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A Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Band Is Accused of Trivialising the Trauma of Slavery

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Janine Mendes-Franco  -- Global Voices

“La Belle Dame”, one of the costumes in the 2017 Carnival band “Cazabon — The Art of Living”. Photo by Gary Jordan Photography, used with permission.

In Trinidad and Tobago, it's the time of year th

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Cordettes’ pan music legacy

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Cordettes Steel Orchestra may be an unsponsored outfit, but it remains an institution in the eastern district of Sangre Grande.

Established around 1962, the band has held its own as an ensemble,

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Celebrating an outcast --- Owen Serrette

Born in East Dry River, Port-of-Spain in 1940, Owen Serrette’s family moved to Morvant when he was just one year old, a move that eventually saw him become a bona fide Harmonites Steel Orchestra member, a steelband he still faithfully serves. Serret

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Concerns over the future of youth steel band in Stonebridge

Brent and Kilburn Times

Stonebridge, London, U.K.-  A youth steel band in Stonebridge could be playing at Notting Hill Carnival for the last time this year amid fears it could be axed.

St Michael and All Angels Steel Orchestra, part of the St Micha

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Photo Gallery - SWAVIC 2 on 20th August 2016

 

Photo Gallery - SWAVIC 2 on 20th August 2016

SWAVIC, Siparia Police Youth Club Band, Old Tech + Hatters

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Martin Daly SC: How Does Steelpan Fit In Violent, Troubled T&T?

Wired868.com

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  ....Why are we having such a good time in celebration of an anniversary of Independence immediately preceding a crisis meeting between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on the subject of viol

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Canceling Brooklyn’s J’Ouvert Celebration Isn’t the Answer

by Jumaane Williams - Ebony.com

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Drumming up community support

Club Carib marks half century in Oshawa

Posted on October 20, 2016 in Lifestyles

Not long after the organization got its start in 1966, Club Carib made a name for itself in the community by creating a steel drum band. The band, seen here playing outs

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Re-Percussions! The Steel Drum Beats Goes On to Africa!

The Huffington Post

Nigeria, Africa - Re-Percussions: Our African Odyssey, award-winning Trinidadian film-maker Kim Johnson’s contribution to this year’s Caribbean Tales International Film Festival in Toronto, is a documentary masterpiece focused on

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In Poor Taste City Uses Children to Promote J'OUVERT

By Everybody Magazine

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, Brooklyn’s Borough President Eric Adams and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton are asking the Caribbean community to ensure a safe J’Ouvert during this weekend Caribbean carniv

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THE STATE OF STEEL BANDS IN NEW YORK.

Last night I attended the drawing for New York  Panorama 2016, before, during and after there were jokes, humor, laughing and comradery.

But underneath all of that, is the fact that the state of steel bands in New York  are at a disasters period and

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Youth Steelbands in the spotlight this weekend during Pan Trinbago Steelband Month Celebration

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Two steelpan activities with the youth as the target audience will take centre stage this weekend.

In the North, the Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra will present its First Annual Extravaganza on Saturday 20 August, 2016, at

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Tonight with Tim Modise | Andy Narell talks Steelbands, Jazz & Donald Trump

In 2012 Andy began working with Birdsong Steel Orchestra in Trinidad, and composed music for the Panorama in 2013 (The Last Word) and 2014 (We Kinda Music)

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Legends and Visionaries -- NYU Steel perform at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival

by Deborah Jowitt — Dance Beat

New York Theatre Ballet performs a new work and a classic at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.

New York Theatre Ballet in Song Before Spring by Zhong-Jing Fang and Steven Melendez. Clockwise from R: Melendez, Amanda T

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Girl Power

Guyana:Stabroek News -- 7-7-16

Girl power: These girls enlivened the mood in the foyer of the National Cultural Centre at the start of the 16th Annual Prize-giving and Closing Ceremony of the North Georgetown Primary School on Tuesday. (Ministry of

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Threatened With Eviction, Birdsong Remains On Site

Threatened With Eviction, Birdsong Remains On Site

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6 months after Japan pannist’s murder Cops probe 20, wait on forensics

Trinidad Guardian

by Gail Alexander

Today’s marks six months since the murder of Japanese pannist and masquerader Asami Nagakiya and police probing the case have interviewed over 20 people from T&T and Japan and are also awaiting the final pathologis

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Diaz: No pan in Rio

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

In his message to launch Pan Month on Friday evening Pan Trinbago’s president Keith Diaz said he was proud to see the Trinidad and Tobago athletes parade at the opening of the 31 Olympics Games in Rio, Brazil in their red, w

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Getty Likely To Settle $1B Suit By Photographer For Appropriating Her Public-Domain Work

This not a direct Pan-related story, but it has critical information and learning points that Pan organizations and players must be cognizant of, as the many aspects of the entertainment industry continue to overlap. Beyond the Forbes article posted

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Chinese pan students visit Laventille Steelband Fest

Panland Trinidad and Tobago Ltd yesterday hosted the Ritan High School of Beijing, one of just a few schools in China with a steel orchestra. The group arrived on Friday and would be returning home today (Monday).

The Chinese school was invited to wi

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