Global - Seventy Single Pan Bands in four Regions will face panels of adjudicators when the 2014 National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries gets underway in two weeks’ time. This means that sixty-nine bands will be attempting to dethrone the r
Read more…Hi Everyone,
I am compelled and not ashamed to reach out to the WST Universe
I am looking for some players to support my little group in Trinidad.
Flamingoes. I need some of you WST members who will be going for the Panorama.prelims to come take a k
Read more…"My main concern is setting this thing forward as an example to what can be done with this kind of music, what changes can be made and what kind of music can be acceptable."
Master arranger Clive Bradley....http://youtu.be/UrYA5-Pxclc
Read more…Ah doh want anyone telling meh that ah doh like Andy or that ah like to beat up on Andy because that's not true........ but........it look like Andy coming with same kind of music again this year, boi ah doh know what to say. I was hoping Andy come t
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In the spring of 2012, Andy was invited by the band to come down and play in their June benefit concert at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA
New York, USA - After reading Pantonic captain, Wayne Bernard’s, post about this topic, I felt the need to address the same issue. It’s no secret that the majority of the Brooklyn pan scene is comprised of young adults and teenagers who anxiously wai
New York, USA - So while at work I’ve decided to write down the experience from the steelpan musicians’ and management perspective. Every year to get a band to the annual New York Panorama hosted by WIADCA (West Indian American Day Carnival Associati
Other than the drama around Steel Xplosion (who apparently are going to be allowed into the competition after all), there isn't much recent discussion about the panorama next week. The WST thread about it has sunk to the bottom. As I understand it he
Read more…Panorama and Carnival are locked in matrimony. Panorama was meant to be a competition, where steelbands would perform music (calypso and, eventually soca) related to the (Carnival) season. The "Bomb" competition, which my dad not only supported, but
Read more…| Placing | Played @ | Band | Selection/Performer | Arranger |
| 1st | #5 | Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra | Vivian Richards / King Short Shirt | |
| 2nd | #6 | Ebonites Steel Orchestra | Something Got A Hold On Me / Claudette Peters
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Dayne “Wadeka” Gomes
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I was told that in the history of Panorama, there were actually three steelbands that "buss" on stage. I'm not sure if this was on the final night or in the Prelims. Can anyone name the bands, the year and the tune they were playing ?
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Pan Trinbago will be hosting the first ever international panorama on August 2nd 2014. Five bands from your geographical area of North America will be allowed to partake in this inaugural event primarily on a first come basis or by merit where poss
Read more…As posted in another thread. I think it deserves its own discussion: I may get lambasted for pointing out a silver lining but I wonder if this delay in payment will discourage the increasingly out of control practice of hustlerism. I dont mean playi
Read more…I just want to announce that my Kids from Flamingoes just called to say thanks because they got their cheques today. So I am extending the thanks to everyone especially the WST Forum for their contribution to the discussion.
I also want to thank McQ
Read more…The Panorama preliminary round in Trinidad was around the weekend of Jan,17,18,19,20 (2013)
The end of Panorama season was a month later in February.Today is April 2nd. the stipend of $1000.00 TT to the ordinary Pan player who participated in the pr
Read more…Did anyone at QPS feel the earthquake about 1:25AM in the middle of All Stars? I was on stage taking pictures of All Stars. The only thing I felt was the vibrations from All Stars bases...
When I came off stage, one of the other photographers aske
Read more…IT IS TIME PANTRINBAGO INCLUDE FOREIGN MUSICIANS IN THE PANORAMA FINALS. AS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE MUSIC FESTIVALS. THIS WILL ELIMINATE JUDGES WHO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME TOWN BANDS AND ARRANGERS
They should stop throwing out the high and low scores and a
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Global - Scintillating music and band performances from the Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Steel Orchestra competition have been captured “live” on DVD and CD.
Panorama Finals 2013 – The DVD is produced by Pan Trinba
Read more…Boy is a sad day! It don't have a radio station in Northern Trinidad that will give a little coverage to the small and medium panorama preliminaries. Gosh. SMH!
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“One for Bertie” is the first attempt by Helon Francis at singing a song composed for the Pan, and it is in tribute to the late Pan icon, panist master tuner and builder, Bertie Marshall. “One For Bertie” features music by Earl Brooks and lyrics by
