Crazy, sexy, muddy: Carnival's dirtiest party pics

Most people associate Carnival with Brazil's widely covered costumed cavalcade.

But slightly off that glittery path is a lesser known bacchanal that gives Rio a run for its rhinestones.

From New Orleans to the Netherlands, people anxiously await this

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The President of Pan Trinbago Offloads Newly Received Steel

Pantrinbago president offloading a container of specially made steel for Pantrinbago pan factory

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Steelband making waves

Stabroek News

Guyana, SA - Guyana is awash, virtually daily, with an array of ‘bad news’ stories. The ‘good news’ items are around, but they don’t always make the headlines; they remain invisible. This one I’m about to tell you goes back some years t

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Jammin' Pans held their first live performance

Two months ago, Virgil Franklin along with the help of Tony Kluesner, formed the Jammin' Pans Steel Band and on February 19, they held their first concert at the Glenburn Nursing Home.

"Our first concert went well," said Franklin, "It was great to ge

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New York Daily News legend John Campi dead at 75

Legendary New York Daily News executive John Campi, who retired from the paper after a storied half-century career, passed away Friday. The newspaper veteran was 75.

Campi — who left the paper just two years ago — died of cardiac arrest at the Hacke

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JUST FOR INFORMATION

Hi folks, just some information for you.

I am back Managing Sesame Flyers Steel Orchestra and Kareem (The Dream) Thompson will be arranging the composition for New York Panorama 2015.

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Steel Band Directors Asked to Participate in Pan on the Green Competition

St. Croix Source

An important Pan on the Green meeting is scheduled for steel band directors for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix campus, in Room T100.

“The meeting is being called to begin accepting ap

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Show of steel drums at Sunrise: School, PTA, director keep tradition alive for sixth-grade musicians

The beat goes on for steel drums at Sunrise Elementary School, where the unique sound has resonated for 25 years.

Gary Gibson is determined to keep a good thing going.

When the Kent school contemplated mothballing the after-school program a few year

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New York City activist Horace Morancie dead at 85

New York Daily News -

New York, USA - Horace Morancie, one of the city's most powerful activists in the 1960s, died Wednesday of natural causes, his family said. He was 85.

Morancie, born in Trinidad and Tobago, came to New York in 1954 when he was

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Black History Month Celebrates - Local Heroes of School Desegragation

Urban Education - Local Heroes of School Desegragation from GMU-TV on Vimeo.

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Questions about the business of Carnival

Oxford Business Group - 16 Feb 2015

Within Trinidad and Tobago’s diverse tourism industry, the annual carnival is frequently cited as the jewel in the crown. Certainly, in cultural terms it is central to Trinbagonian identity. The parades held on the

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Windy Gap feels the rhythm

By John Stang Smith Mountain Eagle Smith Mountain Eagle

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Rebuilding pan's mythology

by Mark Lyndersay - Trinidad Guardian

There’s a moment right in the middle of Pan, the new film about the national instrument written by Kim Johnson and directed by Jerome Guiot that summarises all the hopes that the creative team have for their subj

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All-steel group to perform Christmas shows in Florida

Martinsville Bulletin

Virginia, USA - It’s unlikely that it will be a white Christmas for the Virginia All-Steel Orchestra. This year, the group will spend Christmas Day performing at Universal Studios in Florida.

Shawn Thwaites, executive director

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Ms. Prime Minister Keep Your Greens - Move the Semi Finals to Friday & Saturday - Stop the Dissrepect of Pan & Our Youth

Ms. Prime Minister ultimately the buck stops with you.

It is time for the disrespect of Pan and culture to stop. The world is watching. You cannot claim to support the efforts of the young people of Trinidad and Tobago on one hand and support the exi

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Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago Promote Teaching of Steelpan

Radio Rebelde

Havana, Cuba - With the objective of promoting Steelpan drum teaching in Cuba, The Traveling Caribbean Cinema Exhibition (MICC) and the legal representation of Sanch Electronix Ltd. of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, signed a lett

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Fatal mix-up Man killed transporting Desperadoes’ pans

ONE MAN was shot dead and another injured yesterday while transporting pan equipment from the Laventille home of ten-time Panorama champions Witco Desperadoes to the band’s new safe haven, located at Queen’s Park East, Port of Spain.
Dead is 25-year-o

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All Stars shines on

Trinidad Newsday

Steelpan orchestras have come and gone, but the Trinidad All Stars have remained one of the top bands in the country for 80 years. The reasons for this, according to historian Andrew “Bukka” Rennie, are the band’s dedication to disci

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Codrington Pan Family at SXSW

Good day my friends,

I know most people are in panorama/carnival mode but I wish to make a humble request that may give great recognition to the steelpan.

The Codrington Pan Family has been invited to showcase at SXSW - the largest music festival o

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Tobago Region Results - Panorama 2015 Prelim

Small Band results Tobago Region
1) Our Boys Steel Orchestra - 264
2) Tobago Pan-Thers - 261
3) C&B Crown Cordaans - 256
4) Dem Boys - 250
5) Steel Sensation - 249
6) Uptown Fascinators - 246
7) Central Symphony - 237

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