KEEP DRINKING DE PISS DEY GIVIN YUH TUH DRINK AN TELLIN YUH IZ MAUBY! I'LL PASS...WATER. DRINK DAT TOO! LOL. OH, OH. HERE'S COME THE PLANTATION OVERSEERS. SLAVE SUFFERING FROM DRAPETOMANIA!!!!!!!

♫DIS IZ NOT AH FETE IN HERE DIS IZ MADNESS♫ RIGHT? DOING THE SAME THINGS...TALKING THE SAME OLE TALK...PICKING THE SAME PEOPLE OR THE SAME PERSONALITY TYPES....BETTING ON THE SAME OLD "LET'S SEE WHAT STICKS" GAMBLES...LAUDING THE SAME IMPS WHILE DISH

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AND, IF EVERY MEMBER BOUGHT A COPY OF THE BOOK, MY FORMER CAPTAIN WOULD BENEFIT. SO, RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUY IT! ESPECIALLY YOU WHO NEVER PLAY PAN!

Of course, we ALL know when it comes to putting their money where there mouths are, many of these forked-tongue snakes will slither away. lol. BUY DE BRUDDER'S DANG BOOK AN LEARN TUH PLAY PAN, AN STOP CRITICIZING THOSE WITH MORE TALENT THAN YOU WILL

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PanoGrama Webinar Series a Success

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TEN (10) MORE DAYS, VIPERS! HONOR THIS GREAT MAN...GEORGE "SONNY" GODDARD. AND, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!!!!!

OKAY; I KNOW I REFERRED TO THIS SPACE AS A SNAKE PIT. I STILL SEE IT THAT WAY, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATION! CHANGE YOUR "DUTTY" WAYS, AND JOIN THE SIDE OF THE RIGHTEOUS! LEAVE THOSE WITH FORKED TONGUES TO FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES. NEIT

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WHOSE PAN? NOT NARELL'S PAN. NOT TELLO'S PAN. NOT EVEN MY PANS AND MOS DEF NOT DE PANDA FELLA'S PAN. NOT PAN IN DANGER. ASK THE PANYARD INC DUDES.

OF COURSE, I INTENTIONALLY USED THE TERM "DUDES" TO GIVE THE FEELING TOTERS SOME CRUMBS TO RUN BACK TO THEIR HOLES WITH. I HAVE TWO WORDS TO SAY TO THEM ALL:

HEY AUNTIE.

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California has a staggering $75.7B budget surplus

Politico 5/10/2021

SACRAMENTO — California expects a staggering $75.7 billion surplus despite a year of pandemic closures — an amount that surpasses most states' annual spending and prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday to propose sending cash back to

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REBRAND and RELAUNCH for ST. VINCENT BENEFIT CONCERT as corporate entities have come on board with $70,000 US in pledges.

CARIB NEWS APRIL 30, 2021

"A number of corporate entities, including Microsoft have come on board since then, prompting a rebrand and relaunch. To date, the campaign has received $70,000 US in pledges, with $40,000US of that already handed over.

Tay

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HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! ON SUSTAINABILITY: Environmental Science 101. The Effects Of Climate Change MUST Be Part Of Your Proposals OR...

I cannot consider them. The notion of a "sustainable steelband model" MUST include considerations for the effects of climate change. While I may not always be serious (waste of time in this space), this time I am. Regardless of how keen a businessman

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PanoGrama 2021 - Steelpan Tuners and Pan Makers

PanoGrama 2021 - Steelpan Tuners and Pan Makers

Global - A quick look at the steelpan instrument tuners and pan makers the contestants are using for this PanoGrama 2021 competition. Range of instrument and year made is listed when provided.

A deep

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Congratulations to the 2021 PanoGrama Champion - Keishaun Julien!! of Trinidad & Tobago

 https://twitter.com/WhenSteelTalks/status/1396279538980622336?s=20 - #competition #PanoGrama2021 #global @KeishaunJulien 

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Scouts of Belize Receive Steel Pan Instruments

Belize, C.A. - Today the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) donated fifty thousand dollars to the Belize Scouts Association and Foundation. The funds will be used to purchase instruments for the creation of a steel pan band. The handi

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SOME GIVE FISH. I TEACH HOW TO FISH: Top 10 Best Free eBook Creator Software for Windows - The Geek Page.

And, voila! There it is! One of NUMEROUS websites that will take you to the place where you can create your own nice E-Book if your little snake hearts desire. (Speaking, of course to the vipers, and not the rest of you.)

Next Free Class: How to buil

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PanoGrama 2021 Prelims Results - Top 20 Move On To Semi-finals

Global - The top twenty of the thirty panists who competed in the PanoGrama 2021 Preliminaries are on the move - to the semi-final phase of this year's event. Over three nights, May 7, 8 and 9, the musicians, ten at a time, had their performances br

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American steelband benefactor passes

The steelband world in the United States and the Caribbean is mourning the loss Of Lester Trilla, noted steelband supporter and benefactor, who died Wednesday April 21, at the age of 75 near his home In Suburban Chicago, Illinois. Trilla was a longt

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Music: a uniting force

Scot Scoop News

Exploring how music impacts Caribbean, Indian, and American culture

Global - ....Since then, the people of Trinidad and Tobago have developed the steel pan, which is now their national instrument. What once was music from car parts

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Dr. Kim Johnson "Effectively steelpan is on life support" - Trinidad & Tobago"

Trinidad Newsday - JANELLE DE SOUZA ;

Kim Johnson's Illustrated Story celebrates power, glory of steelpan in Trinidad and Tobago

Dr Kim Johnson says although there are more steelbands abroad, the power and glory of the steelpan can only be experience

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THE CHOPPING BLOCK - Is pan in Danger?

Streamed live on Apr 10, 2021

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Stage set for PanoGrama 2021

by Dana Malcolm

 

We ready fi di road! The 2021 staging of the highly anticipated steelpan competition PanoGrama – The World Cup of Steelpan has hit the ground running and the preliminaries are coming your way soon. The PanoGrama Entertainment team i

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VALENTINO ON GODDARD'S POWER OVER KITCHENER.

"When I realized the conversation was about me, and why I didn't sing my song, I heard George Goddard telling Kitchener, "If that boy doh sing his song here tonight, I will make the steelband men and them boycott yuh tune." He had that kind of power.

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The Most Valuable College Majors, ranked

For the study, Bankrate looked at the median incomes and unemployment rates of people based on which bachelor’s degree they obtained in college. We also factored in how many people in each group obtained a higher degree, such as a master’s degree

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