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All-female band takes in men - Pan judges sit in middle of road

Newsday -- GARY CARDINEZ

Minister of Culture Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly among her constituents at Laventille Road, Febeau Village, San Juan, on Thursday night.
- Gary Cardinez

AFTER being an all-female band for the last three years, Platinum Steel Orches

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Panist and Tuner -- Carl and Susan Chase, pillars of local arts, die by choice

The Weekly Packet

by Anne Berleant

Maine, USA - Carl and Susan Chase, longtime Brooksville residents and huge contributors to the local music and arts scene, died together in their home on October 27. The cause of death was suicide, according to the

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A think ah going and EASE UP ON BEVERELY -- TING EH GOING GOOD with she AT ALL ...

Now this is the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of her ADMINISTRATION. And she is front of the MEDIA (TTT) highlighting her ACCOMPLISHMENTS. And the FEATHER IN HER CAP is how she reduced the debt by $18,000,000 -- down from the SIXTY MILLION.

But if HER SHEEP r

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We Come From Small Places

This American Life

The staff goes to one of the biggest parties in New York City, the Labor Day Carnival and the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn

Act Two

By Marlon Bishop Nadia Reiman

Producers Marlon Bishop and Nadia Reiman go inside a

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No season for pan

Trinidad Newsday -- Gary Cardinez

Melodians steelband performs at the launch of Panorama 2020 at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Sunday. 

 

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama 2020 was launched on Sunday evening at HADCO Phase II Pan Groov

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Well the TALK IN TOWN is that THE PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO lacks DECISIVENESS ...

The fact that there has been NO replacement PRO for almost a year could lend some credence to this weakness in her LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

Now, I have personally begged her to REPLACE the CURRENT ERO with a better suited candidate. But that is NOT the tra

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Pan Trinbago says 2019 has been a good year for the organisation as it has managed to reduce its debt significantly

A Good Year For Pan Trinbago

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Now the PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO is explaining away HER FAILURE in her first year in office ...

According to a report from someone very CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT: THE PRESIDENT spent the last year trying to right a leaky ship plundered by KEITH DIAZ and RICHARD FORTEAU.

As the president puts it: Our past mistakes and transgressions continue to pla

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Steel-panist Victor Provost to visit Syracuse for master class, performance

The Daily Orange

Syracuse, New York, USA - ....[Victor] Provost, a renowned steel panist, has played across the globe, and teaches classes in world music at George Mason University.

The musician will visit Syracuse from Nov. 7 to 10 to teach a ste

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PAN TRINBAGO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING scheduled for NOVEMBER 3RD, 2019

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Ah hope GREGORY LINDSAY did not give us THE WRONG REPORT ON THE AGM!!!

4.The Annual General Meeting shall be summoned by the President of the Central Executive Committee during the period September 1st to October 31st in each calendar year. The annual reports of the Auditor and of the President, Secretary and Treasurer

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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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