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Dundas Order of Hamilton recipients recognized for commitment to community - Canada

The Hamilton Spectator

Ontario, Canada - Commitment to community was recognized during the last of six City of Hamilton 2023 New Year’s Levees hosted by Mayor Andrea Horwath, at Dundas Town Hall Sunday afternoon.

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Order of Appearance and Song Selections - Calypso Fiesta 2023 Semi-Finals - Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO) announced the forty Semi-Finalists for the TUCO National Calypso Monarch Competition 2023 on February 5. The draw for appearance positions was held February 9.  See th

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Vanessa’s pan ecstasy

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Vanessa Headley may not be a hard taskmaster in the panyard.

But she’s no pushove

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C&B Cordaans ready to mash up Panorama finals

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - C&B Crown Cordaans are eyeing their first Pano

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Ansa McAL officially adopts Parkside Steel Orchestra

Kaieteur News

Donates $1 M to band’s initiatives

Guyana, S.A. - As part of its plan to fulfill its corporate social responsibility, Ansa McAl Guyana Limited

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Pan’s strong comeback

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - If you want proof that steelpan is the lifeblood of our Carnival, look

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Energetic start as Secondary Schools Panorama launches in south

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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$20,000 for Pleasantville Panjammers

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A day after their plight was highlighted, Pleasantville Secondary School Panjammers received news that JMMB Express plans to invest $20,000 to assist them

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Tobago Pan-Thers, Digicel open homework centre

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Tobago

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Facebook got it wrong - Meta World and WST & SteelPan Are Friends Again

Facebook “Likes” sends PanOnTheNet Apology - “We got it wrong”

Metaverse - Facebook got it wrong. About three years ago without warning or reason all WST (When Steel Talks) steelpan-related accounts fell out of favor with the social media giant Fac

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Approval For Grants And Payments For Carnival ’23 - 5 million dollars to support un-sponsored steelbands

TTT News

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Approximately 5 million dollars [circa USD $737,000.00] has been approved by cabinet to support un-sponsored steelbands for Carnival 2023 and the payment of 5 hundred dollars to each steel pan player for Panorama

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Photo Highlights: Miami Carnival Panorama 2022

Jamaicans.com

Melodic and Rhythmic Pulses of the Steel Pan Reverberated, Filled the Air at 2022 Miami Carnival’s Panorama

Miami, Florida, USA - Annually, the much-heralded Miami Carnival attracts people in the upteen

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DID BLACK STALIN WRITE HIS OWN LYRICS?

Did STALIN write his own songs?

Very few CALYPSONIANS wrote their own calypsos.

As CHALKDUST sang in QUACKS and INVALIDS: "Every time they make a hit is MERCHANT or DEVIGNES who compose it".

And going back to the fifties and sixties you had people lI

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Ramsey-Moore: More $ for single pan winners, Pan players remittances may come back

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Single pan band winners were surprised with additional prize money on Friday.

Each of the 30 competing bands received between $50,000 to $10,000 more than the initial prize. Winners between one

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Fewer schools vying for Junior Panorama title

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

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The renaissance of Dr Louis and the Lynx - in concert with Starlift Steel Orchestra

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago,

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Scotiabank Foundation, Rotary Club support Beetham steelband with $100k

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Scotiabank Foundation recently partnered w

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Preparations underway for Schools Panorama competition

Antigua Observer

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Students from nine schools — five secondary and four primary — are slated to compete in the 2022 Schools Panorama competition to be held on October 31 at the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG).

The competit

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of veteran star actor and panist Austin Stoker - RIP

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Calypsonian Black Stalin has died

Leroy Calliste aka the Black Stalin has died.

The 81-year-old bard passed away this morning at his home in San Fernando.

His wife Patsy confirmed his death to Loop news.

She said he passed away peacefully at home around 9.45 am with his family around

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