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United States Steel Band Association Inc. (USSA) Election 2013.

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

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Percussion group Callaloo brings steel pan to fore

Peoria Journal Star

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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Trinidad and Tobago donates steel band to Nigeria

StarAfrica.com

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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Don’t put Carnival photos on FB

Trinidad Newsday

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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Discover beaches, rainforests and steelpan in Trinidad and Tobago

WestJet Up! Magazine

Steelpan odyssey

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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Mayor Lee Sing not happy with new Downtown Dimanche Gras

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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Republic Bank - GUYANA - sponsors Mash Steel Pan Competition -for fifth year

Guyana, S.A. - This is the fifth year that Republic Bank has been sponsoring the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Mash Steel Pan Competition.

....This year’s steel pan competition will start with a preliminary under-15 competition which is sch

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Delightful sounds engulf Mash Pan-o-rama Steel Band competition

Georgetown GINA, February 17, 2013

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the duties of the President and Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony were among music lovers enjoying the delightful sounds of the Republic Bank Mashramani P

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THE PASSING OF A FRIEND!

It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Everald Flores this past Monday. In New York Everald played many years with Silhouetts Steel Orch. then later with Golden Harps.

Condolences  to his family. May his soul forever be with the Lord

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Simple Sound pans stolen in Arima

Trinidad Express

Trinidad -

SIMPLE SOUNDS steel orchestra was up to yesterday afternoon counting its losses in the midst of preparing for Panorama 2013 following the theft of a number of pans between Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon.

According t

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Cold outside, Caribbean [Pan] vibe inside at the Civic -Tan Tan and all...

The Akron Beacon Journal

Ohio, USA - While skaters circled the ice at Lock 3, the Civic Theatre was suggesting warmer times and climes on Sunday afternoon.

Even before the University of Akron Steel Drum Band gave a 2:30 p.m. concert, the lobby of th

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50 Years of Panorama Later – Ray Holman - Still A Touch of Class

Global - It is said that our lives are inextricably linked together in ways we may never know or imagine.

....Years ago a very young Ray Holman arranged the Beatles’ original and the now classic Penny Lane for Starlift Steel Orchestra. While this so

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Candice Andrews is a Boss of the Steel Pan

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At just 36, she is the youngest & first female Captain of the world famous BP Renegades. Even at her young age, she already has 21 years with Renegades under her belt. Her status in the band has cl

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Pan Trinbago gets drum-making factory from NP

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The National Petroleum Company (NP) has donated its drum-making factory to Pan Trinbago to be used for the manufacturing of the steelpan.

....“Just yesterday (Wednesday) NP donated it’s drum-making facility to us,” Diaz add

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Granding the Pan - Liam Teague with Richard Tang Yuk at Queen’s Hall

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Last Sunday’s Piano and Pan Recital at Queen’s Hall, reintroduced both pan aficionados and those with a classical taste to two Trini-born maestros, who have successfully carved out international careers in the highly competi

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Diaz: Panorama to go international next year

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz says this year’s Panorama competition will be an exciting year for steelband and will lead to the introduction of Panorama as an international pan competition in 2

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Lornshill Academy welcomes 30 steel drums

Stirling Observer

Lornshill’s steel drum band

Clackmannanshire, Scotland - Sounds of the Caribbean are coming to Clackmannanshire after Lornshill Academy welcomed 30 steel drums from the island of Trinidad last week.

The Ochil Steel Band will be fo

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La Brea Nightingales get sponsorship from National Gas Company, along with Couva Joylanders

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

NGC ‘tide’ lifts La Brea, Couva

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - After years of giving financial assistance to several bands throughout Trinidad and Tobago, the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) has decided to take

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Steelband history remembered in St. James

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was an occasion for reminiscing by several elders of the steelband movement, an entity that represents the most interesting and inspiring developments in grass-roots musical creation and culture

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Diaz denies panists [Sound Specialists of Laventille] stranded in Nigeria

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz has strongly denied that members of Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille are stranded in Nigeria, in response to an article published in yesterday’s edition of tt News Flash, an online new

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