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NAME ONE OR TWO PEOPLE YOU WOULD NOMINATE AS PRESIDENT OF PANTRINBAGO

I definitely will Nominate George D Goddard aka "The Ghost who Talks" for President of Pantrinbago, he is very  Knowledgeable and I believe he will do a Great job (at least better than the present Pres' MR Diaz). I will also give MR Ian Franklin a Po

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FIRE DESTROYS PANSCHOOL

Fire completely destroyed the Flabej Steelband, Panyard and Panschool at the corner of Park and Abercromby Streets, Port of Spain around 2.00am on May 1st 2014.

It is believed that the origins of the fire was an electrical fault.

The school has been

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8 of Hearts - Eight of the country’s top steel orchestras in concert

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation (LSFF) will be once again bringing eight of the country’s top steelbands together at a concert titled “8 of Hearts” this weekend at the National Academ

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Steely Pan Steel Band reunion concert held April 26

Appalachian State University News

North Carolina, USA - Clean and press your Hawaiian shirt and great ready for an incredible night of steel pan music when the Steely Pan Steel Band and alumni perform in a free concert Saturday, April 26.

The progra

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Black Mountain company adds own touch to handpans

Asheville Citizen-Times

North Carolina, USA - Mark Garner creates a handmade, one-of-a-kind product.

But he doesn’t consider his work to be art — rather to be an artist’s tool.

His handpan instruments are not the painting, but the paintbrush, he s

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100+ Steelpan Performers on stage at the Carpenter Center - Massive Band 2014 – CSULB Steel Orchestra Extravaganza

California, USA - The annual CSULB (California State University, Long Beach) Steel Drum concert Caribbean Extravaganza gives way to a massive steel orchestra on Sunday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. The concert features the CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra during

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IS THIS THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE STEEL PANS OR STEEL DRUMS

Someone posted this Video of Pan Yard making Steel Pans or Steel Drums, and I couldn't help but post it on WST for an open Discussion, Is this the right way, the correct way or the best way to make them  (I am hoping to learn some thing or things fro

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROBERT THWAITES FROM PAN AM NORTH STARS

Happy Birthday to Robert (Bullet) Thwaites, one of the original Pan am North Stars members (in their prime) who used to stand on a box to play the Bass. Bullet is still in the Steel band business, Teaching and Playing the Instrument, Happy Birthday a

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Hugh Masekela entertains in Siparia

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The musical collaboration between legendary South African trumpeter, composer and singer, Hugh Masekela, and the Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra has been described as a melding of musical forms

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CONGRATULATIONS TO CECIL HINKSON AND HIS WIFE OF 41 YEARS OF MARRIAGE TODAY

Congrats Cecil, I wish you and your Wife many many more, and keep them Discussions coming

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Sullivan High School Steel Drum Corps Visits Hamburg

Chicago Sister Cities International

Chicago, USA - From May 5–13, 2014, the Hamburg Committee of CSCI is sponsoring Sullivan High School’s Steel Drum Corps visit to Altona Gymnasium school in Hamburg as part of the 20th anniversary of the sister city

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Caribbean Jazz quartet Panoramic View with Panist Aaron Abrahamson Cote takes part in International Jazz Day 2014

Rhode Island, USA - The University of Rhode Island (URI) will present steel pan artist and composer Aaron Abrahamson Cote with his Caribbean Jazz quartet Panoramic View in a free concert on International Jazz Day 2014. The band will feature works com

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Jamming the pan - Cayman Islands

Cayman 27

Cayman Islands - There’s nothing quite like the sound of a steel pan band. Young pan-jammers from all over the island put their sticks into action for a steel pan competition.

Schools from all around showed their talents off Thursday night

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Steelpan Controversy -- Mayor: We ought to be proud of it - Point Fortin Borough Day

Trinidad Express

..“We are celebrating our 34th year with these types of celebrations, and 25 years of Pan on the Move. While everybody in Trinidad and Tobago and all over the world is trying to compete, we ought to be very proud, this is something w

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Winning Buxton Steel Orchestra gets gov’t. boost

Kaieteur News Online

Guyana, SA - Decked out in sleek red shirts, black waistcoats and jeans with a white tie to crown it off, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Buxton Pride Steel Orchestra once again captivated its audience at a special

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Car ploughs through pan side - ...one hospitalised, several injured

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A performance by Witco Desperadoes ended before it started on Saturday. Just before 9 pm, moments before the band was scheduled to perform at the 25^th anniversary celebration of Smokey & Bunty, a c

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Pan Trinbago owes panists $2m for Pan is Beautiful XII

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago still owes $2.1 million in prize money and trophies to steel orchestras and participants of the Pan is Beautiful XII national steelband festival, held in November 2013. Now five months

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UKIP Carnival's Endurance Steel Band Performs on BBC’s Newsnight

The Huffington Post UK

London, ENGLAND - UKIP’s (UK Independence Party) Croydon carnival, which ended in carnage on Tuesday before Nigel Farage had even arrived, had a breakout star as the steel band that refused to play for the party got a gig on Ne

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ALL ABOUT ANTIGUA HISTORY OF THE STEELBAND

We always talk about Trinidad History of the Steelband, but it seems like the island of Antigua has a lot of history of Pan, Can we get a Discussion going on this? It looks like there is a lot of information that the Panmen/women would like to share

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Australia and New Zealand launch major Strategic Steelband Initiative

Australia - In April 2013 at the 1^st Australia Steelband Festival, the world got a glimpse into the tremendous progress pan has made on the distant shores of Australia, New Zealand and even Oman.

There one witnessed wonderful pan performances of se

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