I wanted to let everyone at WST to know that there is a fantastic work for full steel band and full choir.
A year ago, thanks to a commission by myself and the San Jacinto College Central Steel Band, we premiered "In the Shadows of the Forest" by G
Read more…Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I. - The Youlou Pan Movement is looking forward to a greater presence of steel bands in 2011 Carnival activities held both at Carnival City Victoria Park and elsewhere.
....The Pan Head said that the Youl
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - They have been hailed as the “Liberators” of the steelband movement, and panmen. I’m talking about the Dixieland Steel Orchestra led by Curtis Pierre. It was only a few years ago the band, which blazed a trail in the 1960s,
The 44-year-old annual Toronto Caribana festival is looking for a new name after a trademark ruling by the Ontario Superior Court.
The popular mid-summer long-weekend parade and the other related events have been forced into the change by the origi
Read more…Steel Drum Festival this weekend in Kemah
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Texas, USA - The Kemah Lighthouse District comes alive with the beat of steel drums, fire dancers, exotic bird shows, a |
From Trinidad & Tobago Government News
April 20, 2011 2:38 pm: The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Ministry of Legal Affairs (MLA) has moved swiftly to defend against another attempt in the United States of America to secure patent rights f
Read more…On behalf of my self Leon Kuma Rodney and the Roots Steel Band, we wish the AMP Halcyon Steel Orchestra out of grays farm on the island of Antigua and Barbuda a happy 40th Anniversary.
Keep working guys, we need to keep the art form alive.
Happy,Happ
Read more…“if the CDC wishes to proceed with Carnival without a steelband competition then ‘so be it.’”
St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. -A major test of willpower has developed between the Carnival Development Committee (CDC) and representatives of three major parti
I send out my congratulations to New York Pan Stars, its' Management and Players for there recent trip this past weekend, to Virginia Beach to" Panorama" a workshop and competion, that's held there every May. It is not offten that we have a band from
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2011-03-23
Pan in danger, sang Merchant in 1985. Today, 26 Panoramas later, it seems danger still exists.
Apparently panmen in Trinidad are fuming over being drowned out by the big music trucks in the recently concluded Carni
Read more…For those who don't know, when a person dedicates his or her life to public service, his or her family also pays a sacrifice. My life was affected by my dad's sacrifice, and it hurts deeply to live to see panists today who either disrespect, or are u
Read more…Former United States secretary of states Colin Powell on the Tenor Pan which was presented to him by the Goverment yesterday at NAPA
Read more…Steel Drum Bands Rock Old Mill’s Gymnasium
Maryland, USA - Steel drum bands from five local high schools shook the gymnasium floor Friday night at Old Mill High’s sixth annual Panorama concert.
Bands from Catonsville, Perry Hall, Sparrows Point,
School of Music
celebrates the big 5-0
Jamaica, W.I. - It was a jubilant and festive crowd that gathered in the School of Music Auditorium to commemorate 50 strong years of the institution at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Art
“Pan in de countryside” is the latest innovation by Pan Trinbago.
As the name suggests, “Pan in de countryside” is taking steelpan to people who would not ordinarily have the opportunity to come to the city to hear bands, therefore the organization
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Middletown, Ohio, USA -This past weekend was a busy one for members of the Madison Instrumental Program! The Steel Band and Jazz Band were both in action multiple times throughout the weekend! On Friday, May 6th the Steel Band performed before the Da
Although they only cover a very small segment, some Musikmesse exhibitors are nevertheless the leaders there. Panland, one of the world’s leading steeldrum manufacturers, is one of them. Based in Trinidad & Tobago in the sunny Caribbean, the company
In honor of George "Sonny" Goddard, who would have turned 87 today. Happy Birthday!!! We share with you an article, in which Brother Valentino accounts for George's power and courage, against both the "Father Of The Nation", and the "Grandmaster"! (I
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