The Trinidad Guardian
It’s wrong and unethical
Contrary to popular belief—and, apparently, the belief of Carnival special interest groups—photographers don’t make a lot of money from covering Carnival. This year, Carnival stakeholders—the Nation
Read more…Ryan crime report: Soca music breeding criminals
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Soca, dancehall and hip-hop music are said to be influencing youths into criminal behaviour. This is according to a report by the Ryan Committee on Youth at Risk. The report was lai
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Virginia, USA - Members of a rhythm ensemble at the York County School of the Arts aren't marching but they are moving to the beat of a unique drum — the steel drum.
Every Monday afternoon the
Read more…The Trinidad 7 Tobago National Petroleum Company Limited (NP) has proudly donated a drum-manufacturing machine to Pan Trinbago for the further development of the national instrument - the steelpan.
This machine will greatly assist Pan Trinbago in th
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Founded in 1971, St. James Tripolians Steel Orchestra is in serious rehearsals for the 2013 Panorama competition.
The band’s tune of choice is Say Say, composed by Winsford Devine and sung by the Baron. The selection is bei
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Corbeaux Town, Port-of-Spain, is named after the corbeaux who scavenged the garbage from the La Basse and fish market, about where the fire brigade station is now, in the 19th and early to mid-20
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas, says Government will keep supporting the growth of the steelband in order to strengthen the cultural sector.
On Tuesday, the Ministry distributed
Massachusetts, USA - April 6th 2013 will be a historic day in the steel pan scene in Boston. Roland Hayes School of Music is hosting its second annual “Boston Public Schools Steel Pan Festival.” It is shaping up to be the biggest steel pan event in B
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Trinidad & Tobago: Attendance was high on Saturday morning when the National Carnival Commission (NCC) hosted its Carnival Stakeholders Consultation—“Crystallising the Role of the NCC”—at the UTT Auditorium, National Academy for the
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Kenya Lara, a 17-year-old Trini-American, plays with several steelbands in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area.
Kenya introduced Trinidad and Tobago’s national instrument as a semi-finalist in the
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The Carnival parade is not being streamed on the world wide web by any local media, not even by State-owned CNMG
The National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA) yesterday moved to block the station from streaming the Parade of the Ban
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Trinidad & Tobago - A date cannot be set for Pan Trinbago elections until after its court matter has been concluded, says Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz.
The organisation is involved in a High Court lawsuit with four
Several Hanover middle and high school students showed off their musical talent at the first Hanover Steel drum concert held Sunday afternoon.
The students performed alongside steel drum instructor and musician Eric Fountain, of Manette Steel, who
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Of all the early films involving calypso, Windjammer is perhaps the strangest and rarest of the lot.
....The scenes in Windjammer filmed in Trinidad offer a fascinating glimpse into the early deve
Read more…We announce the results of USSA Election 2013, Officers and Board of Directors, held Sunday January 13th, 2013 @ 1169 Nostrand Ave. Officiated by Joanelle Donald & Danielle Edinboro.
Keith Marcelle : Chairperson
Martin Douglas : Vice-Chairperson
Cl
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Illinois, USA - Mateusz Koszarek said he wished he could have gotten out of his seat and danced.
His thoughts echoed the sentiments of many audience members at the performance of world fusion percussion ensemble Callaloo on Sund
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Nigeria - The set of musical instruments was presented by the High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Nigeria, Mr. Nyahuma Obika, to President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja on Friday.
In a message from President Ge
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IF YOU take photos of masqueraders jumping and wining on the streets today and tomorrow, during the Carnival Parade of Bands, the best advice you can heed is not to upload them on Facebook and other popular social networking internet
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Global - “You might want to cover your ears. This is gonna be loud.”
I am standing beneath a rusted tin canopy in a modest backyard studio in Laventille, a labyrinthine community tucked deep within the hills of
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If Port Of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing has his way there will be competition to the Dimanche Gras show being put on the by national carnival commission on carnival Sunday night. As Melissa Williams tells us, he is upset with the decision to remove t
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