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Mountaineers bring calypso-style steel drum beat to Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Ellie Mannette

WVU Today

West Virginia, USA -  Surely you haven’t heard “Country Roads” quite like this.

The sounds of every Mountaineer’s favorite John Denver song are resonating through the nation’s capital in an Afro-Caribbean flavor, courtesy of the West Virgi

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Orphans keep the steel pan music alive

by NCN Guyana

Guyana - Orphans of the St. John Bosco Orphanage Plaisance have been afforded the opportunity to keep the steel pan art form alive as the Tina Insanally Foundation moves to fund the initiative.

The foundation’s new band room ensures per

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Antigua & Barbuda Pan Association Denies role in 2011 Panorama Decision

Caribarena Antigua

St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. - The Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) has said that it had no part in the revised decision that placed both LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra [HGSO] and Hadeed Group of Company’s AMP Halcyon in f

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Culture minister visits panyard as Phase II celebrates 40 years

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - New Arts & Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas paid an impromptu visit to Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove’s panyard on Saturday night. A surprised Phase II leader Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and

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Panectar - No Pan until next year

To Our Members and Friends
 
I would like to say thank you for all your support throughout the years.  It is with deep regret that we have come to this final descion that there will be no "PANECTAR" on the road this year.  Some of the band members and

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"PAN EXPO 2012" ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Old Boys High Field 12noon to 7pm

1. Pan Sonatas
2. Ujamaa Pan Sound
3. Higher Levin
4. Crossfire Steel Orchestra
5. New York Pan Stars
6. Adlib Steel Orchestra
7. Utopia Pan Soul
8. C.A.S.Y.M.
9. Harmony Music Makers
10. Metro Steel Orchestra
11. St

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St Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation (SV2G) launches School of Steelpan in Wycombe, UK

Calypso sounds from under Abbey Way flyover

By Lawrence Dunhill

Wycome, England, U.K. -- Wycombe is fast becoming a ‘hub’ for calypso music thanks to the launch of a school dedicated to the steelpan drum.

The town’s MP and mayor went along to celebr

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WVU Steel (started by Ellie Mannette) impresses in Washington, DC

DiverseEducation.com

Land-grant College Anniversary Celebration Includes Cultural Dimension

Washington D.C., USA - Considering the steel pan drum originated in Trinidad and Tobago, few people associate the state of West Virginia with steel drum band

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We need to think big -- Bhoe at SteelFesTT:

By Gary Cardinez -- Trinidad Express

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THE PASSING OF ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PAN FAMILY

It is when great sadness that I announce the passing of Dominique. Dominique was the daughter of Margret Kathy Clarke, former Secretary of United States Steel Band Association Inc. Dominique played pan with Metro Steel Orchestra, Umoja and Despers US

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Exocubs back from Argentina today

Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirteen children who travelled to Argentina to play the national instrument in a concert are expected to return today.   Some $500,000 towards the trip has been paid by the State, parents and private

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Jamaica's Blue Print Steel Pan Band main course of live music for Mothers' Day

The Jamaica Gleaner

A good day for moms - Mona Visitors’ Lodge gives mothers the perfect gift

         

Mona, Jamaica, W.I. - ....Organised by the Mona, Visitors' Lodge and Conference Centre, the elegant but informal setting saw mothers being treated

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Ellie Robertson

My condolences to Ancil and the other members of the Robertson Family.

May Ellie rest in peace.

 

Selwyn

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Steelpan fraternity loses good sister (Girl Pat)

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In 1951, an era when young middle-class women were kept far away from the steelband movement, “Ellie” Robertson joined the Girl Pat Steel Orchestra, the first all women steelband formed in Trinidad

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Hell’s Gate Threatens Boycott

Antigua, St. John's - Weeks ahead of Carnival 2012 activities, LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra has threatened to withdraw from the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) over ignored concerns about a first place title it shares with the Hadeed G

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CONDOLENCES TO THE BAPTISTE FAMILY

On behalf of the Board of Directors and Members of United States Steel Band Association Inc. I announce the passing of Fitzgerald Baptiste father  to Saint Baptiste of Women in Steel, I offer our condolences to him and his family wife Claudette Secre

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Boogsie overwhelmed at panist’s funeral

 

By VERDEL BISHOP Wednesday, June 20 2012 - Trinidad Newsday

After playing a musical tribute on the steelpan, during veteran pannist Franklyn Ollivierra’s funeral service at the Trinity Cathedral, on Monday, Len Boogsie Sharp, broke down and had to

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Boogsie coming for Jazz Festival

Barbados - Nation News

Composer, arranger and steel PAN virtuoso Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is one of the headliners in an all-star band that will pay tribute in jazz to great music from the Caribbean in the CIBC FirstCaribbean Sugar Isle Jazz Festival.

I

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Veteran panman [Franklyn Ollivierra] felled by stroke

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Franklyn Ollivierre, a well known figure in the steelband movement, died on Wednesday evening, after suffering a stroke on June 11. Born in Laventille, Ollivierre was a tenor pan player and

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Steel Drum Competition in Durban, South Africa - RESULTS - part of the 2012 National Creative Arts Youth Festival

Artsmart

Durban, South Africa - Forming part of the 2012 National Creative Arts Youth Festival currently running at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre was today’s [May 16th] annual Steel Drum Foundation competition. Featuring schools from around KZN, the

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