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Pan Masters Steel Orchestra brings the vibe to Caribbean Cultural Showcase in Washington, DC

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

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BERTEL GITTENS has a lot of work to do: All over the world they are having PANORAMAS and not STEELPANORAMAS ...

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

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I used to see PAN TASTIC and SALISHA JAMES praising and praising and recurring decimal praising BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE as the greatest PAN TRINBAGO PRESIDENT EVER ...

... 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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Ground breaking solo symphony concert in Riebeek-Kasteel, South Africa

The Newspaper

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 20^th, history will be made in many respects.

For the first time

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The steel pan is more than a vacation sound to Joy Lapps — it’s about the joy of self-expression

Toronto Star

Lapps is one of the few women to specialize in steel pan or steel drum. She will share her passion with the Toronto Jazz Festival

Toronto, Canada - ....“For me, it’s about — in whatever work that I do — seeing how I can centre women’s

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Work on Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Pan Theatre completed

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Work on the Desperadoes Pan Theatre has been completed, the Urban Development Corporation (Udecott) confirmed via

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Striking the Happy Notes - ONU Steel Band finds its groove

ONU.edu

Ohio, USA - When you hear the strains of a steel drum band, you’re instantly transported to a happier place and relaxed state of being.

....Waters is the director of Ohio Northern University’s Steel Band. Since she started the ensemble 17

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Mas bands, steelpan and calypso performers want more government support

Toronto.com

‘We have become a team’: Toronto Caribbean carnival producers join management board to help festival thrive

Toronto, Canada - ....For years, there’s been tension between masquerade bands, steelpan and calypso performers who produce the

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BIG WAR BETWEEN BERTEL GITTENS AND BEVERLEY RAMSEY MOORE OVER "WORLD PAN DAY"

"You want to know why Pan have nowhere to go? For two+ years we at the World Steelpan Thrust worked hard to make this UN recognition of World Steelpan Day possible, and the President of Pan Trinbago in her speech in this article NEVER mentioned our e

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In memory of Michael Marcano

Passed one year ago today.

Will always be remembered and appreciated as a Renegades treasure.

May he Rest In Peace

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Junior Calypso, Road March and Steelpan winners receive prizes - Sint Maarten

The Daily Herald

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, W.I. - The 2023 Calypso Barbara Junior Calypso and Road March Competition and the Dow Musical Foundation Interscholastic Steel

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Seattle student orchestra coming to Courtenay for outdoor music series

Comox Valley Record

High school group will play familiar hits using an orchestra of steel drums

Washington, USA - ....The orchestra of 35 st

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Trinidad Moonlighters of North Vancouver, BC, performed at new book celebration and exhibition

Vancouver Is Awesome

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - On Sunday afternoon crowds gathered at The Polygon to bid farewell to a photographic exhibition that celeb

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Windrush: Hundreds with chronic and mental illness sent back to Caribbean

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More BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE HYPOCRISY on WORLD STEELPAN DAY ...

Now I is ah man who LOVE TO READ ABOUT PAN, and been doing so for DECADES. So ah have to call some people out on the carpet with THIS POSTING. As you all know, there is a BIG DEBATE in PAN about the newly-minted term "STEELPAN" -- a word I never use

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Pan Trinbago President: We will complete headquarters on our own

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trini

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St Luke’s Steel Band receives grant: Connecticut Governor Lamont Announces $7 Million in State Grants for Upgrades and Improvements at 34 Cultural and Historic Sites

Ct.gov

Connecticut, USA - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is releasing more than $7 million in state grants to several nonprofit organizations for the purposes of making facility and infrastructure upgrades at 34 cu

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Trinidad and Tobago President hosts first public event - organized by Renegades Steel Orchestra

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Kangaloo: Relationships with mothers are lifelong

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Ramsey-Moore: Pan Month even more special as UN declares World Steelpan Day

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago,  W.I. - Pan Trinbago will celebrate Pan Month once again this August and it is being made even more special with the UN declaration of August 11 as World Steelpan Day.

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The Musicology of Etienne Charles - Carnival: The Sound of a People at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Angela Howard

New York, USA - Etienne Charles captivated audiences once more on at The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 9 and 10. Performing pieces from Carnival: The Sound of

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