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Just because Mikhail Salcedo's SOLOS could only impress 1981 square miles of the entire earth is NO REASON for merrytonestothebone to be UPSET WITH ME ... blame dem INTERNATIONAL JUDGES -- NOT ME!!!

... EVERYBODY VEX WITH ME because TRINIDAD PAN MUSIC does not equate with GLOBAL PAN MUSIC. 

Sorry Folks!!! 

DOH BLAME ME!!! ALL I DO IS LISTEN!!!

In THE BAY AREA if you are driving down the road and switching channels you can hear 25 different genre

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I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE that ANDRE WHITE is in the LEAD SPOT to become THE NEXT ARRANGER of SILVER STARS STEELBAND ...

... now I eh SWEARING on that eh. But ah man call me and tell me that QUITE FROM MORUGA!!!

(OFF THE RECORD on the HUSH HUSH and the QT: PLENTY PEOPLE APPLY FOR THAT WUK, BOY!!!)

However, what I know FOR SURE is that LIAM TEAGUE eh COMING BACK!!!

The

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CECIL HINKSON is MY BOSS on THIS FORUM and he asked me to reprise this article by George Goddard Jr

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It BREAKS MY HEART to see BUGS and MERRYTONESTOTHBONE and RUSSELL PROVIDENCE supporting MEDIOCRITY with this PSEUDO-INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA ...

The event was FULLY FUNDED by THE PNM (money eh NO PROBLEM) so why couldn't they hire some competent administrative assistants to alert the BIG BOSSES that the ENTRIES were NOT COMING IN INTERNATIONAL. 

Allyuh really think that I am NOT IN SUPPORT of

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I have some FREE ADVICE for the TRINIDAD PAN PLAYERS -- and it comes from a PUBLIC ANNOUNCER who has spent over 50 years reaching the ears and hearts of LARGE AUDIENCES ...

When asked about his key to SUCCESS in the BUSINESS of REACHING LARGE AUDIENCES, this was HIS RESPONSE:

"I would put that all down to one word: “sagacity.” I think what the people like is when you have sagacity. You know, it’s no good just being a vo

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Culture can revive T&T’s economy

Guardian May 23, 2020

"Two of the countless good and rewarding things that have emerged out of the social/physical-distancing, and work-from -home and stay-at-home practice are countries in far-flung proximities linked and created friendships they co

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TALK ABOUT FIXATION: I could go dig up SIGMUND FREUD from HIS GRAVE and give him a LECTURE on FIXATION as it pertains to THE INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY 2020 COMPETITION ...

... ah eh sleep ah wink yet since that COMPETITION on SATURDAY NIGHT. And ah spend the whole week searching the TRINIDAD NEWSPAPERS to read their views on THE EVENT -- and I cannot find ONE ARTICLE on THE TOPIC ... I am not saying that NONE WERE WRIT

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And now for the FINAL (I think) "INTERNATIONAL ENTRANT" (which I reluctantly post -- for reasons implied earlier) -- DENMARK!!!

GREGORY BOYD

ACTUALLY, I have to say that I have never seen or heard of this guy before and I just RANDOMLY pulled up THIS VIDEO -- but I am impressed and would love to see him LIVE IN CONCERT!!!
HELL!!! I think that I just became a GREG

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INTRODUCING KEON CUPID: A SEASONED PAN TALENT who is sure to make a BIG IMPRESSION on the JUDGES and the GLOBAL AUDIENCE in the INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY COMPETITION

Keon Cupid started playing the steelpan in 2006 at the age of sixteen. His
love for the instrument began after he was captivated by the sounds
emanating from his secondary school’s steelband, which he overheard
while training with the school’s footb

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TONIGHT is an INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY for a PAN PLAYER to MAKE THE PAN TALK ... borrowing from SIMON COWELL: I would like to see PAN have "A MOMENT" TONIGHT!!!

I am not looking at this show through NATIONAL EYES; I am looking at this show through GLOBAL PAN EYES. And tonight I would like to see ONE PERFORMER (ANY PERFORMER) bring out the POWER OF THE PAN, the LANGUAGE OF MUSIC EXPRESSED through the CARIBBEA

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2020 INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY FINAL RESULTS: DUOS and QUARTETS!!!

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PICTURING THE TWO ENTRANTS FROM ANTIGUA in the "INTERNATIONAL" PAN RAMAJAY

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I cannot believe that the organizers of THE INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY did not have the foresight to include ONE PAN MAN FROM GRENADA ...

Now, I am NO ADVOCATE for GRENADA -- especially to anyone who has ever read my comments on TRINIDAD POLITICS. But GRENADA is one of the islands that promoted PAN from early. And I think that at least TWO of their PAN PLAYERS should have been featured

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Beat the Pandemic The Alliance Concert Series

1 Show - 6 Performers and a dj for the after party
by BP Renegades

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THIS QUARTET (#6 -- Tristan Japsi, Kendall Williams, Marc Brooks, Edward Clarke - USA) is UNBEATABLE!!! NO GROUP from TRINIDAD COULD EVEN COME CLOSE -- especially with INTERNATIONAL MUSIC JUDGES!!!

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CECIL HINKSON: It look as if THE USA going and win ALL THREE CATEGORIES in this INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY, boy ...

And yuh girl KEISHA CODRINGTON has to SINGULARLY try to offset all that YANKEE TALENT.

It is safe to say now that THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is now THE MECCA OF THE STEELBAND.

Time for THE BEV to brave the COVID 19 and jump on a plane and head back

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PAN RAMAJAY 2020: QUARTETS TONIGHT!!! 8 TRINIDAD GROUPS and 2 USA!!!

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INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY: REGISTRATION IS FREE

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WELL DONE TEAM USA!!! by Sterling C Sample Sr

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I eh hearing ah word about the INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY -- is the show STILL ON?

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