The T&T Guardian is running a two-part series that explores the vi
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Angostura is paying homage to the national Instrument and elements of Panorama during the Carnival Season with their limited edition White Oak Panorama 2016 sleeves.
“We felt that the country’s most popular rum should depict the excitemen
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Platinum, the lone all-female steelband that will compete in Sunday’s Panorama, semi-finals is aiming to raise $25,000 to offset some of their expenses.
The band, which will be among the medium bands competing on Sund
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The Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts is making moves to hire an expert to start the assessment this year.
Speaking to Looptt today, Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly. Minister of Community Developmen
Read more…Fete promoter Randy Glasgow is calling on the Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Organisation (TTCO), to inform party organisers of the artistes they represent, so as to give them clarity when applying for copyright licences.
Glasgow tells LoopTT that the
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Steel band featured in Pan
Pan! Our Music Odyssey is the title of a documentary that explores the magic and mystery behind the steel drum, also known as pan. The episode airs on Monday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT on World Channel.
The
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Visitor guides will be on hand to offer assistance to locals and visitors for the 2016 Carnival period.
The Tourism Ministry has confirmed that some 25 uniformed visitor guides will be strategically stationed along the streets of the capital city fr
Read more…It appears as if everyone enjoys bashing today’s young people and their music. But so-called art forms are not abstract inventions
imposed on history. Rather they are carried in the vital living of community…and the engulfing violence.
So let us att
Funeral arrangements for the late Lennox ‘Sam’ Fortune RIP 26th November 2015; Hatters SO & San City SS.
The Funeral arrangements for the late Lennox ‘Sam’ Fortune, are as follows; on Wednesday, 2nd December 2015:
2:00 pm - Service at the St Paul’s
Read more…Brief BIO of Lenox ‘Sam’ Fortune - RIP 26th November 2015
PREAMBLE:
Widely know in the South as a pan maker/tuner, pan teacher, driller and arranger; ex Captain of Hatters; 'Sam' a diabetic, is recognised for his insistence to carry on regardless.
Read more…Lennox ‘Sam’ Fortune; Tutor, Arranger, Composer, Driller, Pan Maker, San City SS & Hatters SO, Passes; RIP 26th November 2015.
‘Sam’ at Junil Pennies birthday party Hatters Pan Theatre - 1st February 2010
Principal founder San City Steel Sympho
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“I don’t know who Jit Samaroo was, but listening to others speak, he must have been a great man…my condolences to his family.”
That was a caller from Princes Town to TV6’s Morning Edition’s host Hayde
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelbands are already in competition mode for the 2016 Panorama competition with most bands already selecting their tune of choice. Some bands are also located at new venues, including Desperadoes
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Under a cool evening’s sky, pan lovers were treated to a variety of scintillating pan arrangements ranging from the soca classics of Super Blue’s “Get Something and Wave” to Machel Montano’s 2016 offering “Tem
Read more…Members of Hatters Steel Orchestra were deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of their lead Stage Side 4 Cello player, ‘Fat Man’ Luke, when the news came in at their Panorama practice on Wednesday night.
‘Fat Man’ Luke, a past Captain of the band
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Improved lighting, more security and extra parking are some of the improvements that have been made to the North Greens for this year’s Panorama semi-finals.
The improvements came in response to complaints
Read more…(ZIZ News) — The Carnival activities continued on Thursday evening with the national Carnival Steel Band Competition and Primary School Calypso Competition.
Held at Twilyte, on Port Zante, that event saw performances from four steel bands and five pr
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The International Soca Monarch (ISM) is evolving! For the 2016, there will be no live television broadcast, no live pay-per-view and no online streaming of the ISM final. Instead, the show wil
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PETOSKEY — The Petoskey Steel Drum Band is taking its show on the road, headed to the group’s second appearance at the Chicago Festival of Lights Parade on Saturday, Nov. 21.
For their second trip in a row, members are coming back as a featured perf
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