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MALICE IN THE PALACE - Featuring Pan, Panists & Pandemonium: Is Panorama Driven Apart by Civil War?

The art, the dance, the Pan -  When will they reappear?

by Dalton Narine

Global -   A Trojan horse has invaded our annual ritual, just like that.

I had planned on writing a piece about Pan and the instrument’s supposed loneliness in the Mas (The Ca

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The Way Forward For Small and Medium Steelbands in Trinidad and Tobago in 2019

It is apparent that Large Sponsored Bands will weather the storm this year. However small and medium band will have a challenge.

Eight years ago (2011) the  M. Sc  Thesis " Human Capital In Conventional Steel Orchestras in Trinidad & Tobago" was pre

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Large Conventional Steel Orchestras - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2019 - Info

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Seventeen large steel orchestras are slated to participate in the 2019 Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama competition.

Following are the large conventional steel orchestras and their info.

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Large Steel Orchestra Prelims Underway - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2019

As has been the norm, the seventeen (17) Large Conventional Bands registered for Panorama 2019 will be visited by the judges and Pan Trinbago officials.

The competitors comprising four (4) from the East, seven (7) from the North, four (4) from the S

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Ah picking LIAM TEAGUE and MARCUS ASH to come in the TOP THREE this year -- ah feel this year with RAG STORM they will be COMING STRONG

Silver Stars under LIAM TEAGUE: 2014 (7th); 2015 (6th); 2016 (7th); 2017 (6th); 2018 (5th) ...

Ah feel that they could EXCEL with THIS SONG!!!

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63 Steelbands for National Panorama Single Pan Prelims

63 Steelbands for National Panorama Single Pan Prelims. Pan Trinbago’s National Panorama Single Pan Preliminaries will run off in all Regions over an eight (8) day period with a total of sixty three (63) registered bands. Bands will be judged at the

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Medium Conventional Steel Orchestras - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2019

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Twenty-four medium steel orchestras are slated to participate in the 2019 Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama competition. Following are the medium conventional steel orchestras and their info.

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Single Pan Bands - Order of Appearance - Finals - Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2019

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -The appearance order for the twenty finalists in the National Panorama Single Pan Band finals has been released by Pan Trinbago, after eight days of preliminary single pan competition in the North, East, South/Central and To

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Single Pan Bands - Finals Results - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2019

San Juan Eastside Symphony San Juan Eastside Symphony  Wins Championship Single Pan  Band Title

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Victorious San Juan East Side Symphony did the East region proud on February 3, and bested nineteen fellow participants in the S

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Small Conventional Steel Orchestras - 2019 Panorama participants

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Panorama Live Broadcast for a Fee

The topic of paying to view Panorama live, overseas via internet or cable, was covered in previous years. I think the time has come to re-open the discussion. Monies generated could help paying the bands and panmen. People pay through their nose to w

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[Despite the BEVERELY LIES]: Unsponsored bands feel the pinch

Trinidad Guardian 1/26/2019

"Ac­cord­ing to Kei­th Simp­son, man­ag­er of St James Tripo­lians Steel Or­ches­tra, most of the 163 bands go­ing up for Panora­ma are un­spon­sored, and just about 20 of them have cor­po­rate spon­sor­s

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Love always for Laventille Despers’ roots still ‘the Hill’

Trinidad Newsday

Nailah Blackman waves a Desperadoes flag as the band rehearses her song Iron Man, it's tune of choice for Panorama, at the panyard on the old government printery compound, Tragerete Road, Port of Spain last Thursday. PHOTO BY ROGER

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Pan and mas, through Desperadoes eyes

Trinidad Newsday

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“The steelbands concentrated then on masquerading as ‘Sailors’ and ‘African Warriors’. By the late 1950’s, however, a few steelbands began to display original costumes and focus on ‘pretty mas’ such as ... ‘Noah’s Ark’ in 1959 by

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Well ah hear through the grapevine that some MAJOR DISSENT is beginning to emerge in some PAN YARDS as the influx of young players are starting to demand YOUNGER ARRANGERS ...

... and with Duvone Stewart representing the CHANGE OF GUARD in the NORTH and THE THREE AMIGOS representing in the SOUTH -- some OLD HEADS sure to get SHAKE OUT THE TREE in the near future.

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Nadia Batson is moved to tears of joy at Trinidad All Stars panyard

Nadia Batson is moved to tears of joy at Trinidad All Stars panyard after hearing her 2019 hit "So Long" being played by the iconic steel orchestra.

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I would like to invite G FORD and SIDD and Patrick and R ROSE and C HOULDER and K Smith and H ASSEE and EARL RAMSEY to come back and respond to this posting on the MARKETABILITY of PANORAMA MUSIC

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Panorama 2019 Performances

Arima All Stars Steel Orchestra performs for the judges at the Trinidad and Tobago National Single Pan Panorama Preliminaries 2019. They played "Different Me", a composition of Jovan James, sung by 5 Star Akil. The band's arranger is Andy A. Neils.

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Single Pan Champs, Newtown Playboyz will defend their crown after all.- Panorama 2019 update

by Sharmain Baboolal

But it will not be with an Akiba Joseph’s arrangement of Tambu’s No No we eh going home.”
Instead, the tune will be arranged by two players Aaron Perreira and Richie Joseph with some help from Tony Williams.

While Keiron Valent

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BANDS GO FOR HOOKIN MEH [FIVE BANDS]

Newsday January 18th, 2019

Gary Cardinez

THE most popular song for 2019 Carnival Hookin Meh by Darryl Farmer Nappy Henry has become a sort of “test piece” for Conventional Large bands in Panorama.

Five bands, led by defending champions BPTT Renegades

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