♫I'll Never Forget No Way♫They Crucified Jessus Christ♫ (KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU STAND IN THIS STRUGGLE!!!)

Friday last, we celebrated the FACT that JUDASES exist! So, be very careful of whom you "beat", as the "Bobolee" may not be as easily recognizable as you may want to believe! END YOUR MYOPIA NOW!!!!

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10 Modern Steelpan Albums You Need to Hear Right Now

February 15, 2021

The future of steelpan is well underway.

Have you ever made a list of your favorite albums of all time? Tough, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s easier to break it down by category and start there. You work your way through

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Author Von Martin interviews the mother of Ray Holman - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Girl Pat ------Beryl, Pat and Pat

by Von Martin from his book “Voices of Pan Pioneers of Trinidad & Tobago”

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad and Tobago- Mrs. Holman spoke admirably of her son Ray’s playing the pan, despite her

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A Home For Hatters - Steel Orchestra Wants Answers On Relocation

Pan Trinbago officials were left fuming today after a meeting with UDECOTT over the relocation of the Hatters Pan Yard was cancelled. The meeting was considered critical to the future of the San Fernando steel orchestra. More in this report.

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PAN RAMAJAY 2021: REGISTER NOW!!!

PROMO VIDEO

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Stena DrillMAX sails into Guyana’s waters [Well yuh think yuh could go to GUYANA and say yuh have OIL ... how the table does turn, eh]

Guyana Chronicle March 1, 2021

"WORK in Guyana’s burgeoning petroleum sector is progressing expeditiously, with Stena Drilling’s DrillMAX sailing into local waters to commence exploratory and appraisal drilling at ExxonMobil’s Longtail-3 well in the

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SteelPan, one of our Caribbean Identity

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Penal community upgrades Valley Harps panyard

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - South Trinidad’s Valley Harps Steel Orchestra now has a refurbished and upgraded home at Sunrees Road, Penal, thanks to community activism.

The concrete structure, decorated using recycled paint

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Trinidad All Stars invests in a new future

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Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, Operations Manager, Keith Matthews, in the Trophy Room at the Pan Theater on Duke Street Port-of-Spain.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra has ten Panorama titles under its

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FIVE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES SQUARE UP TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO AGAINST BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE

BYRON SERRETTE

KEITH DIAZ

CARLON HAREWOOD

AQUIL ARINDELL

DESIREE MYERS

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The Notting Hill Carnival was canceled last year. But it likely wouldn’t exist at all without the efforts of Claudia Jones

By Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

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Calypso Showcase Visit to the Panyards 1993

Alvin Daniell visits 12 different panyards throughout Trinidad as they prepare for the Panorama Semi-Finals, and interviews their arrangers and records their practice sessions.

• 1:15 | Ray Holman I Hummingbirds Pan Groove | Pan
• 9:39 | Arima Angel H

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I watched the CHUTNEY SOCA MONARCH COMPETITION last night and it was FASCINATING to see the evolution of the music as it searches for a CROSSOVER COMFORT ZONE which could dramatically EXPAND ...

it's GLOBAL AUDIENCE.

The most intriguing aspect of the show, to me, was the constant reference to the music as THE CHUTNEY MUSIC INDUSTRY -- by the HOST and PRODUCERS of the SHOW and GENRE.

The old adage STRENGTH IN NUMBERS really applies here as GU

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Rave reviews for Another Phase

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - HADCO Phase II Pan Groove’s virtual concert Another Phase has received rave reviews from patrons despite a mix-up that caused a few to miss the s

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Kes the Band, Next Devils, trumpeter Etienne Charles for Stephen Colbert show

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jazz musician Etienne Charles will share the spirit of Trinidad Carnival in a video featuring soca star Kees Dieffenthaller and blue devil masqueraders on American talk show, the Late Show with

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Exodus manager: Stealing from panyard is stealing from God

Newsday SHANE SUPERVILLE

In this file photo an Exodus Steel Orchestra player passionately beats the steel drum. File Photo -SUREASH CHOLAI

Manager of the Exodus Steel Orchestra Ainsworth Mohammed has condemned a break-in at the band's Tunapuna pany

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ONE PAN TRINBAGO DELEGATE (GREGORY LINDSAY) decided to MARCH AGAINST VIOLENCE and POLICE WANT TO LOCK UP THE MAN ...

Guardian Feb 13, 2021

"The protest began well before midday as a handful of protesters with placards gathering opposite the Abercromby Street entrance to the Red House.

They were soon joined by other groups including one large group of activists, who

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Skiffle Steel Orchestra brings ‘Carnival’ to SAPA

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The atmosphere inside the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) on February 6 defied the reality that Carnival 2021 celebrations had been cancelled. All the elements identified with “th

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What Is Missed When Carnival Is Canceled: Sun, Joy, Freedom

NY Times

Loyal enthusiasts on what they missed in a year they needed Carnival the most.

Booming music. Glittering costumes. And perhaps even more important: the feeling of

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Well so far it look as if we have THREE CANDIDATES for THE PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO

BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE

CARLON HAREWOOD

AQUIL ARRINDELL

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