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Carnival organisers look to start a steel band music project in Stoke-on-Trent

The Sentinel

Stoke, Staffordshire, England - Organisers behind a popular carnival have been given £10,000 to start a new music project.

Members of the Six Towns One City Carnival Association (STOCCA) was given the grant by the Big Lottery Fund to he

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“Steel Bands get paid for 2014 Pan Expressions in June” - NLA MAKES HISTORY FOR EARLY CARNIVAL PRIZE-HANDOVER

“Steel Bands get paid for 2014 Pan Expressio

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Steelband Festival the pride of Laventille

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Arts and culture are alive within the Laventille community with many cultural groups and organisations actively recruiting youth in the area to participate in cultural activities which they say ca

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INVADERS AND TOKYO STEELBAND CLASH

Do we have anybody on this Site that can relate to the Steelband Clash with Invaders and Tokyo (I think it was 1950) EG: like where you were at the time, what you saw? or what you hear from your Parents or your friends, https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

https://whensteeltalks.ning.com/video/dr-eric-williams-independence-day-adress-8-31-1962-flv

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CASYM Steel Orchestra has it going on - Spring Concert 2014

Brooklyn, New York, USA - “Extra, Extra, read all about it - the CASYM Steel Orchestra organization has executed another successful event.” You have heard the narrative, seen the headline and lived the experience before, but it never gets old. In fac

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PSCC (Pan-in-Schools Coordinating Council) strikes sweet note for steelpan music

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -  Music was the medium for magic as 67 Pan-in-Schools workshop participants celebrated their accomplishments at the graduation ceremony held at the Radisson Hotel’s Festival Ballroom last week.

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Exodus Steel Orchestra set to sweep Japan again

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Performing in 20 major cities in 21 days. That is the hectic schedule for the upcoming tour of Japan by reigning World Steelband Music Festival and four-time National Panorama champion—Republic B

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UAH Steel Drum Band hits sweet spot

UAH Campus News

Alabama, USA -  There's something about the tintinnabulation of a steel drum that transports the listener to the sun-soaked islands of the Caribbean. And there's no doubt that magical quality has contributed to the recent rise in pop

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When Steel Talks Not Welcome at New York's 2014 Steelband Panorama as Members of the Press

New York, USA - USSA (United States Steelband Association) President Martin Douglas informed When Steel Talks on Thursday August 28, that current WIADCA (West Indian American Day Carnival Association) President William R. Howard, has been counseled b

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For a Band of Steel-Pan Drummers, Summer Means Practice, Practice, Practice

The New York Times

New York, USA - Their racks of steel-pan drums strung together, the musicians of the Despers USA band trudged alongside as the entire operation — drum racks, stage, cooking tent, portable toilet — rolled down Washington Avenue in

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Panorama Steel band Competition To Showcase The Rich Musical Heritage Of Trinidad and Tobago

The Soul Of Miami

Silver Stars USA Steel Orchestra Looks To Keep Coveted Title of Miami Broward Carnival Steel Band of The Year

Miami, Florida, USA -  The scintillating and pulsating music of the steel pan has always played a significant role in the

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Trinidad & Tobago Celebrates Steelband Month in August under Pan Trinbago

Global - Pan Trinbago’s Steelband Month will be celebrated in August with a host of events. The schedule of events dates from Sunday August 2 to Sunday September 1, 2014 inclusive. Some of those listed are organized by the steelband parent body and i

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Utopia Pan Soul BBQ 10/23/14

BBQ BBQ BBQ!!! Utopia Fundraiser for J'ouvert @ 816 East 49th street Bklyn NY 11203 backyard

BBQ $12... drinks on sale...ole talk and lime free of charge so pass through on the way to your next event... hope to see you Saturday Aug 23rd 2014 3pm - 8p

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Big crowd for Rhapsody in Steel

Jamaica Observer

Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. - Hundreds of patrons turned up at the Karram Speid Auditorium on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew, for Rhapsody In Steel, on Sunday afternoon.

The show featured Trinidad-born, Toronto-based master panist Da

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Pan Trinbago hosts Annual Prize Distribution & Awards Function

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Sixty-six individuals and steel orchestras will receive awards in thirteen categories when Pan Trinbago Inc. hosts its Annual Prize Distribution & Awards Function. The event, which will be staged for the first time in South

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LABOR DAY J’OUVERT RESULTS – MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1st 2014

J'Ouvert City International,Inc.(JCI)

Board of Directors:  Danville Williamson-President, Yvette Rennie-Vice-President, Cynthia Green-PRO/Interim Treasurer

 

 

 “Respect”   to all Steelband Leaders, Panists, Masband Leaders, Mas Designers, Masquerade

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Pan Trinbago President Keith Diaz visits London and Australia

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago’s President Keith Diaz has accepted invitations to visit London and Brisbane, Australia.

The first invitation issued by the British Association of Steelbands (BAS) from 16^th to 28^th August 2014 coincides with t

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Steelpan welcome for Japanese sailors

The week In Review

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday - July 15, 2014

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force training vessels, with a strength of 730 military personnel aboard, received a steelpan welcome as they docked yes

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WIADCA's whopping $700 media fee creates controversy

Caribbean Life

by Vinette K. Pryce

Brooklyn, New York - After 46 years of coverage of the annual West Indian American Day Carnival Association's [WIADCA] annual festivities in Brooklyn, in an un-precedented action, the organizers required media indiv

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