Vincent Hueloy Yip Young - former manager of Solo Harmonites Steel Orchestra and decorated Cultural Ambassador
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As part of the global schedule of activities for the annual Steelband Month in Trinidad and Tobago, and certainl
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Belize, S.A. - Pan Yaad ‘23 which was held at the Government House on Regent Street, Belize City.
The crowd was bigger than in recent memory - where a mature audience danced until after midnight to the shimmering sounds of steel drum.
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A Marathon student practices on the steel drumsFlorida, USA - The Florida Keys have rich, feel-good, island-inspired musical roots, from Coffee Butler and Howard Livingston to Key West’s adopted son, Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1
Read more…The life of Denyse Plummer, over five decades in song
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Denyse Plummer, a former pop singer who switched to calypso and later gospel in a musical career that spanned more than five decades, died today at age 69.
She had been ailing for
Read more…Hello pan community. I recently got my 1980's Kim Loy Wong double tenor tuned by OV Solomon. He did a super excellent job in restoring both tonality and note accuracy to my double tenors.
He is located currently in western North Carolina but his tun
Read more…Mum and Me Productions aims to bring vibrant energy - Earl Brooks, Jr. featured
New York, USA - For those not in Trinidad and Tobago to have a taste of Pan and Carnival for 2024, there is that opportunity to have both, if you are in New York come S
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - There are exciting times ahead for pan but the road won’t be easy.
This is according to Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore (pictured), who said she was pleased the authorities are showing int
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Mesquite, Texas, USA - For the last six weeks, Steve Kath has directed Poteet High School’s new steel drum band.
Starting at the beginning of the semester, Kath has held multiple rehearsal
Read more…When Steel Talks is expressing much appreciation to longstanding When Steel Talks-forum member Claude Gonzales. He exercised his option to celebrate World Steelpan Day, by financially supporting When Steel Talks’ global steelpan music network initiat
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Left to right: Director of the National Steel Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Kareem Browne; renowned steelpan arranger, Dr. Ray Holman; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of TrinidadMinistry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs & Local Government
Boys and girls from the Division of Youth Summer Programme performCarriacou, Grenada, W.I. - Grenada’s Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs & Local Government rec
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Steel AppealShelbyville, Indiana, USA - The Shelby County Public Library presents Steel Appeal on July 27 from 6-7 p.m. on the front lawn. Steel Appeal, a steel drum band from Campbellsville, will present an exciting musical exper
Read more…PAN TRINBAGO promises many more milestones the organisation hopes to meet:
Growing the industry with specific attention to manufacturing and export is its first goal.
Heavy focus on our export markets, getting into continents.
The organisation want
Graduates of the 2023 SHESO Training Programme display their certificatesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I. - The Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra (SHESO) started its July/ August pan training programme back in 1995.
And, to date, over 150
Bertel Gittens the man behind the Commemorating World Steelpan Day World Steelpan Thrust
Washington, D.C., USA - It was indeed a memorable occasion on Sunday October 1, 2023 for all participants in the Caribbean Cultural Showcase, including the Pan Masters Steel Orchestra of Wa
Read more…It will take decades for the AMERICAN STEELDRUM MUSIC MOVEMENT to switch to the NEW BRANDING -- if they ever do.And because of advancements in technology ... we will lose that war. But the insular thinking always dominates PAN PROGRESS.
Ah see ah man
Read more…... but after BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE betrayed them and spat them out like SUNFLOWER SEED SHELLS in a MONKEY'S MOUTH, they put their tails between their legs and disappeared from ALL PAN FORUMS. I think that I am the SOLE SURVIVOR left fighting this NE
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Riebeek-Kasteel, South Africa - When the sounds of newly commissioned music specially composed for Solo Symphony fill the NG Church building in Riebeek Kasteel on August 20th, history will be made in many respects.
For the first time
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