First Lady Chirlane McCray of NY Receives a Heavy Dose of SteelPan in Morning at I.S. 285 Meyer Levin

Brooklyn, New York, USA - -What an incredible morning at Meyer Levin Junior High School in Brooklyn! New York City students are incredible and these 7th graders were no exception.... Chirlane McCray

Listen to Steel Orchestra perform "Lift Every Voic

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Legendary St. Maarten musician Lino Hughes turns 71

The Daily Herald

Marigot, St. Maarten - Tributes will be pouring in today for the birthday of Lino Hughes, leader of the iconic bands “Creole Stars” and “Lino and the Hardway” that dominated the island’s musical scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

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ONCE AGAIN: I am forced to defend the INTEGRITY of the EDUCATION OFFICER of PAN TRINBAGO!!!

Since before the October (2018) elections people have been trying to drag this man's name through the mud. And once again, they are at it.

Well I have to tell the world that MARCUS ASH is the GREATEST PRODUCER that PAN TRINBAGO has ever seen; and th

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Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C. Tribute to the late Curtis Pierre (Media Release)

Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C. Tribute to the late Curtis Pierre

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C. Tribute to the late Curtis Pierre

 

Pan Trinbago, Inc. T.C., the World Governing Body for the Steelpan, its president, executive, staff and members of th

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CASH FLOW PROBLEMS keep KEITH DIAZ BUZZING around the PAN TRINBAGO OFFICE causing headaches for GERARD MENDEZ and THE PRESIDENT. Even after stealing $10 MILLION from THE ORGANIZATION!!!

The EX-PRESIDENT of PAN TRINBAGO (KEITH DIAZ) can no longer FEED AT THE PAN TROUGH yet he is at THE OFFICE on a REGULAR BASIS JACKING UP the TREASURER and the PRESIDENT  for OUTSTANDING SALARIES!!!

Now this is a man who stole $10,000,000 from PAN TRI

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Governor brings his steel pan talents to Sunrise Centre, Cayman Islands

Cayman Compass

Cayman Islands - Governor Martyn Roper continued his steel pan tour of the island on Wednesday.

The governor’s Caribbean stylings have been in high demand since he premiered his secret musical talents for the Queen’s Birthday in Jun

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With Steelpan Drums and Music, a Brooklyn School Starts its Day Embracing Social-Emotional Learning

NY1

Brooklyn, New York, USA -  Some days start with a school bell. Others start with the sound of the steelpan drum.

It's a typical morning at Meyer Levin Junior High in East Flatbush. Students get a chance to dance, celebrate birthdays, cheer acc

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Elite steel band’s training programme turns out largest cohort

Vincent and the Grenadines - Searchlight

Participants of the Pan Against Crime training programme, conducted by the Elite Steel Orchestra. Kesslon Wilson is at left.

Since the Elite Steel Orchestra has been training young pannists for the past eight

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Greenlight ‘Jump Up’ exalts steel, jourvert & emergence of NY Carnival

After taking a long and storied look at carnival, Ray Allen, a professor of music and American studies at City University of New York’s Brooklyn College carved out seven years of his life to compile a scholarly glossary and overview focusing on the t

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MARCUS ASH, I am calling in MY MARKERS WITH YOU: I want a PEACE TREATY WITH BEVERLEY!!!

Marcus: Now you know that I am a REAL TRINIDADIAN -- I did not come on NO BOAT. And I know that because I am making this offer to you that BEVERLEY will think that she went TOBAGO and WORK OBEAH to TAME ME ... but that BACKWARDNESS is EXCUSABLE with

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Steelpan featured on latest Taylor Swift album includes performances by Toronto music students

Global News - The students used many instruments including a harp, steel pan and a xylophone to compose the track. They played the soft, aquatic tune at a media event, where the young musicians sang, tapped on the steel pan and shook a maraca in harm

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Mangrove Steelband Makes It Title Ten In UK Panorama Triumph With Arranger André White - 2019 UK Panorama Results

London, United Kingdom - In almost a year to the day, Mangrove Steelband copped its tenth UK Panorama title on Saturday August 24, 2019. The sweetness of Savannah Grass (played by three of the six orchestras) as musically envisioned by champion arran

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Express Eight: Q&A with Truman Steel

By Jason Hunsicker

KIRKSVILLE – Each week this summer, the Daily Express will preview the upcoming Kirksville Arts Association Summer on the Square concert by interviewing the band. Concerts are 7 p.m. Friday on the Adair County Courthouse. Here is

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Salsa and steelpan -- Arranger, anthropologist honoured in Cuba

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Arranger, anthropologist honoured in Cuba

Cuba - His passion for pan has been identified as the primary motivation for ensuring that our Caribbean neighbours are fully equipped to enjoy the sounds of the the steelpan.

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‘Pan Sweet Pan... The Solidarity Concert’ by Pan Trinbago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It’s Pan’s Super Concert!

“Pan Sweet Pan… The Solidarity Concert” is fourteen of Trinidad & Tobago’s topnotch steel orchestras rallying to Pan Trinbago’s call to showcase the national instrument on one stage while Carifest

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Congratulations to Mangrove Steelband and arranger André White - UK 2019 Panorama Champions

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Mangrove Steelband and arranger André White - UK's  2019 Panorama Champions

1st - Mangrove - 284 points

2nd - Metronomes - 270 points

3rd - Ebony - 269 points

4th - Pan Nation - 263 points
5th - Croydon -

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Kitchener festival to celebrate African and Caribbean communities this weekend

A long-running festival will bring members of Kitchener-Waterloo's many diverse communities together to celebrate African and Caribbean culture this weekend.

Now in its 14th year, the annual LINK Picnic Festival is a two-day showcase of music, art,

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The passing of Lynette Gabriel

By Katie Segal  -- Soca News

Lyn, who came to the UK in 1956, has always been part of carnival. Her uncle was Sterling Betancourt, one of the Notting Hill Carnival’s steel pan pioneers, her dad a pannist and her mother a carnival queen. Lyn and Carl

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London - Notting Hill Carnival 2019: Organisers vow to celebrate London's diversity and commemorate Grenfell at annual event

Evening Standard - Ben Morgan

The director of the Notting Hill Carnival today said this weekend’s event will celebrate the diversity of London and commemorate Grenfell victims.

Organisers are in last-minute preparations for Europe’s biggest street p

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Bemoaning underachievement

Martin Daly

,,,Regarding merit, I have repeatedly pointed out, for example, that our disadvantaged communities comprise many persons of enormous scientific talent who invented and perfected and now maintain the steel drum. Its music now captivates t

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