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The majority of people that attend Panorama or anything dealing with Pan where you have to pay is People (Foreigners) that live abroad

The majority of people that attend Panorama or anything dealing with Pan where you have to pay is People (Foreigners) that live abroad. A lot of time you ask the Local people about what's going on with Pan they don't know, if you walking down the str

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About Environmental Sustainability Education (ESE) for Steelpan

Dear Pan People,

You are invited to participate in this research on Environmental Sustainability Education (ESE) for Steelpan. It is based on creating a new paradigm for the global steelpan community to address the environmental concerns that cause i

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THE HAMMER OF LAVENTILLE (Desperadoes steel orchestra)

Here is a short story about Desperadoes on the Hill, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGiBwtBToaY

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PM to help find Pan Trinbago a home

By Gary Cardinez - Trinidad Express

After calling the unfinished structure that was intended to be Pan Trinbago’s headquarters in Trincity an “eyesore which represents the worst of Trinidad and Tobago”, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said: “We have t

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Toyota invests $60,000 in Harmonites

Sean Nero - Trinidad Guardian

Toyota T&T Limited plans to invest $60,000 in four-time National Panorama champion Harmonites Steel Orchestra in support of its Panorama 2016 goals. Steve St Angelo, CEO at the Toyota Motor Corporation for Latin America

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Steelbands must ‘make a food’

Here is an Article by Justin Thomas at the ICP on the Steelband where he said "Lets make ah food" instead of always looking for a hand out,      http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,215327.html

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Steelbands difficult search for practice space

By William Farrington - Caribbean Life

Many steel bands scrambled to find outdoor rehearsal space, particularly in the Flatbush / Crown Heights neighborhoods to prepare for Panorma on Sept. 5 at the Brooklyn Museum.

CASYM, Metro Steel, Cossfire Steel

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Remembering - Russell ‘Russ’ Henderson MBE - Legend

Trinidad-born jazz pianist and leading figure in the steelband movement in Britain who helped set up the Notting Hill carnival. Read more on Russ Henderson

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Russell ‘Russ’ Henderson MBE has sadly passed  (August 18, 2015)

by Robbie Joseph - Pan Pod

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One of our Comrades Glenroy Joseph is having a serious operation tomorrow, your Thoughts and Prayers are most appreciated,

Glenroy Joseph is having a serious Knee operation  tomorrow , lets hope and prayer his operation is successful, Just trust in the Lord Glenroy my Thoughts are with you.

I hope to hear you fussing with us on this Forum, ASAP, may the good lord Bless y

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Utopia Pan Soul Jouver't BBQ 2015!

Utopia Pan Soul Invites you to their Jouver't BBQ fundraiser held @ 816 E 49th street bet Ave D & Foster Ave (Backyard) from 2pm - 8pm Saturday Aug 22nd pass through if you can and take in some lime and pan... food on sale $12 & $15 drinks on sale

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Edwards: Desperadoes going home for Carnival 2016

Trinidad Express

Newly-appointed Desperadoes manager Curtis Edwards said yesterday the East Port of Spain Development Corporation is assisting the celebrated steelband with construction of a ramp at its Upper Laventille Road (Laventille Shrine) base

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New MINISTER OF CULTURE sees "FILM" and "FASHION" as wider part of ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION!!!

Intriguing line about "the crowd that we want to attract" -- sounds a little Lincoln Douglasesque to me. And in the week that Yogi Berra died it looks like deja vu all over again.

I am waiting to hear how P-A-N fits into this economic diversification

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Success Laventille seeks $200,000

By Marlene Augustine Monday, August 17 2015 - Trinidad Newsday

THE Success Laventille Secondary School (SLSS) Steel Orchestra, Success Stars Pan Sounds, is seeking assistance from the public and private sector to raise $200,000 for a trip to Cuba.

Th

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French Federation of Steelbands Created: “Steelband en France”

France - France has had steelbands for several decades now. They were first adopted in the French West Indian community (from Martinique and Guadeloupe), and became more widespread since the 90s. However, beside a mailing list connecting most of the

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THE DRUMS

What you all taught of Duvone use of those drums in CASYM arrangement?

How about Kendell use of that drum in CrossFire ending?

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Fire the International Panorama Engineers!

The volume went up. The volume went down. The mids dropped out. The mids came back. The bass went down. Then the Bass dropped out.

Why is it given all the advancement in technology that the audio of All Stars playing Curry Tabanca from almost 30 year

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PANORAMA 2016...

The buzz is the SuperNovas is going to be a Large band next year and Ray Holman is going back with StarLift, can anyone confirm this, what about BirdSong, would they be going with Andy? pan people would like to know. 

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Taking All Stars to the top

Sharmain Baboolal - Newsday

In five years, Leon “Smooth” Edwards, through legendary arrangements, has turned Trinidad All Stars into the first multi-million dollar steelband in the history of Trinidad and Tobago, with three Panorama victories and two

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Re-Percussions: Our African Odyssey

Re-Percussions: Our African Odyssey is the story of the steelpan, which evolved from the drum, which African slaves brought, and is today a completely different orchestral instrument. It was taken by Trinidadians to the Festival of Black Arts in 1977

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53 yrs of Trinidad & Tobago Independence speech by Dr Eric Williams (deceased)

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