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Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela - Symbol Of African Resistance!

Today, I just wanted to be aware of the day Nelson Mandela arrived. Happy Earth Arrival Day, Nelson Mandela! President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election!!! http://www.nobelp

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Media asked to leave Pan Trinbago meeting

Trinidad Guardian - Published:
Monday, July 16, 2012

Members of the media were ordered out of a meeting of Pan Trinbago yesterday at the Scherzando panyard in Curepe. The meeting was called following allegations levelled against Pan Trinbago presiden

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An Open Letter To Chief Bowie Sonnie Bowei, ATTSDC

Dear Chief Bowie,

We, the WST membership, would like to know, why you have chosen to remain silent, on the issues raised on this forum, regarding your newly formed company, the Africa Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company. As die-hard lover

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Are Pan Trinbago And Its Leaders Breaking The Law? Hmm...

REPOST: Hotep. I've been doing a little research over the last few days, and based on the law, the facts, and evidence, Pan Trinbago and any "for profit" business or company they form, may not be legal, and in violation of applicable statutes, as th

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International Marimba and Steelpan Festival 2012 - South Africa

South Africa will be blown away by the marimbas and steelpans at the Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival.

It will be held at Bishop Bavin School in Bedfordview, Gauteng on 4 and 5 August 2012.

Be prepared for over 1 000 marimba

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Activist Pearl Eintou Springer Laments: Another Voice Cries Out! (Do African Chiefs Listen To Afro-Caribbean Voices?)

The Trinidad Guardian Online, ran this article, on the panel discussion "Reclaiming", that I thought to be very thought-provoking. What I found even more thought-provoking was an online response, which stated "With unity among people of African herit

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D.C. Carnival Booted Off To Baltimore

News America

Washington, DC, USA  - City Hall’s flinty gavel has rapped out no to Caribbean American friendship in 2012.The DC Caribbean Carnival (DCCC) has been forced to move its decades-old tradition from the nation’s capital 35 miles north to a m

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Celebrating Nelson Street icons

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On August 26, from 4 pm, City Sunvalley Steel Orchestra will host Celebrating the Icons of Nelson Street, on Nelson Street, Port-of-Spain. The day’s programme features 2012 National Panorama champi

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WIADCA Speaks - The True Situation On Panorama: Setting the Record Straight

By Thomas Bailey, President, West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) - NY Carib News

In recent months there has been a lot of criticism heaped upon the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA). Some of that criticism has

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Nominate George "Sonny" Goddard For The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

I am hereby calling on ALL members on this WST site, to assist me in nominating my dad, George "Sonny" Goddard, for the nation's highest award - the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. I have attached a "breakdown" of his accomplishments, a

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Pan spreads to Africa

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan’s future expansion lies not in the 1.2 million nation of TT, but in the 170 million people of Nigeria and other West African nations.

 

Africans who have learned much about the pan were at Wedne

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Interest Groups Respond to Minister Lincoln Douglas

We view with disappointment and dismay recent statements by the new Minister of The Arts and Multiculturalism, The Honourable Dr. Lincoln Douglas, about (1) Carnival and (2) meetings and proposals from us. Whilst we seek no war of words or anything e

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Is WIADCA the Evil Empire?

Carnival’s Steelband Panorama Competition in Doubt

By: Tony Best - NY's Carib News

 

Less than six weeks before the colorful West Indian carnival is put on full display before more than a million spectators in Brooklyn, serious doubts have arisen

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The Brockville Lions Steel Band of Canada is Drumming up New Digs

The Recorder & Times

Brockville, Ontario, Canada - The Brockville Lions Steel Band, one of the most recognizable local music groups, has found a new home – but it may just be a summer home. The local group, a fixture of local events and festi

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Lake Worth-Florida band students like the sound of steel drums

The Palm Beach Post Lake Worth, Florida, USA - Ed Stephen grew up with the sound of steel drums in his home country of Trinidad, birthplace of the percussion instruments fashioned from 55-gallon drums. While in Port of Spain, his father and uncle

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PM Kamla disagrees with President Ricards on 'steelpan the only TT innovation' - Opposition leader Rowley comments in response

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Trinidad & Tobago - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar..."respectfully" disagreed with President George Maxwell Richards.

 

Richards, addressing both Houses of Parliament, stated that "except for the steelpan, we have b

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UK's Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra (RASPO) gets new home

The Reading Chronicle

Band sounds out new town venue

Reading, Berkshire, England, UK - Jubilant steel pan musicians have found a new rehearsal studio more than two years after being thrown out of their previous home. Members of Reading All St

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Music training for kids at Redemption panyard in Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Tobago, W.I. - The RBC Redemption Sound Setters Steel Orchestra recently launched its annual July-August holidays, “Redemption Academy Pan Camp” for children ages five and up.

 

The camp will run for four to five weeks after

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Island-born, funk-bred band fuses steelpan to jazzy vibe

GoMemphis.com

Tennessee, USA - The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago is far away—geographically and culturally—from Iowa or Tennessee, for that matter.

Nevertheless, Hawkeye State native Tony Hartman has embraced the islands, making the steelp

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Pan music on a higher note

Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Patrons who paid $50 to attend "Pan on A Higher Note" at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain on Saturday evening left smiling, having got more than their money's worth.

The co

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