Treasurer – Sussex Steel
Sussex Steel is a charity created by individuals who are passionate about steelpan and committed to increasing the musical opportunities for people in Sussex and beyond. They teach steelpan in schools and workshops, and run s
Read more…By DONNA TEREK The Detroit News
...Lyndon Sorzano, 43, says the sound of steel drums was everywhere when he was growing up in Trinidad and Tobago. He played in a school band that won a trip to play a music festival in Inverness, Scotland, an experie
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Rehearsals at D’urban Park for Guyana’s 50th Independence Flag Raising Ceremony.
Guyana, S.A. - Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations were late Tuesday night marred by the death of a youthful steel-pan player shortly af
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Maddie Sides/The Stanford Daily
Cardinal Calypso, Stanford’s student steelpan group, has commandeered many spots on campus as their rehearsal space over the years — some of them more makeshift th
College Heights Herald/WKUHerald.com
Kentucky, USA - Yells, drum beats and tropical island shirts greeted audience members as they took their seats for the WKU Steelband’s concert.
On Tuesday, the band performed in its final show for the semester i
Read more…Artslink.co.za News
We are Africa: Africa unite for peace and friendship from Cape to Cairo
Gauteng, South Africa - Education Africa in partnership with Tom Newby School in Benoni will present the 5th Annual Education Africa International Marimba
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble has received a donation of $50,000 as seed money towards the purchase of a vehicle to transport instruments.
The donation came from Bernice Ho-Leanza, daughter of the Chinese A
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Efforts are being made to help save a three-year-old child who has been diagnosed with a tumour in her brain.
The following statement has been issued by the Invaders Steel Orchestra:
"Caribbean Airlines Invaders
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At the recent celebration of “Cuba Day” hosted by the Ambassador for Cuba, His Excellency Guillermo Vasquez Moreno, at his Elm Avenue residence in Bayshore, Success Stars Pan Sounds out of Success
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Do you play pan, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards, percussion, guitar or bass? Or do you sing? Are you currently in secondary school?
....Do you wish to enhance your musical skills with a 5-week inte
Read more…UDaily
Delaware, USA - The Peace Drums Steel Band, made up of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish junior high school students from Israel, will perform from 6-8 p.m., Saturday, April 16, in the University of Delaware’s Perkins Student Center.
The evening
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Musical pupils from three schools joined forces for a performance at the end of last month.
Ensembles from Morpeth’s Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools were joined by the King Edward VI High School
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A tsunami of Steelpan lovers descended on the little village of Tamana on Saturday 19th March 2016 as Pan Trinbago held the first in its series Pan in De Countryside for 2016.
People came as is the custom, from all over Tri
Sheila Hagar - Union Bulletin
When you hear a steel band, listen for history.
Drummed out notes of rebellion and survival, ingenuity and freedom.
The humble steel pan, often incorrectly referred to as a steel drum, was born from an uprising in Trini
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
...Hadco, Phase II partnership about ‘creating shared value’
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Just after the Carnival this year, a display advertisement appeared in a weekend newspaper. It was a congratulatory message from Hadc
CCNtv6 at Asami’s Memorial
http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/Asamis-Memorial-376150291.html
CCNtv6 (Updated 18 April 2016) - Asami Nagakiya, gone but not forgotten - video reporting on the Play One for Asami - Memorial Ceremony for Asami Nagakiya e
Read more…She was among the most famous journalists of her day as a reporter for the New York World. Less known about Nellie Bly is her role in creating the 55-gallon steel oil drum.
The 55-gallon steel drum - used practically globally, for the creation of t
Read more…Results - Diatonic Steelpan Institute - Steel in Motion 2016
Activities in Siparia, Trinidad, TT
Results - Steel in Motion 2016 - Siparia Fete
Read more…By Martin G Daly -- Wired 868
The proceeds of our oil and gas production are no longer sustaining the high life. As they say in Grenada, “the money can’t reach.” For decades there has much talk about diversification of the economy, but no action.
Th
Read more…More recognition needed for one of the country’s top arrangers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Winning arranger of four out of eight attempts at Panorama (a 50 per cent winning achievement with second and third places thrown into the mix) is not too bad of
