School Steeldrum program cut - Southwest’s Island Steel Drum Band to perform final concert after 22 years

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San Diego, California, USA - The Island Steel Drum Band comprised of students from Southwest Middle School and Southwest High School in South Bay San Diego will perform together for the last time Monday [May 24].  After 22 years, the steel

‘50 years, and we jamming still,’ Senator Lewis says as he congratulates Halcyon Steel

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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - “It has been 50 years, and we jamming still; 50 years, with musical talent and skill; 50 years of pan music in the air; 50 years, with passion, style and flair; 50 years of providing the nation with pulsat

QUESTION: Shouldn't a major requirement to hold any position (especially executive positions) in Pan Trinbago be that holders of such positions know the history of Pan Trinbago specifically? (I say, t

It would be an embarrassment to claim "World governing" status, and then when someone from another part of the World asks a question about the history of the steelband body currently known as Pan Trinbago, its members are unable to articulate that hi

Condolences to the family and friends of Panist and administrator Joey Horsford

When Steel Talks extends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Joey Horsford. He was an awesome bass player and an even greater person. His leadership, organizational skills and know-how are irreplaceable.

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NLCB PanoGrama 2021 -- Semifinals Results

The top ten of the twenty panists who competed in the PanoGrama 2021 semi-finals are on the move - to the final phase of this year's event

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WHO'S WHO AND WHO'S NOT. CERTAIN NAMES APPEAR HERE ONLY AND NOWHERE IN PAN HISTORY. I AM PART OF THE HISTORY THEY TALK ABOUT. I WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS BEING MADE!!!!

AND, DON'T FORGET YOUR GREATEST STEELBAND LEADER IN HISTORY...GEORGE "SONNY" GODDARD. THIS YEAR, HONOR HIM, OR WATCH YOUR KARMA CONTINUE TO "EFF" YOU. AFTER 10 YEARS, YOU ALL SHOULD BE TAKING ME SERIOUSLY BY NOW, AND STOP GIVING OXYGEN TO THESE NEOPH

PanoGrama 2021 Gets Underway - Night One

PanoGrama 2021 Gets Underway - Night One

Global - The 2021 edition of the PanoGrama competition kicked off on the evening of May 7. And yes, the producers of this virtual show have upped their game considerably. The event's organizers provided a liv

PanoGrama 2021 - Semi-final Order of Appearance

STEVE TAYLOR tries to OPEN UP the INSULAR MINDS of THE LOCALS

Hey, Auntie.

#prodigalson

HISTORY: MY FATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST RECORDED STEELBAND IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. MY GRANDFATHER WAS A FOUNDER OF WHAT BECAME THE PNM. MY COUSIN WON MISS UNIVERSE. AND, PELHAM...

...MY UNCLE LESLIE'S SON. FOR SOME REASON, HISTORY SURROUNDS ME AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY FAMILY. MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS THE CHEF TO THE WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM. HE PASSED BEFORE I WAS BORN. OF COURSE, I AM CREATING MY OWN HISTORY, BUT L

STOP LIKING THE TROLL'S POST AND GO TO THE AMERICAN LLC AND BUY THE DANG E-BOOK, THEN STUDY IT, AND POST THE RESULTS OF YOUR PAN PLAYING TO VALIDATE THE BOOK'S EFFECTIVENESS AT TEACHING YOU HOW TO PLA

NUFF SAID. BUY DE DANG BOOK!

GEORGE. (The one with the LLC.)

It look as if COVID TAKE OVER MY MOTHER COUNTRY ...

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Well I made SEVERAL APPEALS to MR. ROBERT HERNANDEZ (the current leader of the 2021 PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION RACE) to come on THIS FORUM and state HIS CASE ... but like the man eh care for MY KINDNESS!!!

So, as a POLITICAL COURTESY, I am giving THE MAN one more week and if he refuse my SUPPORT and FREE PUBLICITY ...  I am going to JOIN ANOTHER CAMP.

FAIR IS FAIR -- but after that, ANY NUMBER COULD PLAY!!!

REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE: START THERE AND WATCH OTHER FACETS OF LIVE SUSTAIN. STEELBAND INCLUDED. THE FIRST PRIORITY OF ANY CULTURE SHOULD BE SURVIVAL!!!

Time for Trinidad and Tobago to respect how fragile ALL life is. We are well-advised to become much more environmentally-responsible. Don't take my word seriously, but, for your children's sake (assuming you have children and care about their futures

Lilly Is Ready for Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago!

Machel Montano Got Married During Carnival

EVERYBODY ON THIS FORUM LIKE TO TALK ABOUT "PAN HISTORY" as if they know PAN HISTORY ...

... but I AM A REAL TRINIDADIAN (me eh come on NO BOAT TO VOTE) so nobody cyar MAMAGUY ME with all THE PAN HISTORY BLUFF TALK!!!

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN STEELBAND COUNTRY ... TO COMBAT COVID 19 SPREAD

Newsday May 15, 2021

"THE Prime Minister has announced that Trinidad and Tobago will be under a State of Emergency from midnight. He said the curfew period will run from 9 pm to 5 am.

He was speaking at a press conference at the Diplomatic Centre in

"Ivan Williams used to be the 'Doc's bodyguard; so it was about eight of them there, plus his daughter Erica." VALENTINO

WHEN STEELBANDS HAD POWER!

BETRAYAL IN THE BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE EXECUTIVE as GERARD MENDEZ and DANE GULSTON and THE EX-VEE PEE join forces to gain control of PAN TRINBAGO ...

... to quote BLUE BOY: I eh sure if is so THE TING REALLY HAPPEN BECAUSE MEH HEAD WAS SO BAD ... [ But my informers ON THE COVID GROUND sent me some DREGS and tell me to wait for THE FULL SCOOP]. On the other hand: MENDEZ and DANE and CARLON is REAL