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THE RISE OF THE REMIX
peter.christopher@guardian.co.tt
"Nostalgia appears to control the airwaves as many of the soca songs released for the 2020 season seem to have a hint of years past.
Swappi’s remake of Baron’s
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1000 GIMME GIMME VIEWERS (-.01) looking at the small band semis on youtube last night -- and I dey checking them out ...
... One set ah SENTIMENT, one set ah PROMISES, one set ah PURPORTED LOVE FOR PAN. But, in reality, they are all STUNTED by the GIMME GIMME early INCULCATION.
But THEY SWEAR that they LOVE THE CULTURE (as long as they could PIMP THE CULTURE) and they
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Well THE WHOLE PAN WORLD wants to know what went on in the PAN TRINBAGO MEETING YESTERDAY: So here goes!!!
For the benefit of all who were not in attendance at PT meeting held on 21/01/2020, please note the following -
Present Executives:
Beverley Ramsey-Moore, Keith Simpson, Gerard Mendez, Dane Gulston, Denise Hernandez, Lauren Pierre and Darryl Greenidg
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So BEVERLEY call the VEE PEE into her office and tell him that she want him to resign -- and the VEE PEE tell she: Who yuh talking too, NOT ME!!!
Now, this is an UNOFFICIAL STORY with a few dregs of facts.
But two days ago, THE PRESIDENT set up her whole executive to go out and make phones calls to popular commentators in the PAN WORLD seeking their help to CONVINCE the VEE PEE that he should
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SO!!! Does PAN TRINBAGO have a NEW VICE PRESIDENT? What happened at the MEETING YESTERDAY? It looks as if I will have to MAKE UP an UNOFFICIAL REPORT ... GREGORY LINDSAY -- tell we something nah!!!
All I know is that the VEE PEE get accused of arranging for MORE THAN ONE BAND in the SAME COMPETITION while at the same time being on the PANORAMA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
(Image it have over 300,000 PAN LOVERS -- LOCAL and FOREIGN -- who LOVE PAN and
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On MLK Day, A Place Where Music Does The Talking
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
...“We really wanted to focus on the music,” said Mandi Jackson, executive director of Music Haven. “We’re celebrating 10 years of collaboration of these organizations, but also the spirit of the day.”
The change f
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Ministry hands over steelpans to Port Mourant, Skeldon high schools
Guyana
Students of the Port Mourant Secondary School playing their new steelpans (Ministry of Education photo)
The Ministry of Education yesterday handed over steelpans to the Port Mourant Secondary School and the Skeldon High School in Region Six.
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Trio wants to put Potential pan at top
Trinidad Newsday
Carlan "Panman" Harewood, left, Amrit Samaroo and Kareem Brown, - Gary Cardinez
GARY CARDINEZ
THREE young professional music arrangers have come together to put the spotlight on a 54-year-old pan institution from San Juan/Barataria.
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How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits
The boom in copyright lawsuits is rattling the music industry — to the point where some artists and songwriters are spending tens of thousands of dollars on insurance policies
In the five years since a court ruled that “Blurred Lines” infringed on Ma
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If you can't see the need to RECALL THE BEVERLEY EXECUTIVE -- then you might as well agree to let them TIEF AH NEXT $60 MILLION ...
THE TRINIDAD STEELBAND COMMUNITY is POLITICALLY IMMATURE -- and they need to GROW UP FAST!!! That whole GIMME GIMME inculcation of HOLDING YOUR HAND OUT TO THE GOVERNMENT is a PROVEN FAILURE.
I mean, after ROWLEY and THE THA invest SIX MILLION in the
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After 57 Years of Panorama...
"The Chutney Soca Monarch will celebrate its 25th year as a Carnival calendar event in 2020,
In celebration of the milestone, producer George Singh announced that both the semi-final and grand final events would be gifted to the nation. Singh said th
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Audit: TUCO mismanaging taxpayers $$ [News but not REALLY NEWS]
Guardian January 25, 2020
The audit spanned three years—between 2013-2016—and the final report was completed in April 2018 and submitted to the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Arts (MCDCA) and Minister Dr Nyan Gadsb
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Two GOOD TOPICS on THIS FORUM TODAY that the LOCALS are NOT QUITE READY FOR ...
UNTIL PAN TRINBAGO and THE LOCALS wake up and JOIN FORCES with EXPATS -- PAN WILL JUST STAY PANORAMA!!!
Ah doh know WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP!!!
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5,000 arrive on cruise ships
Trinidad Newsday
Visitors from the MS Volendam cruise ship get scanned as they pass through the Scarborough Port on Friday. - DAVID REID
On Friday the Alpha Pan Pioneers Steel Orchestra welcomed visitors with a performance at the Scarborough Esplana
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Genesis Pan Groove tops small band semis
Gary Cardinez - Newsday
The Flag-Girl from Tobago Pan-Thers wows onlookers at the NLCB Panorama small band semi-finals on Saturday at Victoria Square, Port of Spain. - ROGER JACOB
La Horquetta Pan Groove, plays Trouble in the morning in the NLCB Pan
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Vanessa Headley arranges for 3 bands for Panorama 2020
Vanessa Headley
Vanessa Headley is making pan history by possibly being the first woman to arrange for three conventional Panorama steel bands in the small, medium and large categories in the same year.
Being somewhat of a pan pioneer is nothing new
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BWW Interview: Theatre Life with John Bell
Broadway World
by Elliot Lanes Jan. 6, 2020
Had you been playing any other instruments before you chose the piano?
I started the piano as soon as my hands were big enough to stretch across the keys (at about 6 years old). I studied the organ serious
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Ebony Steel Band: Pan Machine — the music of Kraftwerk arranged for steel pans
One of those rare musical recreations that sheds new light on the original works
England, U.K. - This looks like a novelty record. There is a punning title (on The Man-Machine); a cover that mimics the original, with band members arranged on a sta
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