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Ace pan arranger Duvone Stewart is calling for the national instrument to be mandatory in the school curriculum

Trinidad Newsday

Today, his wish remains “to see this instrument in all the schools as a compulsory instrument for students to learn music.”

“Funny enough, I have been a student at the Scarborough RC School… no pan, Scarborough Junior Secondary Schoo

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COPYRIGHT LIES & DECEIT Music Industry Failure in Trinidad and Tobago

Sunshina Today

His name is Sean Caruth and he is a writer/com­poser and performer from Trinidad and Tobago. He has disclosed to this newspaper his terrible experience with the Copy­right Music Organisation of T&T (COTT), “their ruthless practices and

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The End of Owning Music: How CDs and Downloads Died

Rolling Stone

"As streaming gives the music industry its biggest profits in a decade, the CD business continues to plunge. CD sales have fallen 80 percent in the past decade, from roughly 450 million to 89 million. Since Tesla began manufacturing ca

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Trinidadian singer-songwriter Lord Invader’s Calypso Travels album reissued

Referencing his time at Belgium’s 1956 World Fair, his touring experiences and the rise of Fidel Castro.

He took his name from a suggestion from his tailor: “you should call yourself Lord Invader so when you go up to the city you be invadin’ the cap

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Melodians Steel Orchestra Celebrates - Trinidad & Tobago High Commission, London

With Orville London.

Young pannist Mason Goode took the major awards when the Melodians Steel Orchestra UK hosted its annual award presentation concert at the Henry Cavendish School, Hydethorpe Road, London, on Saturday 14 December. After receiving

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Cecil Hinkson: Now YOUR PRESIDENT has NO OTHER CHOICE than to FIRE THE VICE PRESIDENT. But why did she let THE TAIL wag THE DOG?

Cecil: You and YOUR PRESIDENT could have handled this WHOLE SCANDAL within the confines of the EXECUTIVE TABLE!!! Instead she let the WHOLE STORY leak out and become TOXIC on the OUTSIDE.

You and EARL RICHARDS and AQUIL ARRINDELL and MERCER RAMDOO an

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Fears of gang violence, steelband takes refuge at Savannah

Roadblock Steelband of Trou Macaque, Laventille, has relocated to the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, due to fears of borderline gang violence. - Gary Cardinez

Newsday -- THE young players of Roadblock Steel Orchestra are exposed to the elemen

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EARL RICHARDS: In 2016, KEITH DIAZ and FORTEAU spent OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS in CAR RENTALS (and dat eh in GREGORY LINDSAY AUDIT, EH)

Now, Earl, I know that CARS are EXPENSIVE in TRINIDAD (Hell, even in America they are VERY EXPENSIVE.)

But with TEN EXECUTIVES and FOUR MILLION DOLLARS -- ah sure they could have found 10 cars at $400,000 each ... or maybe LESS ... to buy outright!!!

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Watch your step Pantrinbago

Guardian

December 2nd, 2019

"Per­haps both Gov­ern­ment and the present Pantrinb­a­go Ex­ec­u­tive must in­ves­ti­gate the pre­vi­ous man­age­ment group ask­ing them to ac­count for their ac­tions or lack there­of."

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I am quite certain that

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IN SESSION: Mosaic Steel Orchestra teaches more than music after school

13/abc

The group's founder hopes to instill leadership and collaboration skills in young students

NORFOLK, Va. — A group from Norfolk is using instruments to teach students about more than just music.

The Mosaic Steel Orchestra meets with local stud

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Well EVERYBODY STUCK IN THE PAST with this AUDIT TING and this CRACK SHOT TING ... I want to live in the PRESENT TENSE and call for a RESHUFFLING of this CURRENT EXECUTIVE

DIAZ eh going to JAIL!!!

FORTEAU eh going to JAIL!!!

(If allyuh understand TRINIDAD POLITICS -- that is not even a CONSIDERATION!!!)

And, to be honest, THANK GOD for DEM CRACK SHOTS. Because dem SINGLE PANS sound real harsh and horrible and when you

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Well before we get too much deeper into the PANORAMA SEASON (small bands start in a few days) -- I think we need to RESHUFFLE that EXECUTIVE; so I am calling on the VEE PEE to hand in his RESIGNATION!

I am calling on THE VEE PEE to hand in his RESIGNATION by MONDAY and keep everything simple. We don't want no more DIRTY PAN TRINBAGO LINENS washed IN PUBLIC -- especially after all the DIAZ & FORTEAU CORRUPTION.

The very last thing that PAN TRINBAGO

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Jump Up Rising Stars

Virgin Islands - Daily News

Jump Up steel pan jam

The Rising Stars Youth Steel Orchestra gives the audience a captivating performance at the final Jump Up of 2019 Friday night in downtown Christiansted, St. Croix.

Daily News photo by BRANDY BROOKES

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PAN PEOPLE ARE REALLY POLITICALLY IMMATURE and DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR POLITICAL POWER!!!

There are 1,079,976 eligible voters in TRINIDAD and TOBAGO.

And if you take the INDIAN HALF out of that -- you remain with about 500,000 eligible voters.

Out of that 500,000 votes -- THE STEELBAND COMMUNITY controls about 375,000 votes!!!

Do you all

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Oil Boom Begins in Guyana as Exxon Produces First Liza Crude

Bloomberg December 20th, 2019

Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners produced the first commercial crude from Guyana, setting the small South American nation on a path to potentially vast flows of oil revenues.

Output from the first phase of the offsho

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I think that PAN TRINBAGO is waiting much too long to resolve the accusations being directed at the CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT. They owe a swift resolution to the VICE PRESIDENT and the PAN COMMUNITY!

I know that BEVERLEY is in a BIG BIND having run on a TRANSPARENCY and ANTI-CORRUPTION ticket and then to have to call on her VICE PRESIDENT to step down. She is worried about the BAD REFLECTION on her and PAN TRINBAGO -- the very reasons that she di

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If allyuh look carefully allyuh will see how the SOCA ARTISTES are working with businesses (big and small) to get their MUSIC PRODUCTIONS OUT -- but PAN eh even have a PRO after a WHOLE YEAR ...

PAN and PAN PLAYERS cannot just continue to sit back and wait for the GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS and for THE NEXT PANORAMA. They just have to come up with a MARKETING PLAN and qualified EXECUTIVES.

Time to bring in a new LIAISON OFFICER and PRO and ERO -- a

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A&M steel pan ensemble Maroon Steel performs around B-CS - Texas

By Oscar Fuentes

Texas, USA - Maroon Steel is a steel pan ensemble club that started at Texas A&M in 2013 with the purpose of getting together to play and spread the drum music associated with the Caribbean islands.

With the club being very united

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Steel music concert to play holiday favorites on the Island - Washington, USA

Mecer Island - Reporter - By Madison Miller

Steel Magic Northwest to perform holiday music Dec. 8.

It all began with a steel saucer sled.

Kansas native Gary Gibson was 12 years old when his father took him to a parade with the U.S. Navy steel band

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Clearly, PAN TRINBAGO does not have THE HEART to resolve the VEE PEE ISSUE. So I am forced to start an INTERNET INQUISITION; I am inviting THE VEE PEE to ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS and CLEAR HIS NAME!!!

I have been sitting on the VEE PEE DOSSIER for over a year, now -- and I am quite sure that PAN TRINBAGO is aware of that because I have given SEVERAL HINTS along the way ... and I know that they READ THIS FORUM.

But NO ACTION has been TAKEN to resol

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