Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -Pan Trinbago has officially notified its membership - and the public - that due to a “fall in sponsorship,” a decision has been taken to shelve this year’s staging of the Pan Down Memory Lane and Pan in the 21st Century compe
Read more…So I hear through the grapevine that this festival along with Pan Down Memory Lane will not be happening this year. Is this just hearsay? Can someone shed some light?
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Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines W.I. - Commissioner of Police Keith Miller is calling on parents to encourage their children to get involved in playing the steel pan. The Commissioner made the call on Wednesday at a news conference held at
Yesterday, journalist and author, Kim Johnson, posted a clip on Facebook, of Esso Tripoli, and posed the question: "In the 50s-90s, whenever steelbands travelled abroad, leading players jumped ship, to the loss of pan in T&T. Why on earth did they do
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St. Thomas, USVI - ...Of course, no parade would be complete without steelpan music, and at the Children's Parade the bands were out in force: the Joseph Sibilly Elementary School steelpan; the 12-year-old Ulla F. Muller Panatics Steel Band, who were
In the latest outbreak of a two-decade-old war of attrition, the Port of Spain City Council has sought a court order for the removal of the Phase II Pan Groove steelband f
Read more…Elton "Smokey" John, bass player extraordinaire of City Symphony Steelband (T&T) and the National Steelband of Trinidad & Tobago (1960's), and founder of the Mississauga Academy of Steelband Music passed away yesterday in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Read more…Cultures unite in their love of music at Goombay Festival
Florida, USA Hot sun, cool breezes and the unmistakable sound of steel drums. Eyes closed, it was easy to mistake downtown Pensacola for a Caribbean island.
On Saturday, the historic Belmon
Read more…Steel Band Jamboree
St. Thomas, USVI - The unmistakable sound of steel pans rose from Lionel Roberts Stadium on Sunday afternoon as bands from St. Thomas and St. John performed in the Steel Band Jamboree.
One by one, bands representing schools and
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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
