On Friday afternoons, the sounds of Caribbean island music can be heard through the halls of Windy Gap Elementary. On a stage in the cafeteria, fourth and fifth grade students play tunes on ste
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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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
Read more…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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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
Read more…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
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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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
Read more…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
Medium Band results Tobago Regio
Almost everyone in Naples knows Jack Stover. The longtime teacher and coach has touched the lives of hundreds of families. Here's a News 8 Golden Apple surprise at Naples Elementary School.
Jack Stover has many admirers in Naples. Among them Elementa
US aviation officials have launched
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Many belonging to the era of Rediffusion or the AM band believed that radio had a particular connection unlike now. But for Julian Rogers, radio is not dead. What matters more is quality.
Rogers, who made his name in Trinidad as a p
Read more…Congratulations go to Terry Noel, who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours 2015 in recognition of his service to Music. He formed the Melodians Steel Orchestra UK in October 1987 as a 'Not for Profit' organisation and has been the
PIARCO, JANUARY 18, 2015- From its beginnings 75 years ago under a breadfruit tree at the Manette family’s Port of Spain home, Invaders Steel Orchestra has become one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most iconic steel bands, and Caribbean Airlines knows a go
By Amy Nile, Herald Writer
EDMONDS — A new nonprofit group is raising money in hopes of starting several steel-drum bands for children and adults here.
Steel Magic Northwest earlier this month kicked off a campaign to raise $60,000 to buy steel pans
Read more…Guyana Times
Guyana, S.A. - The Mashramani 2015 Steelband competitors are well ‘tuned’ with the vibes for the much awaited Steelband competition. This year’s competition comprises two categories; the school bands will add to the customary category; t
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2014 was much like any other year: Filled with endings and new beginnings. Within the Jamaica reggae community, the losses seemed to pile particularly high, howeve
Read more…Trinidad Newsday
Officers of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and the Fire Service were out in full force at the Queen’s Park Savannah for Panorama yesterday , with many of them saying they were unaware of any plans to boycott the competition t
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