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Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra on stage at the Republic Bank PandemoniumBridgetown, Barbados, W.I. - ....Hundreds, matter of fact, thousands congregated at the new Waterford, St Michael venue to enjoy the sweet sounds of
Read more…(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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Afropan Steelband of Toronto, CanadaToronto, 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
Read more…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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Last month, USVI-born panist Victor Provost (right) performed with an ensemble at Flushing Town Hall in Queens.New York, USA - At the age 11, U.S. Virgin Islands-born Victor Provost was taking piano lessons in a downstairs room at th
Read more…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.
Read more…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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Read more…Scholar, educator, champion Panorama arranger, drummer and ace panist Victor “Babu” Samuel has passed
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Victor “Babu” SamuelAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The establishment of a pan academy in the name of the late Victor “Babu” Samuel was recommended to the Government by Dr. Baldwin Spencer, today, August 8, as he eulogized his late fri
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PanJazz player and steel pan player Reon MillerGuyana, SA - You might have heard Vicadi Singh’s chutney hit “Neva Gonna Leave’ or Patrice Roberts’ soca song “Tender.” But have you heard those songs played on the steelpan?
Young Guyanese
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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The Panorama competition has officially been axed from the Antigua & Barbuda Carnival events calendar for 2022.
The develo
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Oregon, USA - Lincoln City Parks & Recreation (LCP&R) is hosting a special concert at 5:30 p.m. June 25 in Regatta Park, at the Morgan Family Stage.
The Pan Wizards Steel Orchestra, a large and unique mus
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Global - Members of the Andes Trio, who all share the same first name, perform Akiho’s work “the rAy’s end”
In an instrumentation not seen every day, violinist Andie Tanning, trumpeter Andy Kozar and percussionist Andy Akiho perform “the rAy’s end
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Steel Band Director Jeff Martin goes over sheet music with one of his students during the steel drum ensemble clinicFrankfort, Kentucky, USA - For the past week the unmistakeable sound of steel drum music has been emanating from t
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Antigua Observer
Hells Gate Steel OrchestraAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The Panorama competition has been reinstated to the 2022 schedule of Carnival events after news broke on the weekend that the staple event had been axed from this summer’s line-
Read more…RIP Bill Russell
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Castries – Friday, July 15, 2022) – The Carnival Planning & Management Committee (CPMC) announces the changes to the route for the Parade of the Bands for Saint Lucia Carnival 2022.
A total of eleven bands have registered for this year’s parade. Th
