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Island sounds: Matanzas’ steel bands perform ‘A Holiday Extravaganza’

Palm Coast Observer

The concert at Flagler Auditorium included the Pirates’ six Blue Steel bands

Matanzas High School Blue Steel concert

Florida, USA - Dr. Jared Allen doesn’t like seeing all the seats filled at a Matanzas High School Blue Steel

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Janine Charles-Farray - SIP

Janine Charles-Farray

When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolence to the family and friends of the multitalented Janine Charles-Farray. We are in a state of shock. It was only yesterday you communicated with us.

All I want for Chris

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Minister welcomes return of North Stand

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Randall Mitchell (pictured) says he supports the National Carnival Commission’s (NCC) decision to bring back the North Stand at the Queen’s Park Savannah for Carnival 2023.

The stan

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The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra to play free concert at Fulkerson Recital Hall

Jonathan Scales

California, USA - The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra will be playing a free concert Monday, November 14^th at 8:00 p.m., at the Fulkerson Recital Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt [California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]. The performa

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DUKE AND BEVERLEY pulling all KINDA POLITICAL TRICKS ... when ah warn allyuh about BEVERLEY even BERTEL GITTENS laugh at me ...

... now BEVERLEY treat him like a little dog and THROW HIM IN THE BAMBOO PATCH.

With meh FAST SELF ah warn DR. FAITH during the TOBAGO elections about what was to come ... she tell me that I living in FOREIGN and I doh know TOBAGO POLITICS. Now DUKE

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Honouring ‘The Dream’ - Exodus Steel Orchestra honours Jereem Richards at upgraded panyard

Trinidad Express Newspapers

flashback: Jereem “The Dream” Richards of Trinidad and Tobago TTO celebrates after winning the Men’s 400 Metres Final in a new championship record of 45.00 on Day Two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March 19, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Resplendent in black, Pt Fortin resident Britney Richards-Nelson graciously accepted the award from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on behalf of her brother, Jereem “The Dream” Richards at the newl

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Mighty Sound of Maryland and Maryland Steelpan Collective unite for Oct. 1 halftime show

The Diamondback

Mighty Sound of Maryland, left; Josanne Francis, right

Maryland, USA - College football is an American tradition seen nationwide. Each aspect of it is deeply communal. From the tailgates to the act of watching the game with the crowd

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Duvone Returns to Single Pan Panorama Competition

by Sharmain Baboolal

Pan Master Class For Free

Duvone Stewart with Newtown Playboys

The buzz is at the Newtown Playboys panyard where arranger Duvone Stewart shocked the local steelpan fraternity with his return to the competitive single pan ar

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Following COVID, 1 million turn out for London’s Notting Hill Carnival

Big News Network

London, England, U.K. - London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street party, has been held for the first time since 2019, with more than 1 million people participating in the music, parades, dancing and food.

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WIADCA releases Carnival Week roster

Caribbean Life

Models in Branches and Associates’ band “Carnival is Color”

Brooklyn, New York, USA - The Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), organizer of the annual massive Carnival Parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, on Sunday released the roster for Carnival Week, starti

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Community pays tribute to Kenton Kirby

Caribbean Life

Brooklyn, New York, USA - The Caribbean community in Brooklyn on Saturday paid their last respects, during a funeral service, for Kenton K. Kirby, editor emeritus of Caribbean Life, who died on Sept. 6 at NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinne

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Corporation chairman’s vision for Couva – Railway Strip Heritage Park

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

David Sylvester, co-founder of the NGC Couva Joylanders steelband, stands in front of the old train station on Railway Road, Couva. The area is the proposed site for the Railway Strip Heritage Park

Couva, Trinidad & Tobag

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Music event celebrating the Windrush generation brings the sound of reggae and steelpan drums to Peterborough

Peterborough Telegraph

Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ could be heard in the city over the weekend as live music celebrated the Peterborough’s Windrush generation

Windrush event at Cathedral Square. Steelpan musician Mr. Octavius playing at the event

Engla

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Today is World Steelpan Day - August 11

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Morean makes designation on behalf of PoS mayor...

‘A day of celebration and global recognition’: World Steelpan Day co-founder Bertel Gittens

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Today has officially been declared W

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Legendary band leader helped popularize steel pan in Toronto, taught thousands of students

Toronto.com

Earl La Pierre leads Afropan band in Toronto Caribbean carnival’s premiere pan event

One of the founding members of Toronto’s Caribbean carnival, Earl La Pierre, shows his steel drum after a meeting at Spade Bar and Lounge in Scarborough

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Augustine objects to Trinidad taking lead in Tobago Carnival

Guardian August 12, 2022

Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine says he takes strong objections to a view that Trinidad should take the lead in Tobago’s Carnival.

He said Tobago is more than capable based on other cultural ce

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Pan boss knocks THA Carnival promo trip: ‘Grenada rollout but nothing ah yard’

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Assistant Secretary of Tourism Meghan Morrison, left, greets Grenada Permanent Secretary with responsibility for Youth, Sports, and Culture, Norman Gilbert, in Grenada on Friday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago pres

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Back-Ah-Yard mentoring Point Fortin youth through the arts

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Silver Harps Youth Steel Orchestra perform at Back-Ah-Yard's Mama's Yard, Boodoo Street, Point Fortin, as part of the Poetry meets Steelpan Youth Exchange programme

Point Fortin, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Back-Ah-Ya

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PanJam: The SteelBand Jamboree slated for today, Sunday July 24

Kaieteur News

Saxophonist Roy Stewart performing with the steel band at the last year’s concert

Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. - The creators of PanJazz Concerts have announced the 2022 edition of the annual event dubbed “PanJam: The SteelBand Jamboree,”

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Scouts to start steel pan program

Love FM

Steelpans for the Scout Association of Belize

Belize City, Belize, S.A. - The Scout Association of Belize today received brand new steel pans for its music program. The assistance came through a partnership between the Belize Scout Foundat

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Island sounds: Matanzas’ steel bands perform ‘A Holiday Extravaganza’

Janine Charles-Farray - SIP

Minister welcomes return of North Stand

The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra to play free concert at Fulkerson Recital Hall

DUKE AND BEVERLEY pulling all KINDA POLITICAL TRICKS ... when ah warn allyuh about BEVERLEY even BERTEL GITTENS laugh at me ...

Honouring ‘The Dream’ - Exodus Steel Orchestra honours Jereem Richards at upgraded panyard

Mighty Sound of Maryland and Maryland Steelpan Collective unite for Oct. 1 halftime show

Duvone Returns to Single Pan Panorama Competition

Pan Master Class For Free

Following COVID, 1 million turn out for London’s Notting Hill Carnival

WIADCA releases Carnival Week roster

Community pays tribute to Kenton Kirby

Corporation chairman’s vision for Couva – Railway Strip Heritage Park

Music event celebrating the Windrush generation brings the sound of reggae and steelpan drums to Peterborough

Today is World Steelpan Day - August 11

Legendary band leader helped popularize steel pan in Toronto, taught thousands of students

Augustine objects to Trinidad taking lead in Tobago Carnival

Pan boss knocks THA Carnival promo trip: ‘Grenada rollout but nothing ah yard’

Back-Ah-Yard mentoring Point Fortin youth through the arts

PanJam: The SteelBand Jamboree slated for today, Sunday July 24

Scouts to start steel pan program

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