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Panorama champs Desperadoes Steel Orchestra installs board of directors

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - National Panorama champion Desperadoes Steel Orchestra has ins

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Remembering the late James “Jimmy” Leyden on his birthday - June 12th - founder of The Calliope’s Children Steel Orchestra

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Johann Chuckaree, His Story – a review

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The long and short of it is that for $250 and with three hours of

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Point Fortin pays tribute to its heroes - Joseph Lett, panist extraordinaire, honoured

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Inspirational stories of ordinary and extraordinary people of Point Fortin, who have distinguished themselves in the service of others, were highlighted as the borough recognised and honoured th

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Chappaqua Hears the Music of Drums -- NY Times

By Jane Blanksteen  --- May 8, 1977

“COME on! And let it rock!” shouted James Leyden, a music teacher at the Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, trying to get the attention of the 16 blue‐jeaned and sneakered teen‐age steel drummers who were arr

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Making, Playing & Tuning Steel Pans” by Carl Smith and Justin Petty of Boston - Explore the ins and outs of acoustic instruments at fest’s Folk Craft area this Saturday

Boston Herald

Boston, USA - Discover how a range of acoustic musical instruments are made in this year’s Folk Craft area of the Lowell Folk

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Pandemonium at Republic Bank

Barbados Today

Barbados, W.I. - Republic Bank has injected BDS$85 000 in sponsorship into the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) pan event.

The Republic Bank Pandemonium, one of the highly-anticipated events on the 2022 Crop Over calendar, will

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Johann Chuckaree to showcase musical roots in “His Story” concert

Loop News

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan virtuoso Johann Chuckaree will entertain an eager Queen’s Hall audience next weekend in a celebration of two decades in the business.

His Story: A Musical Journey, scheduled for Saturday, Jun

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Migrant children to learn to play pan

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Venezuelan migrant boys and girls in TT will receive steelpan classes, says new Venezuelan ambassador Álvaro Sánchez Cordero (pictured).

This plan is part of the education and support programme

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Moving To The Beat of Kaiso & Pan in St, James

Calypso takes centre stage at the WeBe at St. James Live 22… We Back Festival on Friday 24 at the St. James  Amphitheatre, Western Main Road, St. James.

 

With Scrunter, Superblue, Johnny King, Funny, Bally, Trinidad Rio and David Bereaux on guita

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Republic Bank Pandemonium beyond ‘pan-tastic’

Loop News Barbados

Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I. - ....Hundreds, matter of fact, thousands congregated at the new Waterford, St Michael venue to enjoy the sweet sounds of

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Miss BOSL Wise, Xenia Douglas Crowned 2022 National Carnival Queen

(Castries – July 8, 2022) – After putting on a consistent display of poise, confidence and elegance
throughout the competition, Miss BOSL Wise, Xenia Douglas has been crowned Saint Lucia’s
National Carnival Queen for 2022.

This year’s National Carn

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Speyside High gets 38 steelpans donated

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Tobago, W.I. - Speyside High S

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It’s Caribbean carnival time in Canada!

CBC Kids

Toronto, Canada - Every summer, over one million people come to Toronto to celebrate Caribbean culture and tradition. It is North America’s largest street festival, this year it runs from July 28 to Aug

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Amin Mohammed Steelband Competition closes 2022 National Children’s Festival of the Arts in Cayman islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - The Department of Education Services (DES) on the evening of Saturday May 21 closed the curtains on the 2022 Nati

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Victor Provost makes a way for steelpan on stage and in the classroom

New York, USA - At the age 11, U.S. Virgin Islands-born Victor Provost was taking piano lessons in a downstairs room at th

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CONGRATULATIONS to the GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS on winning THE 2022 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP with TWO STARTERS with CARIBBEAN ROOTS ...

We sent KD to BROOKLYN to try to get BUGS and WHENSTEELTALKS a CHAMPIONSHIP ... but THE FORCE remained with us. I want to celebrate KLAY THOMPSON and ANDREW WIGGINS for bringing their CARIBBEAN ROOTS to THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

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International Festival: Cool vibrations from music ensembles on Friday, Saturday

The Worthington Globe

Caribbean steel drums, reggae, Ethiopian music all on tap

Worthington, Minnesota, USA - Get ready to move and groove to cool tunes rooted in various ethnic traditions.

“Music is a universal language that transcends culture,”

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Trini Riddims hosts show at “Despers” panyard on June 18

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Port-of-Spain,

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When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Victor “Babu” Samuel on his passing on June 28, 2022

Scholar, educator, champion Panorama arranger, drummer and ace panist Victor “Babu” Samuel has passed

This man has other notable achievements, these include: the first foreigner to arrange for a steelband in Trinidad’s

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