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Six Steel Orchestras vie for 2012 UK Panorama Championship Title this Saturday

Global - Six of the UK’s most noted steel orchestras will put their best musical notes forward, in the annual tournament of bands coming together in their efforts to cop the prestigious title of Panorama champs. Five will endeavor to wrest the title

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New York 2012 Panorama Arrangers Profiles

NY Panorama 2012 - Panorama Arrangers Profiles

NY Panorama 2012 - Pan Sonatas - Yohan Popwell - Arranger -
www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2012/arrangers/yohan-popwell.htm

NY Panorama 2012 - Pantonic - Keith Roberts - Arranger -
http://www.panonthenet.com/tn

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2012 New York Panorama -- Order of Appearance for Steel Orchestras

Bands	Order of Appearance
Pan Sonatas	1
Pantonic	2
Metro	3
Sesame Flyers	4
ADLIB	5
USA Eastside Symphony	6
Harmony	7
CrossFire	8
Despers USA	9
D’Radoes	10

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DEAR WIADCA:

DEAR WIADCA: if you intend to further employ those ear rapists known as "sound men" in future panorama competitions, at least let the bands practice inside the museum like they used to, so that the paying patrons could actually hear some music for th

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We need a chance

We all know in all bands there are youths who have the talent to do a panorama arrangement. But yet we don't even get the chance to do a stage side tune because the rest of the band don't think that we a capable enough to do so. Why is this please? e

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Basement Recordings’ 2012 NY Panyard recording schedule - Revision 5

UPDATE 5:

“New York Panorama” is in the air once again, and the finest steel orchestras are readying their performances coming up this weekend for the greatest musical contest in the region.

The 2012 Pan Yard recording season is in session, Basement

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A Public Letter to the President of WIADCA

Mr. Thomas Bailey, President of the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA),

I am writing this public letter in the hopes that you will eventually see this promptly. This is in regards to the article you posted on the New York Carib Ne

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Pan Apocalypse 2012

For YEARS now the West-Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has been cheating West Indian Associations out of money and no one has stood up for themselves officially whether they be mas camps, steel bands, etc. To the point where this o

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What the bands are playing NY 2012.

Well despite all the confusion bands are still moving ahead with music. To my knowledge this is who is playing what, arranged by whom. Note that every single band has a unique tune of choice.

Pan Sonatas - Gie Dem Tempo - Yohan Popwell

ADLIB - Baddi

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Congratulations to Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra, 2012 Antigua-Barbuda Panorama Champs

Congrats to 2012 Antigua/Barbuda Panorama champs Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra and arranger Khan Cordice!

• 2nd:  Halcyon Steel Orchestra

 

• 3rd: Harmonites Steel Orchestra

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Junior Steelband Panorama 2012 unfolds - Grenada’s biggest-ever!

Global - While their senior compatriots flex their musical muscles in the second week of August, it will be the turn of Grenada's junior steel pan players one week earlier, when steel orchestras fielding multitudes of the country's younger steel pan

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Bands in TrinidaD and Tobago that do not pay the pay players.

There is a particular band that didnt pay their players, arranger or the drill master. That band name is United Sounds in Arima Dump road Trinidad. They made an agreement to pay the members and broke it. The Pantrinbago east office did nothing to hel

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Panorama 2012 DVD

Anyone viewed the Panorama 2012 DVD?, I would like to hear comments...Am I the only one hearing a different sound...I know based on audio systems (home theater, computer audio cards) sound reproduction can be heard differently, stereo vs surround so

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WAS THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE TEXT TO VOTE RIGGED?

I can’t say for certain that it was. What I do know is that some pretty funny things happened with the voting by text for the people’s choice on panorama finals night 2012. Not to mention that in the first place I thought it to be down right foolishn

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Interview with Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing on Pan/Steelbands and Security at Carnival

 http://youtu.be/98h4A1RCPPU

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My Second Pilgrimage to the Mecca of Pan

Hello once again WST Community!

Last year I made my first pilgrimage to the Mecca of Pan and had the opportunity to write about my experiences over the two month period I spent in Trinidad and my first Panorama. Since returning home I longed to retur

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IS PANORAMA STILL ABOUT MUSIC?

I’m not pointing any fingers nor am I taking sides; I just think that a serious conversation has to be had among stakeholders about the type of competition we want the panorama to be. Is it about music? Is it about jam?   I have no beef with whicheve

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WHO'S JUDGING THE JUDGES?

For the last few years, I have been very disappointed with the panorama judging.  This leads me to ask:"WHO'S JUDGING THE JUDGES?"  As the music has evolved and improved every year, the judging seems to be the same old biases and personal preferences

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Who coined the word "Panorama"?

Who coined the word "Panorama"? CDC Chairman, Ronald "Ronnie" Williams. This was in 1963, and was the country's first post-Independence Carnival. He suggested the name to (then) steelband association (NATTS) leader, George "Sonny" Goddard, and at tha

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Panorama results Large Band category

Why is it taking this long to be displayed anywhere on the web?

Competition finished over 6 hrs ago.

Is the attitude, well we know so who cares about those not in the country?

Results please anyone

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