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Dr Hol­lis Liv­er­pool "Chalkdust": I was dismissed as teacher for teaching Calypso

Ralph Banwarie - Trinidad and Tobago Guardian 

A panist of Guaico Prebyterian Primary Scool with "Dr. Liverpool - R. Banwarie photographer

Calypso icon Dr Hol­lis Liv­er­pool better, known as Chalk­dust, says he was missed as a pri­ma­ry school teac

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Dream Chip Technologies Puts Power in the hands of the Common Man - NAB Show New York 2019

Meeting the challenge of identifying new technologies and possibilities for all things Pan

New York, USA - The new technological frontier is AR (Augmented Reality) and Immersive Audio. Actually it’s not new; it’s been on for quite a while. It’s jus

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Congratulations to Kareem Thompsom - Steelpan Instructor at Berklee College of Music

When Steel Talks extends our sincere congratulations. We are so proud of you.

Officially a Professor at Berklee College of Music.

Steelpan Instructor.

My goal is to make Berklee’s steelpan program #1 in the world without question.

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Like RICHARD NIXON used to say: Let me make ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR -- I don't want NOBODY attacking MARCUS ASH on THIS FORUM!!!

I campaigned for MARCUS ASH in this last ELECTION and MARCUS ASH is an HONOURABLE MAN. So I don't want NOBODY criticizing that man. Now, I don't know the man PERSONALLY. Ah never see him LIVE IN THE FLESH, ah never meet him, ah never talk to him on t

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Allyuh will be SHOCKED to know who does be LIMING in the PAN TRINBAGO OFFICE almost EVERY DAY in BEVERLEY OFFICE: THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ!!!

This will be a BIG SURPRISE to MANY. But if you have an INSIDER VIEW of PAN TRINBAGO POLITICS it will all make sense. Now remember that after the last election that I came on here and explained that BEVERLEY had PRIVATE MEETINGS at the HYATT with K

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Fed up of disrespect

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Ramsey-Moore: Pan fraternity treated unfairly

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago President Beverly Ramsey-Moore has warned the public that the organisation, the local governing body for the steelpan, will not be ins

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Well the PAN TRINBAGO PRESIDENT has been keeping a LOW PROFILE of late; but I am expecting her to RESURFACE soon using her contacts in NEWSDAY ...

... I could teach THIS PRESIDENT a little POLITICAL TRICK so that she does not become so READABLE in her S&R behavior.

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The Seven Ages of Patience complete with steelband = Kiln Theatre, London

The Seven Ages of Patience, directed by Katie Posner, takes us through various stages in the life of  Patience, a midwife determined to contribute to the happiness of her neighbours, be it through medical aid before the NHS kicked in, or orchestrati

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Well BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE promise to USE THE PAN YARDS to STOP all the crime in TRINIDAD ...

... but from what ah reading on a daily basis that BEVERLEY PAN YARD CRIME PREVENTION PLAN eh working working at all -- because the CRIME SITUATION getting worse.

But she also made a more realistic promise to revive some of the old PAN SHOWS -- yet s

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Every step she TAKE ... is ah next MISTAKE: BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE screws up AGAIN and this time she tarnishes the GOOD NAME of MARCUS ASH and exposes him to ridicule!!!

Fresh off the disgusting behaviour displayed during the CARIFESTA CELEBRATIONS, BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE is once again out in the PUBLIC EYE -- further tarnishing the name of PAN TRINBAGO and this time taking down the EDUCATION OFFICER with her.

I have

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Richmond Folk Festival to feature CASYM Steel Orchestra

Previous festivals have included R&B singer Mavis Staples, country musician Roseanne Cash, saxophonist Maceo Parker, the Filipino gong orche

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Bream Bay: College steel pan band strikes right note at music fest

The Panimals playing at PANZfest 2019 in Melbourne: Laura Corbet (front left), Scott Brown, Hayden Bartlett, Maraea Henry, Joseph Brady (back left) and Mirabella Uphof. Photo / Holly Munford

Rocklea, Queensland, Australia

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‘It brings such joy’: parents disappointed beloved steel pan program slashed at Toronto school

By Caryn Lieberman

The TDSB recently slashed funding for the itinerant music instructor (IMI) program at 227 schools. IMI includes instruction on steel pan, string instruments and band for students in grades 5 to 8.

The cut amounts to a 24 per cent

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CARIBBEAT: Steelpan lessons for youngsters coming from the award-winning pros at CASYM

By JARED MCCALLISTER - New York Daily News

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Pan Trinbago - Tentative Calendar of Events Carnival /Panorama 2020

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Well they finally got THE DONALD on THE ROPES ... so I am hoping that THE FOOTBALL COACH and the PAN TRINBAGO PRESIDENT get KNOCK OUT too ...

BAD LEADERSHIP is BAD LEADERSHIP in AMERICA, TRINIDAD and  TOBAGO.

So when TRUMP FALL (ah think that he will RESIGN before he fall, eh) ah hoping to see THE FOOTBALL COACH and the PAN TRINBAGO PRESIDENT go down at the same time.

But dey doh IMPEACH i

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Hell No, The Beat Is Not Gone - Ray Holman’s New CD “FIRST LOVE” Keeps The Music Going

It’s Celebration time for Ray’s first love, PAN

by Dalton Narine

Global - I feel pretty, now that I’ve flirted with Holman’s take on his lover boy spin about Pan, the new world’s glorious instrument. Ray Holman Holman lights a fire under the instrum

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Steel Margarita Pens Tune About Her Love for LBI

The SandPaper

Long Beach Island, New York, USA - Sometimes there’s traffic on the GSP,
but I love this island so its worth it to me.

Speed limit here’s only 35,
that’s why you gotta find a bike to ride

So many people you can meet,
and plenty of

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Pan Trinbago Poops (again)

To: Marcus Ash, Education Officer Pan Trinbago.

CC: Ms.Beverly Ramsey-Moore, President of Pan Trinbago.

BCC: Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Minister of Culture; Anthony Garcia, Minister of Education.

Dear Mr. Marcus Ash,

in your capacity as education officer

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Steel Orchestra joins KANO, at Royal Albert Hall London

A huge steel-drum ensemble joins Kano for the encore adding to the sheer volume of musicians on stage which gives the pounding thuds of ‘Pan-Fried’ extra vigor. It’s a show of epic proportions - moments of intimacy neighbour flashes of pure ecstasy

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