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ACROSS THE BOARD (SOCA, CHUTNEY, CROSSOVER, PAN) THE TRINIS in TRINIDAD think that they understand THE GLOBAL REPRESENTATON OF OUR MUSIC -- but they are MILES BEHIND!!!

If I was a HIGHLY PAID GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE (BEVERLEY, LAUREN, GYPSY, MASIMBA, COLIN) representing OUR CULTURE and I saw THE DISMAL FAILURE of our PAN SOLOISTS during the last INTERNATIONAL PAN SOLOIST COMPETITION -- I would have called for an IMMEDI

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Well ah hear that they are getting ready to LAUNCH an "ANYBODY BUT BEVERLEY" political campaign for the 2021 PAN TRINBAGO ELECTIONS ...

... ah hoping that MENDEZ or DIAZ call me and hire me as THE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN MANAGER. Ah done send all meh FAKE BEVERLEY NEWS to the PRINTER and I ready to hit the ground running.

BEVERLEY already out there RECRUITING SOLDIERS for this LONG CAMPA

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TWO YEARS an NO FINANCIAL REPORT FROM PAN TRINBAGO

... and PAN PEOPLE love to talk about THE PAN TRINBAGO CONSTITUTION.

THE TREASURER is a woman of faith BLESSED BY GOD HIMSELF -- she should release the FINANCIAL REPORT regardless of what BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE says if she so believes in GOD and TRANS

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AH INDIAN FELLAH from CARONI call me and accuse me of PIMPING THE INDIAN TING ... LORD LORD LORD -- I NEVER HEAR MORE.

As the ONLY REAL TRINIDADIAN left in THE WORLD -- ah go have to TELL HIM OFF!!!

Look MISTER CARONI INDIAN -- I have been PUSHING CHUTNEY-SOCA for years on THIS FORUM ... much to the FRUSTRATION of the AFRO-TRINI readers.

How much times I have to tell

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Now I have NEVER been an ALL STARS FAN -- but ALL STARS knows how to take a CALYPSO that does NOT FIT THE PAN and TAILOR it TO THE PAN ...

So I am quite sure that if they WANTED TO -- they could take "WRONG AGAIN" and make a HIT OUT OF IT!!! But all the other arrangers who tried that song in PANORAMA were just PIMPING. Imagine playing 5 minutes of the song without ever TOUCHING THE MELO

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AQUIL ARRINDELL and KAREEM BROWN did a MASTERFUL EVALUATION of a PANORAMA PRESENTATION ("WRONG AGAIN" -- CAL SKIFFLE) ... but it is CALYPSO we are TALKING ABOUT ... so I will have to TAKE DEM ON!!!

Now, I am yet to listen to the ENTIRE EVALUATION -- so I am just POSTING the LINK. But once I find the time  -- i will go through their presentation and do my own critique.

REMEMBER that it is an INTERPRETATION OF A CALYPSO ON PAN -- and all who know

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‘Truly modern’ Guyana in the making - - Ashni Singh tells AmCham-Guyana AGM [I have to stay on my MESSAGING that GUYANA could become THE WORLD LEADER IN STEELBAND MUSIC]

Stabroek News November 15, 2020

Promising a “truly modern” Guyana fueled by oil revenues, newly-appointed Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh has also assured investors that cutting red tape will be one of the first areas addresse

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Today marks the completion of TWO YEARS of BEVERLEY and TEAM REBUILD ruling PAN TRINBAGO -- I wish that they could come on here and SHOW THEIR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ... along with FINANCIAL REPORTS

... there was NO FINANCIAL REPORT in 2019 -- and you CANNOT BLAME COVID FOR THAT!!!

In 2020 they are BLAMING COVID for not producing a financial report. Yet they sent a TREASURER on THIS FORUM to boast about her GOD-GIVEN ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS -- and

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PAN TRINBAGO uses the COVER OF COVID to avoid releasing ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT -- postponing THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING scheduled for THIS MONTH ...

POSTPONEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Two years in a row -- NO ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT!!!

At least DIAZ and FORTEAU used to RIG THE REPORT and PRESENT SOMETHING to FOOL the GULLIBLE PAN PLAYERS!!!

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Well I cannot wait to hear this new budget. Ah anxious to see if we are getting this $500 MILLION to produce THIS VIRTUAL CARNIVAL ...

WE SO TALENTED and the world is just waiting for this 48 HOUR CARNIVAL STREAM which is expected to draw FIFTY FIVE MILLION VIEWERS from around the world.

This is going to be a VERY PROUD MOMENT for THE CULTURE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

Come on IMBERT:

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Maybe it is time to REVAMP PAN TRINBAGO. You can't have a PRESIDENT making almost $30,000 a month plus free apartment and free car and free gas and free travel to TOBAGO while PAN MEN SUFFERING ...

What happen to the BIG PROMISE to turn PAN YARDS into CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE bringing financial independence to the STEELBANDS and WEALTH/PROSPERITY to all the PAN PLAYERS across the land.

Time for PAN PLAYERS to STAND UP AGAINST EXPLOITATION!!!

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India willing to buy Guyana’s oil share at market value [EVERYBODY wants a piece of GUYANA; if they have the right MINISTER OF CULTURE -- They could lead the WORLD IN STEELBAND MUSIC]

GUYANA CHRONICLE November 13, 2020

“India is an energy-hungry nation and 85 per cent of our petroleum requirements are imported. So we would love to work with the Government of Guyana to import oil, if possible, from Guyana on a long-term basis, and

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We have the E-PAN and the PHI PAN and the INDIGISOUND PAN SAMPLES and the PANKAT -- and still we have ZERO CREDIBLE MUSIC despite all these EXTENSIONS of THE PAN ...

... people does get vex WITH ME when I say that we have no GLOBAL PAN TALENT. But let ANDY NARELL or TRACY THORNTON or JOHNATHAN SCALES or VICTOR PROVOST or MOLLEE CRAVEN put some time and creativity into any one of these NEW TECHNOLOGIES and next th

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WHEN STEEL TALKS: If you came to me and said that SOMEBODY offered you a 10% RETURN ON INVESTMENT on your MONEY -- what do I think, I would suggest that we take a VERY CLOSE LOOK at the INVESTMENT ...

... because in THE REAL WORLD a 10% ANNUAL RATE OF RETURN is very difficult to come by on a LEGAL INVESTMENT.

So when I see RUBADIRI VICTOR promising a 400% RATE OF RETURN over a FIVE MONTH PERIOD -- well, I CAN'T BUY THAT!!! Especially since it was

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Steelband Songs Compilation

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[So what is the NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE going to DO FOR PAN?] New Culture Minister Senator Randall Mitchell meets with Pan Trinbago Executive

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PAN HISTORY: Something to THINK ABOUT ...

Coolidge Air Force Base was an American military air base on the island of Antigua that operated from 1941 until 1948. It later reopened as Coolidge International Airport and is now known as V. C. Bird International Airport.

I am not going to EXPLAIN

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PLENTY PLENTY TALK about HAVING A VIRTUAL CARNIVAL -- even LOSING KAMLA calling for one. Personally, I would love to see them GO FOR IT because I done know the OUTCOME ...

Back in the EIGHTIES (it could have been the NINETIES) they try that CLOSED CIRCUIT angle with THE CARNIVAL and they LOST SO MUCH MONEY they never attempted again.

But it could be a learning (and losing) experience for the LOCAL GENIUSES so I would l

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Well the 2021 ELECTION CAMPAIGN is TRULY IN FULL SWING -- BEVERLEY sent an EMISSARY on WST to SING HER PRAISES and tell us ALL ABOUT PAN PROGRESS under HER ADMINISTRATION ... but I know better!!!

When I see them come on here and tell me how DEY GLOBALIZING PAN MUSIC and TRANSFORMING PAN TRINBAGO -- ah get so upset ah had to CHANGE MEH LOGO and make a SPECIAL CAP to remind me of THE MISREPRESENTATIONS. And I is ah man who doh wear cap!!!

It is

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PAN TRINBAGO SOCIAL PROSPERITY FUND: MR. MARCUS ASH has made it very EASY for PAN LOVERS around the world to CONTRIBUTE to THIS CHARITBALE FUND!!!

THE HOLIDAYS are coming and THE TRINIDAD STEELBAND COMMUNITY needs your help. Go to the PAN TRINBAGO PROSPERITY FUND and make a CONTRIBUTION -- PLEASE!!!

SOCIAL PROSPERITY FUND LINK

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