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Pan on d’Avenue VI Is On! - Steelbands On Parade
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “On Saturday August 26th 2017, the Woodbrook/St. James Community Association is once again planning to have Pan on d’Avenue along Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook. The parade route this year is from Taylor Street heading east to
Revisited -- Crown Heights Woman Arrested While Waging Noise Complaint War On Pre-Carnival Festivities
Check out the comments on the article left by the people gentrifying the traditional NY Pan neighborhoods.
Gothamist
New York, USA - Two Crown Heights venues where locals practice and prepare for J'Ouvert and other West Indian American Day Carnival
The Melo Groove Steele Orchestra keeping Steel Pan Culture alive
South Florida Caribbean News
The Melo Groove Steele Orchestra
by Jason Walker
SOUTH FLORIDA – Steel Pan or steel drums were created in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1930s. The Steel Pan is a unique form of musical expr
Read more…Guyana’s Steel Orchestra sharing expertise in Barbados
Guyana Times
While participating in Carifesta XIII in Barbados, Guyana’s National Steel Orchesta shared their expertise with a group of Barbadian students, while conducting a training session at a local high school on Friday.
Students of the Bellevi
Pan Jammin’ to open 2017-2018 HAU season
KEYSER - Highland Arts Unlimited Inc. will open the 2017-2018 season with a free concert by Pan Jammin’ Steel Drum bands on Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Church-McKee Auditorium at WVU-Potomac State College.
KEYSER - Highland Arts Unlimite
Read more…Notting Hill Carnival opens with doves released for Grenfell victims
Earlier, the carnival got under way with a traditional paint fight.
The tradition, known as Jouvert, meaning "open of the day", sees revellers hurl paint at each other which dancing to steel bands and African drummers.
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NY 2017 Panorama postponed due to rain
West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA)
Due to the weather conditions Panaroma was rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience to the public. Once the weather permits, and the authorities deems it safe to proceed. Panaroma h
The Copper Steel Band: The Sound of the Caribbean
The Copper Steel Band turns 30 this October 18 and is already a symbol of Santiago and Cuba "
If Santiago de Cuba is the Capital of the Caribbean with all its singularities, and the Feast of Fire is the moment where the
Read more…S.N.S.E. (St James North stars Steel orchestra Enterprise) has enforce Copyright's Laws...
S.N.S.E.has enforce it's T&T International Patent and Copyright Act Laws (Chapter 32:80) and 17 U.S.C (section) 104 thru 109, of the U.S. (United States), as of September 18th 1963, November 1999, and July 8th 2003, which means, anyone reproducing sa
Read more…Ebony Steelband retains their UK Junior Steelband Panorama Champions title in 2017
London, UK - Kensington Memorial Park, St Marks Road, London, W10 was transformed into a mini Carnival Village on Monday the 14th August 2017 to accommodate the annual CAPCA/BAS Carnival and Junior Panorama competition.
After months of planning and
Change is good says J’ouvert president

It’s a new sign of change, but the festival is staying the same.
Earlier this week the city’s police commissioner and the mayor announced that J’ouvert — the annual pre-dawn festive Labor Day parade — will see stricter security regulations similar
Read more…BPTT announces scholarship for Junior Renegades
Loop Magazine
BP Trinidad and Tobago will increase its support for the Renegades Steel Orchestra in 2018. In commemoration of the Junior Renegades' tenth win of Junior Panorama in 2017 and the steel orchestra's 70th anniversary to be celebrated nex
Guyana’s Steelpan, Tassa, African drumming dominate at CARIFESTA XIII
DPI, GUYANA, Wednesday, August 23, 2017
What is known in today’s world as steelpan or steel orchestra is very common in Guyana, though originating in Trinidad.
Some of Guyana’s adroit steelpan players are attending CARIFESTA XIII. On Tuesday night at
Read more…Capital One donates $5,000 to Sesame Flyers
Sesame Flyers International Incorporated, a youth organization whose “Love A Kid Today and Every Day program has served more than 700,000 children in 23 countries over the years, received a big financial boost from the Canarsie Branch of Capital One
Read more…Using Pan To Educate
Written by C News
Two pan experts are making the case for using steelpan to educate the nation's youth, push forward diversification in the land, and inculcate innovation while creating wealth for the country.
Pan in crisis in its native land
Trinidad Express --
There will be no Republic Panorama competition on September 22 as previously announced. In the works since after this year’s carnival, the show was supposed to be staged by the Northern Region of Pan Trinbago as a tribute to the M
Read more…Notting Hill Carnival pays tribute to Grenfell Tower victims
London’s biggest outdoor event Notting Hill carnival has begun with a tribute to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
This year’s festival, a celebration of Caribbean culture and traditions which began in 1966, took place in the shadow of
Read more…A heartbreaking moment for members of the 8 steel bands -- MTV News Grenada
It was a heartbreaking moment for members of the 8 steel bands set to compete last Saturday night at the panorama championship. According to them a lot of effort and sleepless nights were invested only to show up to a big disappointment at the natio
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