Kenny De Sliva, the Chairman of the National Carnival Commission, came to Good Morning Trinidad and Tobago today to talk about his plans for Carnival 2017. De Silva covered the use of the Socadrome, Panorama and the promotion of traditional mas in hi
Read more…Press Release:-13 January 2017. The Laborie Steel Pan made history in 2016 when it became Panorama Champion.
The Laborie Pan Project – the steel band’s parent programme at Labowi Promotions – is making history again by hosting the first edition of a
Read more…panmen should get $1000, and Crachshots should get $2000, they earned that, to have that ability pay the panmen for their worth, the same way they pay the arramgers for their worth,
Read more…Guyana Information Agency
Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. - Over the last five years, there has been a boost in the appreciation and participation in steel pan music. A committed investment has been made on a yearly basis for the provision of three steel
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“From interim to elected I requested on more than one occasion some transparency with the financial accounts of the organisation from the treasury, specifically, all accounts and balances and updates if possible for all monthly statu
St. Croix Source
Frederiksted, U.S.V.I. - With an assortment of majorettes, marching bands, historical references and story book characters, this year’s parade drew rounds of applause from the spectators who braved the blazing sun to support the isla
Read more…...Several band leaders and pannists claimed they were “embarrassed” when they went to the banks to cash cheques and were told they had “bounced cheques”.
Forteau said: “People were not following instructions. We instructed the regional chairpersons
Read more…We sat down with Dane Gulston on Thursday to talk about his protest against Pan Trinbago, with the intentions of getting a deeper understanding of the issues that incited the protest and what change is being pushed for, either from Pan Trinbago or a
Newsday
Concerns arose that pannists had not been paid, against a backdrop of Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly saying the allocation had been sent to Pan Trinbago, against claims that Pan Trinbago is $30 million in debt and concerns about Pan Tr
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Before getting into the Carnival Hype, One Steel band likes to prepare themselves spiritually. On Sunday members of the All Stars Steel Band had a thanksgiving service at the Holy Rosary Church in Port-of-Spain. This is the 23rd year that the group
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz yesterday underwent an angioplasty procedure after suffering a heart attack, Pan Trinbago’s secretary Richard Forteau informed Newsday yesterday. He is currently
Read more…Trinidad Guardian
Panmen are expected to stage a placard demonstration outside Pan Trinbago office on Park Street, Port-of-Spain, tomorrow, demanding the immediate resignation president Keith Diaz and his entire executive.
And for the 2017 Carnival s
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Govt closes financial tap
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Government has clipped the wings of Pan Trinbago. The steelband body, now mired in financial mess, will no longer be the sole authority in charge of the Panorama competi
Trinidad Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan players say they intend to take to the streets tomorrow to show their dissatisfaction with pan’s governing body, Pan Trinbago.
From noon, the players are expected to head to Pan Trinbago’s office at Par
Read more…I was just thinkin that they could sell the two SUVs and give each player ah $5, not as payment for 2016 but as ah memento for the only time pan people got together and did something really constructive, then I change my mind and said just give Boogs
Read more…The author of this article, Ann Bailey, has asked that her article be removed.
Read more…My brother in Trinidad just called and informed me of the passing of Wallace Austin. It is an understatement to simply say we have lost another great pan tuner. Wallace Austin represented more than just a great pan tuner, but rather an era of greatn
Read more…By Megan Mitchell - Denver Post
Many of the students in Rick Henson’s steel drums beginners class have already been playing for a year or more. Their affinity for the light and happy percussion p
Read more…ISLAND PEOPLE
The Caribbean and the World
By Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
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Over three centuries, as many as six million slaves from West Africa arrived in the Caribbean, more than 10 times the number who were settled in what
Richard Lord - Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ...Several panmen walked out of the meeting, expressing their displeasure over the situation and even called for Diaz’s resignation as leader of the steelband body.
Pan player Dane Gulston s
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