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I would like to encourage RUSSELL PROVIDENCE or SALAH WILSON or bugs or some other knowledgeable PERSON in the WORLD of PAN to give a REVIEW on the INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY 2020 ...

I found only one article on the PAN PRODUCTION which was in NEWSDAY -- and that was basically a REPORT!!!

Well, I doh know nothing about PAN or MUSIC!!! But to me there were only two noteworthy performances. The first was an early round  performance

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I have to say at this point that THE "INTERNATIONAL" PAN RAMAJAY COMPETITION is looking more like a STEELBAND DIASPORA COMPETITION than an INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY COMPETITION ...

... which is ultimately not SURPRISING TO ME ... but a LITTLE DEPRESSING because it shows that PAN MUSIC is still a NOVELTY to the rest of the world.

Or maybe THE EXODUS ADMINISTRATION had TOO MUCH of an INSULAR VIEW in their approach to THE PROJECT.

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The background/accompanying musical tracks of the 5 new songs for the semi-final and final stages will be released on Wednesday 10th @10am AST -- so what are the SONGS?

Shouldn't  the listening audience be made aware of the songs so that they could become familiar with the ORIGINALS? Especially in a RAMAJAY; and where you have listeners from ALL OVER THE WORD!!!

Ah feel ah missing something here: I STAND TO BE CORRE

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THIS PAN THING is REAL KICKS, OUI!!! 8 years ago LIAM TEAGUE tell dem TRINIS that they are lacking "VOCABULARY" -- suddenly today everybody using the word "VOCABULARY" as if they just discover it ...

"They are hesitant to expand their respective musical vocabularies and, to a large extent, have become predictable."

Liam Teague 2012 WHEN STEEL TALKS

But, even so, even if you have THE VOCABULARY you still have to learn EXPRESSION!!!

8 years from no

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