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Trinidad Carnival 2022 is on - What Should You Expect?

What to expect at this year's Carnival?

A scaled down version of the real Carnival that is being branded as "A Taste of Carnival."

What is on: a combination of virtual and in-person events at spaces deemed safe zones concert type events a mix of vi

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Pan with Papa: 7-year-old Aaliyah Livingston on lessons with Joylanders co-founder

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit this country, seven-year-old Aaliyah Livingston was mesmerised as she watched her grandfather teach her “older” schoolmates to play the steelpan.

But being in th

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Steelpan icon Jim "Jimi" Phillips designs KFC Spicy Steel Bucket

Iconic steelpan musician and innovator Jim "Jimi" Phillips has worked together with KFC to create signature steelpans with a spicy twist.

In a statement, franchise holder Prestige Holdings Limited said the project was a collaboration designed to ig

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Three Antiguans to compete in this year’s PanoGrama

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Police: No Public Health breaches at Voice’s concert [With thousands in attendance ... but BEVERLEY and PAN TRINBAGO cannot convene with 300 DELEGATES]

Guardian Feb 25, 2022

"Despite the presence of thousands of people - many without masks and not appearing to adhere to COVID-19 social-distancing protocols - in the Grand Stand for a soca concert on Thursday night, police have said they have received

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Pan Trinbago: With limited resources we have achieved plenty

Newsday

In this file photo, Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore assists in clearing the land at Pan Trinbago proposed headquarters in Trincity. -

THE EDITOR: Reference is made to your editorial titles Pan Endangered, on February 6, which is

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Support for Trinidad and Tobago’s “Taste of Carnival” has been approved

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts is pleased to announce that support for Trinidad and Tobago’s “Taste of Carnival” has been approved. The budget allocated to the National Carnival Commission is fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000.00) fo

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Former president of Pan Trinbago & Pan Knights' managing director Owen Serrette has passed

"I believe that the steel pan is 'the instrument' of the 21st century and, if marketed as, say, the reggae, will definitely be the instrument of the

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PanoGrama 2022 line-up Set

11 Countries to feature in PanoGrama 2022

 by: Jodia Givans

PanoGrama made its mark on the entertainment scene, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought physical events to a screeching halt in 2020. Now in its third year, the highly anticipated virtual st

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Carnival returns to Antigua & Barbuda in 2022, but ‘super-spreader’ events axed from the lineup

Observer

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Pan players ramajay at concert without subvention

Trinidad Guardian - by Charles Kong Soo

Single Pan Band Pan Elites performed 'Dingolay' in the Single and Small Pan category during the Pan In De Sancoche, Carnival City, Queen's Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Saturday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Pan Trinbago pre

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Steel Drum Construction Workshop - Sunrise Spotlight – SKY Science Festival’s Steel Drum Construction Workshop

Workshop area at Mannette Musical Instruments, with tools for constructing a pan drum from a 55-gallon barrel

 

The 2022 SKy Science Festival feature a Steel Drum construction workshop.

During three day workshop (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Apr

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TT Defence Force Steel Orchestra, World Wide Cop ‘Best Performing Band’ Titles in De Sancoche

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Number 13 proved lucky for the winners of the Single Pan and Small Steel Orchestra in “Pan in De Sancoche” at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, last Saturday.

World Wide Steel Orchestra and Tr

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Corruption Capital

I deliberately used “T&T” politics, not PNM politics, because the UNC, when it savoured a first taste of power in the said 1986 election, and later in 1995, 2000, and together with other like-minded politicians in the People’s Partnership in 2

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SXM Festival to debut intriguing fusion of techno and steel pan

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St Francois Girls pays homage to successful steelpan arranger

A St Francois Girls' steel orchestra player during the school's performance in the 2018 Junior Panorama. - ROGER JACOB

Peter Rorry Aleong, arranger of St Francois Girls' College successful pan orchestra, was presented a legacy award by the school i

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When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to director, entrepreneur, and UK panist, Shareen Gray - Women's Month - Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, Their Passion, Their Story

April 4th

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Panman Dane Gulston calls for Taste of Panorama boycott

JENSEN LA VENDE - Newsday

SOUR NOTE: Dane Gulston who is calling on fellow panmen to boycott the Taste of Panorama event. FILE PHOTO -

PANNIST Dane Gulston is encouraging his fraternity to boycott the upcoming Taste of Panorama, calling it a mockery

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Boogsie: Time to reflect on Phase II's legacy

Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, left, on stage with Phase II Pan Groove at Pan Trinbago's Musical Showdown at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on February 26. Photo by Roger Jacob

At 50 years young, Hadco Phase II Pan Groove is celebrated as one of T

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World Wide and T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestras Are Best Playing Bands in De Sancoche

Number 13 proved lucky for the winners of the Single Pan and Small Bands in “Pan in De Sancoche” at Carnival City, Queen’s Park, Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, last Saturday.

Worldwide and Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestras both ca

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