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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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Watch --- Live Stream -- Panorama 2023 Small Conventional Bands Preliminaries Day 2 - Tobago Region

Steel Sensation

2023 Tune of choice:  “Far From Finished ”  | arranger:  Kymani Sandy

Tobago PanThers

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Japan’s Waiwai Steel Band to show off skills at Miami Carnival Panorama

WSVN-TV

Miami, Florida, USA - The rhythmic sounds of steel drums will fill the air at Miami Carnival, and this year, a band a long way from the Caribbean will be on hand to show their stuff.

This weekend’s Miami Carnival is about

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Adult Beginning Steel Drum Band makes the joy of playing music accessible to all

The Northerner

Kentucky, USA - An NKU (Northern Kentucky University) alum who hadn’t consistently played music since college. An adjunct faculty member of the music depart

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CultureMix Arts celebrates Black History Month as RASPO turns 25

Reading Today

Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra performs a striking set at Here Comes The Sun festival

Berkshire, England, UK - A not-for-profit arts organisation is hosting events during October, as Reading celebrates the contribution of blac

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Duvone Stewart is the 2023 Panorama arranger of T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra - Small band category

When Steel Talks T&T 2023 Panorama News Duvone Stewart is the 2023 Panorama arranger of T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra - Small band category.

Tap link for complete info: https://www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2023/news/2023arrs/duvone-stewart-named-202

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Steel Band Keeps Summer Spirit Strong At St. Luke’s

Arts Council of Greater New Haven

New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Gloria Rogers stepped to the beat from the back of the audience towards where her two friends, Mary Lopes and Mary Freeman, were dancing

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A multigenerational Vermont steelband plays for pollinator protection

Montpelier, Vermont, USA - In the middle of Montpelier’s State Street on Halloween, goblins, witches and giraffes paused their pursuit of sugar-filled treats to eye a buz

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2023 Single Pan Semi-finals postponed due to Adverse Weather Alert

Competition rescheduled for November 27

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Single Pan Semi-finals for the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama season was postponed due to inclement weather and the adverse weather alert put out by the country's meteo

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Jonathan Scales Fourchestra at Englert Theatre showcases steel pan versatility

The Daily Iowan

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra’s Maison Guidry performs during a concert at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022

Iowa, USA - On Sep. 30, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra performed at the Englert Theatre, showcasing

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The Trinidad and Tobago Music Stars Steel Orchestra panyard is the latest project in the Panyard Upgrade programme

Trinidad Express Newspapers

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