUL FOUNDATION of PAN TRINBAGO

They both have the MUSIC EDUCATION and WORK ETHIC and NEW TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS and the PASSION and the DRIVE to take the ORGANIZATION and the PAN MOVEMENT forward.

They have 10 DAYS to form an ALLIANCE and put a TEAM TOGETHER and TAKE CONTROL of PAN

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FOUR MEN holding PAN TRINBAGO HOSTAGE: FORTEAU, JOSEPH, DIAZ and SHEPPARD!!!

So there are about 10,000 members of PAN TRINBAGO and they are allowing FOUR MEN to hold the organization hostage and DESTROY THE STEELBAND MOVEMENT in THE PROCESS.

And then you have DOLLY and LUCAS and GYPSY sitting idly by and watching this CRISIS

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I CANNOT SUPPORT BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE FOR PRESIDENT ...

After all the time and energy I put into THIS FORUM fighting down KEITH DIAZ for all these years and watching PAN TRINBAGO descend into the fires of CORRUPTION and DYSFUNCTION, I cannot support a candidate who I know is NOT going to lift PAN TRINBAGO

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Neville Jules has been awarded the Chaconia Medal (Silver)

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to the legendary Neville Jules.

Neville Jules - has been awarded the Chaconia Medal (Silver) for long and meritorious service in the field of culture and community service as part of Trinidad & Tobago's #Repu

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Model turns REALITY SHOW MISHAP into INSPIRING FILM

Trinidad Guardian

September 21st, 2018

Rhondor Dowlat

As­pir­ing young T&T mod­el Gabriel­la Bernard’s 20-minute short film “Black Hair” will be re­leased at the T&T Film Fes­ti­val to­day at Movie Towne and it’s based on how she be­came a vic­tim of

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Allyuh make up allyuh mind nah!!! For years allyuh screaming for an EDUCATED PRESIDENT in PAN TRINBAGO and now allyuh getting KERON VALENTINE who meets all the criteria and allyuh still not HAPPY

Allyuh screaming for BEVERLEY and BEVERLEY cannot even get ah NEWSPAPER to run a current story about her and put up a nice creative picture like KERON VALENTINE. Leh me try this on for size: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KERON VALENTINE.

Yes!!! That rolling o

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A HEARTLESS and CALLOUS Minister of Culture

Since late last year PAN PLAYERS started practicing for PANORAMA 2018.

(Their personal efforts and expenses have been outlined before in this continuing discussion.)

PANORAMA came and Carnival came and Ash Wednesday gone and almost a year later -- PA

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Is the STEELBAND COMMUNITY in TRINIDAD and TOBAGO ready for a WOMAN PRESIDENT in the person of BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE?

According to reports I am getting from Tobago to Sangre Grande to Port-of-Spain to San Fernando to Tunapuna -- BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE is running very high in the POLLS and has an excellent chance of becoming the FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT of PAN TRINBAGO

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PAN PEOPLE should demand a NEW PAN HEADQUARTERS as PROJECTS GALORE get ON TRACK ...

Curepe OVERPASS, Dry Docking Facility, New POSGH Central Block, New HDC Projects (176,000 await state housing), new BOATS from Australia, the $441 mil­lion Red House restora­tion project, a "BRIDGE from Toco to Tobago" ... and I am sure that I could

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All over the INTERNET I see the names of CANDIDATES for this upcoming PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION being announced and up to now NOT ONE CANDIDATE has asked me to be their CAMPAIGN MANAGER

NOW I know how some ARRANGERS in TRINIDAD feel when PANORAMA SEASON comes along and NOBODY calls them to arrange for their band.

I thought I had a little chance with MARCUS ASH but I am still waiting for his call.

Its been almost two years that I hav

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Three days to NOMINATION DAY and I have some advice for BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE: DO NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT; Run for ANOTHER POSITION!!!

If Beverley Ramsey-Moore really wants to make a contribution to PAN PROGRESS she should run for Secretary or her old position of Assistant Secretary because she CANNOT WIN THE PRESIDENCY and she will end up completely OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE and unable

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Once this ELECTION is OVER, and I get my OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT, I will be hiring a Vice President of Marketing for GLOBAL STEELDRUM MUSIC and PERFORMANCE

I am looking at Earl Richards and Mercer Ramdoo as my two primary candidates. But I am not nepotistic: So you could come from Germany/You could come from France/Once you think you could MARKET with ME/You could take the chance (I stole that line from

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GREGORY LINDSAY: When is the ELECTION? All that marching you did and DIAZ and FORTEAU still running things!!!

Gregory Lindsay: You told me that the MEMBERSHIP is the HIGHEST AUTHORITY in PAN TRINBAGO. So how come is more that two weeks after the last fiasco EGM and THE MEMBERSHIP is not screaming for an immediate EGM where the election date could be mandated

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Cecil Hinkson: Look ah bunch ah people coming on THE FORUM to support your candidate and CASTIGATE BYER!!!

Patrick Arnold and Michael Cooper and Keith Simpson and Edwin Pouchet all have NEGATIVE GOODS on Keith Byer and they coming on to talk about it.

So doh get so upset, pardnah!!! This is politics!!! And politics is a DIRTY BUSINESS!!!

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OSWALD ALEXANDER is the ONLY HONEST MAN about the PAN politics DOWN THERE!!!

So I respect him!!!

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