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REMEMBERING ASAMI -- High Commission of Canada to Trinidad and Tobago

REMEMBERING ASAMI

STATEMENT by several Heads of Mission and representatives from International Organizations located in Trinidad and Tobago:

We wish to first and foremost extend our condolences to the family and many friends of Asami, and to expre

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In Wilton Steel percussion band: Everyone is a musician

By FRANCIS CARR Jr.

WILTON -- While growing up on the island of Trinidad, Norwalker Donna Rogers-Jones and her brother Robert were discouraged from playing the percussion instrument known to Trinidadians as a steelpan.

The instrument, fashioned from

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New Sun Rising: Helping to Make Pittsburgh Greater (There's Something About Millvale, Part 1)

Written by  Henry Lipput -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pugliano is a consultant, business development specialist, trainer, and also a musician. “I’ve played the steel pan  -- which is the basis of my organization Barrels To Beethoven  -- probably since

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Japanese tourists sail in

Trinidad Newsday

A JAPANESE cruise ship, ‘Asuka II’, arrived yesterday on its inaugural visit to Trinidad and Tobago — nine days after Japanese national Asami Nagakiya was found strangled on Ash Wednesday under a large tree at the Queen’s Park Savann

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Wreath laid for Asami

By Susan Mohammed

FOREIGN delegates and heads of missions of international organisations yesterday held a memorial for slain Japanese pannist Asami Nagakiya in Port of Spain.

The representatives laid a wreath on the spot in the Queen’s Park Savannah,

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Champs of Steel Great performances—but poor concert management

There were many high points in last Saturday’s Champs

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The Trinidad Carnival Power List: Ten Local Entrepreneurs Behind The Caribbean's Biggest Bacchanal

Forbes / Lifestyle

Trinidad Carnival is serious business.

No, really. The star-studded annual bacchanal kicking off next week, attracting upwards of 40,000 revelers, including the likes of Jay-Z and Richard Branson, is an intricately staged set of su

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The Rihanna generation: How black immigrants are reshaping America

"....Another way to track the spread of immigration from the West Indies in particular is to look at the growing prevalence of steelpan drum groups in the U.S....."

....Former Attorney General Eric Holder’s family emigrated from Barbados, before he

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Time to stop cussing Andy Narell for TEEFING THE PAN. Look a WHITE GIRL from NANTUCKET teef the SOCA and get over a billion hits and win a GRAMMY and nobody eh cussing she!

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Meghan-Trainor-says-her-1-Billboard-hit-is-soca-275681291.html

http://www.cnc3.co.tt/press-release/how-trinidad-and-tobago-won-three-grammys-last-night

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2016-02-16/use-gram

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Steel drum band will ring in the Nain Rouge

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JMHS Steel Drum Band is Marching Into W.Va's Capitol

By Nate Fluharty

A local high school band ensemble has been selected as one just a few groups to play in Charleston in the coming weeks.

John Marshall High School Band Director Tracey Filben says she submitted for the Steel Drum Band to play an enti

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Rhythm Live! in Norfolk postponed until Sunday because of the weather

By Joy Vann
Correspondent

On a recent Saturday, while many teens enjoyed an unusually warm and sunny day outside, students from around Hampton Roads gathered to bang on metal drums.

They were learning to make music, keeping tradition alive and build

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Despers Reborn* Laventille steelband reclaims Panorama title after 16 years

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - After a 16-year wait and with a new arranger leading them, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra at 2.55 a.m. yesterday captured their 11^th National Panorama Championship (Large Conventional Band category).

Supporters of the band f

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North London's Got Talent: Steel Pan Orchestra who have brought a new sound to Finchley

A steel pan band will bring the sounds of the Caribbean to London for a charity talent contest.

The Finchley Music Steel Band Orchestra will be competing in the North London’s Got Talent contest, presented by North London Hospice, on Saturday Februa

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Mahopac High School's Steel-Drum Band Heats Things Up at Fulmar Road

MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- It may be February, but Mahopac High School’s steel-drum band brought the warmth of the islands to Fulmar Road Elementary School when they performed recently for students.

Bringing a calypso-like feel to songs such as “Brown Eyed Gi

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Port-of-Span Mayor Raymond Tim Kee RESIGNS!

Port of Spain Corporation
City Administration Department,
City Hall
 

February 13 2016

MEDIA RELEASE

I have noted the continued outrage and hurt over statements attributed to me. I deeply regret the consequences of these statements, and I apologise

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Finance Minister advises, no VAT on pan

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - STEELBAND instruments are one of several items which will not be subject to the revised Value Added Tax (VAT) regime. This was revealed in a special notice published by the Finance Ministry in the name of Finance Minister Co

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New steel pans for Dow School from Island Gems Foundation

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The Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association (SLHTA) funds Steelpan Training

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Steel bands gearing for Pan-O-Rama

Stabroek News

GY - Schools, large bands and other steel pan groups are gearing up for the Annual Republic Bank Pan-O-Rama Steel Pan Competition on February 25 and 28 as part of this year’s Mashramani events.

In keeping with jubilee celebrations under

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