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Republic Bank gives GYD$1.5M [USD $7,336.00] for training nearly 200 children in steel pan…more steel pan workshops in demand

Guyana Chronicle

Georgetown, Guyana - Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday received a $1.5M [USD $7,336.00] cheque from Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd to facilitate the fourth annual PanStart Pan Minors Literacy programme whi

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Another Mannette makes his mark in pan

The Trinidad Guardian

Global - For many in T&T and the US, the name Mannette is synonymous with pan and steelband. As the Kennedys are to American politics, so are the Mannettes to steelband. It is no surprise, then, that in Barry Mannette a new gene

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Masekela Fulfils Promise to T&T - steel orchestra recordings have begun

by Gary Cardinez

Trinidad Express

Internationally-acclaimed musician/composer/arranger/producer Hugh Masekela of South Africa is at present fulfilling a promise he made 10 years ago.

Masekela is currently in Trinidad supervising and recording an alb

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Pope Francis plays the Tenor Pan at the Vatican - July 6, 2013

Images from: REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys/Pool

Above:  Holding his own tenor sticks, Pope Francis looks at the President of Trinidad & Tobago Anthony Carmona (left) playing a tenor pan, during a private audience at the Vatican July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gabriel

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ANOTHER DEATH IN OUR PAN FAMILY!

It is with very deep sadness that I announce the death of Josephus Douglas, he was the father of Martin "Dougie" Douglas. Mr. Douglas succumbed to a long period of illness in the early morning hours  in North Carolina, where he lived for a very long

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Handbells and steel band concert raises charity cash

Guests collect £1,800 for hospice in memory of four-year-old Ellie Gordon

Surrey, England, U.K. - A concert held in memory of a four-year-old girl who died earlier this year smashed its fundraising target.

The handbell team at St Lawrence Church i

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NIU steelpan maker, artist Cliff Alexis selected for 2013 Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame

NIU Today

Illinois, Chicago, USA - NIU’s Cliff Alexis, steel drum builder and tuner and co-director of the world-renowned NIU Steel Band, is among four prominent percussionists chosen for induction to the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.

The in

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Steel Pan Fest and Culture Night for 2013 Festival

Steel Pan Fest and Culture Night for 2013 Festival

British Virgin Islands - Although plans are still in the early stages for the 2013 Emancipation festival, both the Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee, Marvin Blyden and Di

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Jim Wharton- Catonsville High School music teacher, steelpan instructor retiring after 40 years

The Baltimore Sun

Jim Wharton retires tomorrow, Friday, after 40 years as music instructor

Students praise steel drum band founder’s infectious enthusiasm

Maryland, USA - The steel drum sounds that filled the room at Catonsville High School were so i

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Re: Miami pots and pans tradition explained. (Another WTF Moment in Pan History.)

As I listen to and read the "explanations" for the Miami Heat fans' "pots and pans tradition", I become more and more amused. So amused, that I had to shed some Ghostly "inconvenient truths" to my Latino peeps. This is what I came up with...how do yo

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Pan Is Beautiful XII

The Trinidad & Tobago National Music Festival – Pan Is Beautiful XII will be held later this year under the banner “Respect The Steelpan… Play It With Pride”.

Produced by Pan Trinbago Inc., the Festival is divided into four (4) categories ie Soloists

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Pan’s history of violence in focus at Studio 66 - Dr. Ajamu Nyomba

The Trinidad Guardian

Barataria, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - US Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Ajamu Nyomba, will be the guest speaker at Studio 66’s Pan focus today, [Wednesday July 10, 2013]. A former Solo Harmonites player, Nyomba will speak on Steelbands i

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Panoramic perspectives - Reajhaun Baptiste and Rodney Small of St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Jamaica Observer

Jamaica, W.I. - In a culture dominated by hardcore reggae and dancehall rhythms, St Vincent and the Grenadines steel pan players Reajhaun Baptiste and Rodney Small said it took some convincing to win over the local audiences.

Bapti

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Community Center’s Low-Cost Music Program Breaking Down Cultural Walls

Youth Today

New York, USA - A shabby community center on the first floor of one of the 12 buildings that make up the vast Gov. Alfred E. Smith public houses is where social workers and teachers are hoping music can break down cultural barriers.

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New Headquarters for PanTrinbago

The Trinidad Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago - Government may have to start from scratch on the construction of a headquarters for PanTrinbago, despite spending approximately $4 million on the existing structure at Orange Grove, Tacarigua. Minister of Art

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Cayman Prep and High win NCF steel pan competition

CompassCayman.com

Grand Cayman - The National Children’s Festival of the Arts took a tuneful turn on 29 April with a special steel pan competition.

The Mary Miller Hall in Red Bay hosted the contest, which was of a high standard.

Cayman Prep and Hi

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Congratulations! PanTime Steel Orchestra wins St. Lucia's 2013 Junior Panorama

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to PanTime Steel Orchestra on their 2013 St. Lucia junior panorama victory.

by the Cultural Development Foundation

A new Junior Panorama 2013 Champion has been determined!

Caribbean Metals Pantime Steel Orch

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Steelband welcome for Biden

The Trinidad Guardian

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Airforce Two, bearing US vice-president Joe Biden and his 150-member delegation, will touch down at Piarco Airport’s south terminal at 4 pm on Monday. At a media conference yesterday, Government Infor

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“Panwomen is Boss”- All-female Pan Jazz Concert Celebrates Women in Pan

St. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Atlanta Networks, Inc. presents “Panwomen is Boss,” an All-Female Pan Jazz Concert, on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at the La Joya Auditorium (opposite the Jinnah Memorial Mosque), Eastern Main Road, St. Joseph, Tr

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On a Move Toward Pop, and Denser Rhythms - Etienne Charles’s ‘Creole Soul’ Shifts Away From Mainstream

New York Times

You may have heard that it’s hard for a jazz musician to find respect beyond what seems like a fixed number of close followers and students. Musicians can ignore that situation, or respond to it. Etienne Charles’s new recording, “Creo

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